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powerful ripple of muscle. She’d
watched him hike mile after mile, and she’d wanted him to run.
Straight towards her .
    Now, he was bigger, his muscled frame more
solid. His face wore a layer of experience he hadn’t had before,
experience that gave his face harder lines. There were new scars,
too, fresh lines beneath the blond curls he’d inherited from his
European ancestors and that he cut ruthlessly short. He still had
those high cheekbones, though, and the sun-kissed complexion that
had had the park’s female visitors dreaming. And, like before, the
sight of him set off a sensual fire low in her belly that
threatened to burn out of control. Her Sam . She opened her
mouth. Closed it. Because, even though this was his park, he was
still the last person she’d expected to run into out here.
    “You are aware there is a three-hundred-acre
wildfire blowing up maybe a mile from here?” He didn’t seem
surprised to see her, his smooth, deep voice as unhurried as ever.
And wouldn’t you know it, she still got the shivers listening to
him, hoping he’d go on talking, when she knew he’d lapse right back
into silence as soon as he’d said the bare-bones minimum.
    Sam didn’t chatter.
    Or fuss.
    He got in, he got out—and he always, always
got the job done. Sam redefined slow, steady patience. Thorough and
intent, he had the fierce focus of a warrior. And he’d been like
that in bed, too, God help her.
    His grip tightened on her right wrist, and
her gun threatened to slip out of suddenly numb fingers.
    “Safety’s off,” she said breathlessly,
avoiding his question. “This is not a good idea, Sam.”
    He leaned up effortlessly on his elbows, as
if she weighed nothing. In one practiced move, he relieved her of
her weapon, easing her finger off the trigger before returning the
gun to her. She’d almost shot him. And yet her body was busy
cataloging the feel of him beneath her, the way those powerful
thighs flexed as he sat up fully, cradling her on his lap. This
close, she smelled smoke and pine, Old Spice, and something
unforgettably, indefinably Sam. God, Sam .
    He’d starred front and center in her college
fantasies until she’d convinced herself her education and her
career had to come first. She was enrolled at a top-notch Eastern
university; Sam would never leave the forests he loved. She’d
worked hard for her chance, and she couldn’t let it pass her by for
a summer romance. They were from two different worlds, pursuing
very different goals.
    Sam Clayton looked her up and down. “Olivia
Albert.”
    Just like that, the years fell away and that
scared her even more than the fires.

About the Author
     
    Heated romance. Hot heroes. Happily ever
after. I’m the nationally best-selling author of paranormal and
contemporary romance. My books have been named finalists twice for
the Readers Crown.
     
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    Paranormal Romance
    THE HUNT
    BOND WITH ME (Fallen, Book 1)
    HIS DARK BOND (Fallen, Book 2)
    SAVAGE BOND (Fallen, Book 3)
    TEMPTED BY THE PACK (Blue Moon Brides, Book
1)
    PLEASURED BY THE PACK (Blue Moon Brides, Book
2)
     
    Contemporary Romance
    BURNING UP (Smoke Jumpers, Book 1)
    SLOW BURN (Smoke Jumpers, Book 2)
    HOT SHOTS (Available March 2014)
     
     
    E-book Novellas
    ONE HOT COWBOY
    VIKING’S ORDERS
    REBURN (The Hotshots, 1)
    HOT ZONE (The Hotshots, 2)