Harlequin Romantic Suspense: November 2014 by Various Authors

Book Preface

She cleared her throat, the sound delicate yet deliberate, then spoke. “Like you said, we’re attracted to each other. I thought my reaction to you was a fluke. But this…”

“But this was real,” he finished for her. “No aberration. No fluke.” He knew not to press her, but rather to let her draw out her own conclusions.

She shook her head, sending her hair flowing in the gentle evening breeze. “I want you and you want me.”

He wove his fingers under her hair and stroked the soft skin covering the back of her neck with the pads of his thumb. “That’s a truth I would never deny. But my job. Your brother. Our feelings complicate things, Rachel.”

“I know.” She took a step back, breaking their contact, and blew out a sharp breath. “So while this was fun…” She waved her hands in the air, as if gesturing to their momentary lapse of judgment.

“So while this was fun, it’s over now,” he said firmly.

“Exactly.”

Yeah, they could both wish that were the case. But he knew in his bones it simply wasn’t true.