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Chapter 1
THE BLACK SUITCASE with the gold designer label ca Brody Summers on his ass outside the Portland airport hotel He looked up, planning to growl at the person wielding the bag, and saw legs Long, shapely legs designed to lead a ht to the bedrooh heels matched her suitcase
His gaze traveled north taking in every inch of sh his mind
What would she look like bound to his bed? And: Where were her pants?
Her heels clicked on the paveli out between the tails of her long top The black button-down collared shirt ination on a side trip, wondering what she wore beneath the silky, for material
Probably abra and panty set that cost tootears The woman who’d knocked hie
And she was groo blond hair fell in waves around her shoulders and her red lips quirked up
“Lost your footing, cowboy?” Her voice possessed a low, throaty quality designed for whispering naughty pleas after the fancy clothes hit the floor
But cowboy? What the heck? Brody raised his hand and touched his head Nope, his Moore Timber baseball cap still covered his dirty brown hair
“Your shoes” She pointed to the shiny black cowboy boots he’d dug out of the back of his truck His work boots needed to dry out after traetting up?” she added, extending one perfectly manicured hand
“Thank you,in front of her, he realized she wasn’t as tall as she’d appeared froround At six-foot-three plus the cowboy boots, he towered over her
“Ma’a with aot how formal you are out here”
“Returning home?” While she looked him over, he eyed the automatic door behind her, which led to the hotel lobby He wasn’t shy Not by a long shot But compared to her, Brody knew he looked like he’d spent the day rolling in dirt
“I’on” She extended her hand again “I’m Kat”
Knowing it would be rude to refuse, he shook her hand “Brody”
Her eyes widened for a second and he dreay froht her by surprise A woe was probably accustoroomed men in suits
“I believe I owe you a drink, Brody For knocking you to the ground”
After spending the past twelve hours co Hood Mountain for a lost faet cleaned up “Thanks, but I have a date with the shower”
Kat’s eyes narrowed, her gaze sharpening as if he’d issued a challenge when he said “shower” While the thought of inviting this near stranger to join him appealed to the same part of his anatoh heels, and sexy top, he steered clear of one-night territory o an exception tonight
Duty had landed him in Portland and he needed to stay focused on his missions Somewhere on the snowcappedfor the parents Brody and his team had located earlier Heck, if he’d had his way, he’d still be out there searching for the kid But the teauys who’d been working for twelve hours, to take a break He hated walking aithout finishing the job, but he had to adht cover round And Brody had been bone-tired from thefor him back home
His family
Back home, his little brother sank deeper into depression as the hope of recovering the short-ter accident di hit in the head with athe accident But writing down every detail about his day-to-day life drove Josh crazy
Now, thanks to the doctor who’d agreed to include his brother in her clinical trial, Josh had a fighting chance Brody planned toand drive her back to Independence Falls Before that he needed a solid six, maybe seven hours of sleep, not a detour into casual sex