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seem like a smart thing to do.”
    That made Rayne laugh. “A relationship? Honey, I’m not talking about a relationship. I’m talking about a night of passion with a man that knows his way around a woman’s body. Forget the gossips and busybodies in this town and have some fun. What does it matter? You’ll be long gone and people can talk about you all they want. Believe me they’ll lose interest when someone else does something even more juicy.”
    “I’m not going to drive back there and offer myself to him. I guess I’ll have to find another candidate for this night of passion you speak of.”
    “The world is filled with them.”
    That might be true but she’d only come alive with one man.
    Sheriff Jared Monroe.

Chapter Four

    “C an you fix it?” Misty anxiously asked the garage attendant as he peered under the hood of her car. It had seen better days but for the most part it was reliable transportation. Until today. This afternoon she’d wanted to go to the store but the car wouldn’t start. She’d been forced to call a tow truck and now here she was with the repairman who could make or break her day.
    “Of course I can fix it.” The man gave her a reassuring smile but it did little to bolster her spirits. She was getting ready to start a new life in Seattle and it was much more expensive to live there. Although she was making good money with her paintings, she’d been poor too long to take anything for granted. “It’s probably nothing big. Maybe the alternator or the fuel pump.”
    Misty knew nothing about cars and even less about the internal combustion engine. Was an alternator worse or better than a fuel pump? She hated feeling helpless in any situation but this repairman could rip her off and she’d never know it.
    “Trouble?”
    That deep voice that had been running through her mind was suddenly right behind her. Misty had gone out of her way the last ten days to neither see nor speak to Jared Monroe and so far she’d been successful. He’d been haunting Misty’s dreams every single night since she’d helped him home. Her sleep was punctuated with images of the two of them doing things she’d never pondered until…that kiss.
    She stiffened her spine and turned to face him. He was so tall she had to look up into his handsome face. “Just a little car trouble, Sheriff. No big deal.”
    “That’s good.” The sheriff gave the mechanic a sidelong glance. “And please call me Jared. Sheriff seems too formal.”
    “Fine. Jared,” she said stiffly, wanting him to leave her alone. Her knees were going weak and her heart had sped up to an alarming rate. That couldn’t be healthy.
    The repairman was watching them both, his gaze finally resting on Jared. “Hey, Sheriff. I’ve got the oil changed in your SUV. It’s all ready for you and parked out back. Keys are hung up in the usual spot and we’ll send the bill along at the end of the week.”
    “Thanks, Ray. I appreciate the quick service.”
    “Any time, Sheriff. Day or night.”
    Jared shoved his hat back on his head and strode over to the front office a few feet away.
    The repairman’s gaze swung back to Misty. “So we’ll need to get your car up on the lift to really see what’s wrong. I’ll call you tomorrow with an estimate.”
    “Tomorrow?” Misty echoed with alarm. “You can’t fix it today? I can wait.”
    The man shook his head and nodded to the clock on the wall. “It’s already after two and we have a full day’s work and then some. Tomorrow morning is the best I can do.”
    He tried to sound regretful but he had to know she was in a fix. She wasn’t going to have the car towed anywhere else.
    “I’d take it as a personal favor if you would take a look at Miss Foster’s car first thing in the morning, Ray.”
    Misty opened her mouth to object to Jared asking on her behalf but then remembered that she really wanted her only means of transportation back. His words seemed to have a magic effect on the