A Hero to Hold by Linda Castillo

Author:Linda Castillo [Castillo, Linda]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781488099298
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-05-05T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 10

The call turned out to be serious multivehicle accident with critical injuries that entailed two trips to Lake County Hospital and took more than four hours to clear. Even through the adrenaline and stress of two litter extractions and one resuscitation, John still hadn’t been able to get Hannah off his mind. Worse, for the first time in his career, he hadn’t been able to keep his focus. His timing had been off during the extraction. Luckily, he hadn’t made a mistake, but several times he’d seen the cool looks he was getting from Buzz—and knew the older man knew why.

John knew stashing Hannah at his cabin for safekeeping wasn’t the smartest thing he’d ever done. If he wanted to be truthful about it, keeping her there was probably downright stupid. So why had he offered? Why couldn’t he stop thinking about her? And why in the hell couldn’t he wait to get home?

The questions taunted him as he hauled his canvas equipment bag out of the Jeep and started toward the cabin. He still didn’t have the slightest idea what he was going to do about her. He couldn’t turn her out on the street. Not when she was pregnant and alone and obviously in trouble. His best option—the smart thing to do—would be to take her to another women’s shelter. The problem was, John wasn’t feeling particularly smart when it came to this woman.

Digging out his house key, he unlocked the door. The first thing he noticed was her scent. An intriguing mix of sweet and earthy with subtle undertones of woman. The next thing he noticed was the music. Classic rock and roll streamed into the living room from the kitchen and rattled all the windowpanes along the way. That she liked rock and roll made him smile.

Something had changed since he’d walked out that morning. He couldn’t put his finger on it, but the cabin seemed…different. Alive with the essence of woman and all the subtle nuances that made a house a home. For the first time in a long time, John felt like he’d come home.

Shoving aside the wayward thought, he silently closed the door behind him. A fire blazed in the hearth. A little too much wood, not stacked just the way he liked, but the living room was toasty warm. The magazines he’d tossed haphazardly on the floor were neatly stacked next to the sofa. Normally, Honeybear would have come bounding out about now, and they’d have a friendly tussle on the rug. But the dog was nowhere in sight.

Where was his dog? Where in the world was Hannah?

Doing his best to ignore the rise of alarm, John set his bag next to the door and walked toward the kitchen. From the hall he could see that the light was on. The music grew louder as he neared the doorway, an old Eric Clapton number about a woman waiting for another love. Pausing in the hall, he peered into the kitchen, and felt his heart stumble in his chest.

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