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Prologue

Kinsley Knight’s lush body was temptation Her pouty lips, pure seduction And the lust in her eyes pulled Rhett West in until she left him dizzy

She was also totally off limits

The blistering heat on the tropical island reo Rhett’s entire inner circle of friends were celebrating tonight His two childhood friends, and fellow detectives, Boone Knight and Asher Sullivan, were standing at the bar ordering up another round of drinks On the beach, twirling on the makeshift dance floor, was Asher’s wife, and Kinsley’s best friend, the vivacious Reeous blonde with hazel eyes full of happiness, and wearing the white wedding dress, was Peyton, Boone’s neife And a them were all of Boone and Peyton’s family, as they’d all come to witness the inti trip in the tropics Tomorrow they’d all leave, while Boone and Peyton stayed for another week to enjoy their honey, Kinsley was getting in his head, s he shouldn’t

With the bulb lights twinkling off the trees they were hung in, Kinsley spun, her ar at her A slight smile curved her lips The temptress knew exactly what she did to him and played on that, and the fun way she danced shifted She held his gaze, slowing rolling her hips, her dress floith the curves of her body, hardening Rhett to steel

He shouldn’t take the bait, but he couldn’t help himself either He leaned back in his chair and sipped his scotch, watching every sexyslowly, the satiny dress revealing every perfect curve When she turned back again, and gave hilass of scotch

For the past three years, after retiring from the military, he’d worked as a detective for the Stoney Creek Police Depart he kept Kinsley at ar her strutting around in a string bikini with barely anything covering her had fueled his desire for her He wanted a taste of her sun-kissed skin

And she knew it

“Soht your eye?”

“Shut up” Rhett snorted, glancing at Asher His friend’s light green eyes were all but twinkling as he took a seat beside him No one except Asher knew that Rhett had a soft spot for Kinsley Rhett had never told hi people Those people skills ood detective Luckily, Asher only hinted that he knew; he never caht and said the truth Rhett wanted to avoid “Shouldn’t you be dancing with your wife?” Rhett asked, giving hio away

Asher grinned “Andover here?”

Rhett scowled, lips parting to spew a few choice words when Boone dropped down in the chair on Rhett’s other side Both Kinsley and Boone shared their father’s brown hair and blue eyes

“She’s handling this well,” Boone said before taking a swig of his beer

Rhett’s chest tightened, heat flushing his already war ell?”

“Our estured toward the bar

Rose to her ex-husband, Hank Rosemary looked a lot like Kinsley, just an older version with a bob instead of long hair, and dark eyes instead of blue But the biggest difference between them was on the inside, not their physical appearance Kinsley was loyal and kind, whereas Rosemary was a horrible person, who’d walked out on her fa them behind She should not even be there as far as Rhett was concerned, but Boone hadthat Kinsley never wanted

Rhett wondered if that’s why their inner circle of friends was always so tight Boone, Asher, and Rhett’s friendship had been born from hard tiht the no room for anyone to break them apart Until Rhett returned froer was she the kid that drove them crazy; she was a beautiful woman who drove him crazy with desire And she was certainly the one person who could break their friendships apart

Laughter fro in the sand, obviously having fallen over in their dancing