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Chapter 1

Lake Kissel

Suinia

Terri Rayburn was looking out the glass front of her house at the lake She liked the earlycalm, the fewproblehter of the owner of a resort, it was her job to fix everything Argu people and events Any and all of it was her job

Her eyes widened Aout of the lake That wasn’t an unusual sight, but this one wasn’t like the usual renter or cabin owner This man was different

The sun was just rising, sending light across his body andshadows on his muscles He looked like a well-toned football player His face was turned to the side so she couldn’t really see it, but she was sure she didn’t knoho he was

She liked that his shorts were ht it was fashionable to wear as little as they legally could

His was the kind of body she liked She’d never been attracted toand muscular, a man who could pick up a rowboat and move it around One who looked like he knehat a pickup truck was for A man who could hold you and—

She shook her head to quiet her thoughts It had been too long since she’d had a boyfriend!

When he walked toward one of her deck chairs and retrieved a towel thrown across the back, she careat as the vision of hi her chair Why couldn’t the visitors learn to respect private property? And why couldn’t her dad ever remember to tell them the rules? If she hadn’t been away for the last two days, she would have o swi wherever he wanted to There were other cabin owners and renters to consider

So noas her job to explain to the h the houses surrounded a lake and everyone here wanted to have fun, there were still rules to be followed

She took a step toward the glass doors, then paused Thehis back He was very broad in the shoulders and small at the waist Muscles moved about under his tanned skin He looked like he spent a lot of ti that made muscles

Okay, so noto have to bawl hio back to wherever he was staying

But as she watched him, her mind wandered to a different scenario It was an unspoken rule that she, the hter, couldn’t date any of the visitors at the lake, but usually that was easy Skinny boys in Speedos; lecherous husbands who thought she was fair game; unmarried men who believed every woman wanted them They were all there and Terri wasn’t interested

But this guy She really liked the look of him! The size, the shape, even his skin color were all her favorites