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CHAPTER ONE

Joe’s Bar Fa about the night felt off to her First, the bar’s owner and his new bride were on their honey Alexa’s nor her drink, staring into the glass for answers, but the man who’d caused the probleuy issues considering she lived an extremely busy life, spent hours in the hospital ER, and had no ti sex—so she could definitely use For the last couple of weeks she’d been suffering from a definite case of the blues, and the strain of her life was beginning to wear on her

No wonder she was in a funk

The ave her a jolt akin to a caffeine kick, and Alexa perked up at the sound Rising frolanced at her friend

“I feel like dancing,” Alexa announced

With a disinterested sigh, Cara shook her head, but Alexa wasn’t taking no for an answer Cara needed to have fun and forget about Mike Marsden, the man who’d broken her heart

She jerked her head toward the dance floor “Dance Now”

Cara groaned but co up on command

Alexa looked to the third woman in their trio “Liza?” Liza and her husband, Dare Barron, had joined theled around the bar

Liza swayed her hips in time to the beat of the o”

Katy Perry’s upbeat tune reverberated around thee Dreaued into “Firework,” one of Alexa’s favorite songs She closed her eyes and allowed herself to get lost in theconsu around her

When she opened her eyes, she noticed she wasn’t the only one attracted to the upbeat rown in size, everyone on the floor pu as if they were shooting across the sky as the lyrics suggested

Dare had joined Liza, wrapping hi embrace Alexa looked away to avoid the obvious intiaze met that of a man who sat alone at a table near the dance floor A sinfully sexystare

He watched as she danced, his heavy-lidded scrutiny focused on her as he sipped at his beer His de of hon she’d been lately and how great this music made her feel now, she was unable to resist the ier his way

A glance told her that her best friend wasn’t watching, which was a good thing considering Cara wouldn’t knohat had gotten into Alexa And she would be hard-pressed to explain All she knew, all she felt, was a bone-deep loneliness that reached into her soul, and this man’s intense and interested stare provided her heart with a ju

A slow smile lifted his lips and her pulse skyrocketed as he stood anda self-confidence that was rare Alexa experienced that sas, but she normally fell short in other areas of her life Still, she’d called on that confidence when beckoning hih