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sharp little pain jerked her out of the spell he d cast upon her. Turning away, feminine power, unlike
anything she d ever experienced, exploded in her gut.
Had a man ever watched her with such naked hunger?
Not even close.
With shaky hands she could barely focus on the layout of the table. She heard Kent say something
behind her, but she didn t care what it was. The jerk was probably looking at her ass again. She d
never liked him when he and her brother, Rand, had hung out together in school, and she liked him
even less as an adult.
With a satisfying crack, the cue ball struck its target sending it into the corner pocket. Talk about
luck. With Jeff watching her she couldn t concentrate let alone play a proper game.
Coming around the table to stand directly in front of Cowboy, her body vibrated with tension.
Pretending to consider the best plan of attack, she bent slightly and her rear end came into contact
with something warm, hard and definitely male. She didn t have to look to know it was him. She
recognized his scent. Soap, warm skin and something musky tugged at her senses.
Turning, she noted the tightness of his jaw and his hooded gaze. With his arms crossed over his
chest, he literally towered over her. Up close his eyes were darker and they burned with a heat that
sent shivers straight to the apex of her thighs.
Ro was right. This wasn t the same man she d left. Both physically and emotionally he was harder,
more remote than she d ever seen him. Her gaze dropped to his crotch.
Make that much harder.
And, if she wasn t mistaken, he was angry& with her.
Narrowing her eyes, she glared up at him. If anyone had the right to get pissy it certainly wasn t
him. Summoning her mother s heavy southern accent, she drawled,  Are you lost, stranger?
A muscle in his jaw flexed.
Boy, he didn t like that much.
 We need to talk. He glanced in the direction of Ro, Miranda and Sissy who watched them with
unabashed interest.  Alone.
 I m so sorry, sugar. Fluttering her hand, a move her mother had perfected while still in the
cradle, her fingertips came to rest between her breasts.  Do I know you?
He rocked back on his heels, and she smiled harder.
 You see, Mama wouldn t like it if she heard I was talking to some random stranger in a bar of all
places. Slowly, she walked around him, sizing him up as if he were a side of meat.  You know, you
do remind me of someone I knew long ago.
He turned his head as if to speak, but she cut him off.
 Then again I could be mistaken.
 For old time s sake?
Cowboy s tone was so soft that only she heard him. Her stomach clenched, and her knees went
weak.
Move away. Get away from him&
Then he laid his hand on her arm.
Electricity shot through her nervous system and short-circuited her brain. Every cell in her body
leapt to awareness as if she d been asleep and he was the only one who could awaken her. Shaken,
all she could do was stand there and stare at where their flesh joined.
His fingers tightened on her arm. The scar across his first knuckle she d been there when he d cut
himself. Barely ten, she was so panicked at the sight of so much blood that she d screamed her head
off. Ryan had come running only to slap electrical tape over it and tell Jeff to get back to work. The
pale scar on his wrist was her fault. While repairing the fence she d distracted him, and the wire
snapped back and caught him. He d bawled her out only to apologize minutes later.
She d spent countless lazy summer days watching him work with the horses. He had a limitless
supply of patience with even the wildest of animals. These were the hands of a man who worked hard
and played even harder. And they belonged to a man who, once upon a time, made her feel safe.
Special.
 All right, she croaked.
Notorious
Karen Erickson
Loving her is easy. Proving to himself he deserves her? Baby steps&
Playing With Fire, Book 4
King of one-night stands, all-around man whore, that s Eric. And you know what? He doesn t give
a rip. After being dumped by the two people who mattered most to him, numbing himself with alcohol
and anonymous sex was the easiest thing to do. Men, women, they re all the same to him. Feelings,
caring, it all just gets in the way.
Then he meets Stacy. Sweet, beautiful, a delicate combination of shy and forceful, she s unlike
anyone he s ever known. She sees right through his fa�ade and makes him face his ugly truths, brutal
reminders he doesn t deserve her. He wants her like no one else and it scares him out of his mind.
Stacy can t help herself, she s attracted to gorgeous, sexy, hurting Eric. There s more to him than
meets the eye even though what s meeting her eye right now is a complete mess. Broken hearts will
do that to the strongest man she should know. If she can get him to forgive especially himself
maybe things could work out between them. But first, she can t let him get away.
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