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This was dangerous

Jed was far too dangerous

She ht be as bold and just as damned adventurous as any Mackay, but Piper liked to think that unlike her older sister, she also had enough co into the fire

Nope, the frying pan suited her just fine

Pulling in a deep breath, she finished packing the suitcase and gar she’d chosen to take to New York with her

She would catch the train in Louisville, and once she got to New York City she’d rent a car

She didn’t irl just had to do what a girl had to do If she dared to rent a car in Soreat that Daould find out He had too many friends in far too many places And she knew firsthand that he was on a first-naency in a five-county radius

Thatto New York City without her brother or her fah

Luckily, there was one friend she could depend on

She couldn’t tell her mother, her sisters, Tihbors--she sighed at the thought of it--but she’dthe tourists who traveled through Sons sold in Once they sold, it wasn’t unusual for the buyers to contact her, interested in other unique wardrobe items From those buyers, she had made several friends

Those tourists didn’t live in Kentucky, and they had no idea hoerful her brother thought he was A quick call to one of them, Amy Seavers, had resulted in a fake ID and a train ticket, as well as a ride to the train station

She was all set and ready to go All she had to do was slip out with her bags and be waiting at the designated location when A out a hard breath, Piper glanced at the patio doors, her heart beating hard and fast with the thought that Jed didn’t make idle threats There was no doubt in her mind that he knew exactly how to pick the locks on her doors There was no doubt he would pick theht mood

She rather doubted he’d learned that trick in the construction business Just as she doubted her sister’s fiancé, Brogan Ca into the upper story of the inn in the ht because he hts Piper had watched the shadowed figure easily pull hilass doors that led to Tim’s office, she’d known exactly why he was there

Timothy liked to tell anyone and everyone who dared to ask that he was retired Learn the definition of the word, he’d growled at the laho’d shown up several weeks before in regard to the deaths of several suspected homeland terrorists the summer before

Piper had heard the words "Eve""kidnapping""boat," and "Caent Cranston"

She bit back a sht of how quickly Tim had cut him down and inforlorious thing

Retirement, her ass Timothy, or Tim as she and her sisters often called hi and her cousins were Just retired enough to be able to claih to ensure they all knew exactly as going on in their little corner of the world

Closing the cases quickly, Piper ht, just in case Jed decided to s and realized they were packed, he would i Once he knewhell, she may as well take out an ad

There wasn’t a doubt in herjust as fast as he couldand her cousins would arrive and insist on acco her

If she allowed it to happen

There wasn’t a chance in hell she would allow it, she thought wearily The very thought of it was enough to send a shudder racing through her body

She closed the door andaround, Piperroo with enough force that she swore she could feel it in her throat

And there he stood

She crossed her arainst the doorfra roo here?" It was all she could do to fight back her a through her

He wasn’t wearing a shirt

The broad,of dark blond curls feathered over the dark flesh and arrowed into the snug band of his jeans And he was aroused

Standing in theroom, bare chested and barefoot, he stared back at her with pure sensual intent burning in his dark, navy blue eyes

"You’re dressed," he accused her, his voice rough as he paced closer to her "I thought you were naked and playing with toys"

"No, you didn’t" Piper could feel herself treh her "That’s just an excuse, Jed"

"Yeah, it’s just an excuse," he agreed as he stopped before her "An excuse for this"

She hadn’t expected it to happen so fast--that his lips would be on hers, his fingers curving around the back of her neck, holding her in place as his lips took possession of hers

She hadn’t expected she would weaken so fast That her nails would dig instantly into his shoulders, that she would lean into hi in excite to her?

Then thought became impossible Any possible chance of a denial evaporated as pleasure began to build with a fiery force

Oh, hell, yes

Desperate to get closer to hiainst hi her close in his arhtless