3 Iris by Leigh Greenwood

Author:Leigh Greenwood
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Ten Talents Press
Published: 2011-06-18T04:00:00+00:00

The rain reached them in midafternoon. One minute the sky was a brilliant blue. Half an hour later rain pelted the ground with the force of hail. The cattle didn't have to wait until they reached the Canadian. They broke their thirst in the shallow pools that collected in the hundreds of tiny depressions across the prairie. Even after the calves were once again restored to the safety of the calf wagons, the herd moved steadily north, pausing only to take sips from the shallow pools as they passed.

"They wouldn't drink their fill right now even if they stood in water up to their bellies," Monty explained to Iris. "They'll continue to take just a few swallows until their bodies have recovered."

Iris and Monty rode side by side, rain soaking their clothes, pouring down their faces, their rain slickers forgotten. He hoped the men were too busy with their work to watch Iris. She rode completely unaware that her rain-soaked clothes were plastered to her body leaving little to the imagination.

Her shirt molded itself to her shoulders and the curve of her breasts. Monty found his own pulse quickening when he realized he could see the shape and color of her nipples. Her skirt clung to her hips and thighs with equal definition, but the thickness of the material kept it from turning transparent.

Monty untied his slicker from behind his saddle. "Here, let me help you put this on," he said pulling up his horse.

"Why? I'm already soaked."

"I know, but I don't want everybody else to know."

Iris looked down at her clothes, blushed then smiled as Monty draped the slicker over her shoulders. It felt good. She hadn't realized the rain was so cold. "Even a woman like me hopes a man thinks of something more than her body," she said.

"I do, but not when I'm riding next to you drenched to the skin."

Monty figured he would never understand women. As soon as you mentioned they were pretty, every one of them insisted they wanted to be loved for themselves, not their beauty. But the minute you forgot to mention their eyes, lips, hair, or their new dress, you were in hot water. It didn't make sense. Eyes looked greener in a pretty face. A dress looked better on a shapely body. It all looked better if the woman was kind, intelligent, and trustworthy. A package deal.

Iris was one lovely package. And she was proving to be even more of a woman than he had expected. Her leading that calf into the herd had forced him to see her in a whole different way. He still could feel the shock and fear that had nearly paralyzed his mind when he looked up to see her. A hundred different thoughts had exploded into his brain simultaneously. That she was a stunning creature and he didn't know how he had kept away from her so long; that she was crazy to risk her life for a few cows; that he'd never seen

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