I’m staring out my window sleepily, trying to corral my thoughts, when I see a shooting star streak through the sky. I flash back to what Tay said. If something special comes along, don’t be afraid to grab it. “I wish for that. My own something special.” Following a rough breakup, Reese has to move in with a friend of a friend. Unpacking, she comes across Christmas cards she made with her ex and doesn’t think much before throwing the whole pile in the trash. A single envelope makes its way back to her desk, and she wakes up in a dream world to find the girl of her dreams. The next morning, she can’t help but give this lone envelope a second look. Licked is book 8 in the Kyleverse, a series of sentient object romance short stories. Kyle isn’t the main character, but he shows up to help the plot in one way or another. The stories are sequential but can be read as standalones. Licked is a sentient object romance with explicit material. It is intended for 18+ readers.