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“Careful around Freckles” The familiar voice stoppedout of the brown and white horse’s stall “She spooks easily”

“Thanks for the warning” I tried to keep my voice calm as I waited for him to close the door He held an oval-shaped brush and a co his eyes on those ite your horse?”

“Just checking him out” He continued past me into what I assumed was the tack room I followed He nodded in my direction “That’s some hat”

“Elaine loaned it to , and I was far less freaked out than I’d been last night At least noelco to everybody

He put the brush and co up, he seemed surprised I was behind him Was it possible I threw hiine

“Patrick said your uncle had so for me to do in the barn?”

Stuart’s did a fast, tingling sweep of s Now those s heat to my lower half

“Bill went into town”

“Oh I ood idea whatme in here “Do you need help?”

Stuart cleared his throat and straightened, rubbing his palrey tee he wore stretched across his broad shoulders, and his faded jeans hung sexy around his waist The saht, and I wished he had a hat to coood, my mouth watered

“I was just brushing down the horses, checking their coats for any lu”

I picked up an oval brush the size of my hand “Which ones are left?”

“I’ his gaze to the wall and taking a turquoise halter off a peg “Ranger was the last one”

Looking over ht horses in the barn “What tiet out here?”

He stepped out of the sht the scent of soap and cedar in his wake It was a warm, masculine scent I immediately loved