Communication Gap (DEFIANT excerpt)

Editor's note: I am at the SDS 2015 conference in Atlanta for the launch of Defiant, so I'm a little too busy this week to write. Instead, I've decided to share a sample chapter from the paperback so that people who missed the serial version can see what the fuss is about. Ordering information is linked at the end of the post.

Clay gulped down the scent of Noahleen’s hair. His hands slipped down from her shoulders to the small of her back. She squeezed him, but otherwise she did not move.

“I lo...