“I’m not taking sides. I’m doing my job.”
He spoke the truth so why did it sound so lame?
She started to walk away and waved her hand in a dismissive gesture. “Whatever lets you sleep at night.”
He strode after her, grabbed her arm and swung her around to face him. “Look, if there’s anything I can do to help, let me know.”
What was he doing, co-operating with the little league when he’d come here to play hard ball?
She leaned into him and for one, irrational minute, he thought she might kiss him. “There is something you can do for me.”
He inhaled, savouring the sandalwood fragrance that drifted from her nearness. He’d smelled something similar earlier, thinking it had been the incense burning in the corner of the tent. Instead, her scent wrapped around him like an ancient spell, one he couldn’t resist.
“What is it?”
He refrained from saying he’d do anything for her. In fact, he would walk over hot coals for another taste of her delicious mouth.
She stared directly at him, that already-too-familiar fire flashing in her eyes. “Get lost.”
In an instant, she’d wrenched her arm free of his grip and stalked away, head held high.
He willed her to look back but she didn’t. Too bad. He wanted her to see his smug grin.
If there was one thing he loved more than making money, it was a challenge and the feisty Amber Lawrence had just waved a red cape, leaving him pawing the ground in frustration and ready to charge.
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USA TODAY bestselling and multi-award winning author Nicola Marsh writes feel-good fiction…with a twist.
She’s published 70 books and sold 8 million copies worldwide.
She currently writes contemporary romance for Penguin Random House USA Berkley imprint, domestic suspense for Hachette UK’s Bookouture imprint, and rural romance for Harper Collins Australia’s Mira imprint.
She’s also a Waldenbooks, Bookscan, Amazon, iBooks and Barnes & Noble bestseller, a RBY (Romantic Book of the Year) and National Readers’ Choice Award winner, and a multi-finalist for a number of awards including the Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award, HOLT Medallion, Booksellers’ Best, Golden Quill, Laurel Wreath, and More than Magic.
A physiotherapist for thirteen years, she now adores writing full time, raising her two dashing young heroes, sharing fine food with family and friends, and her favorite, curling up with a good book!
