Animal Magnetism - AM 01 (2011) by Jill Shalvis

Author:Jill Shalvis
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Animals, Kennels, Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, Air Pilots, Kennel Owners, General, Idaho, Love Stories
ISBN: 9780425239810
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2011-02-01T08:00:00+00:00

Brady found himself smiling in sheer pleasure at the gorgeous day sprawled out in front of them, hundreds of miles in every direction, a maze of mountains and valleys that included a national forest.

Not a town or a paved road was visible. There was something about the high-pitched whine and whistle of a chopper, coupled with that sweet aroma of burning jet fuel that was more intoxicating than anything he’d ever experienced.

The wild northern Idaho wilderness was as untamed as it had been in the early 1800s when Lewis and Clark came through. He could see the crests of the ridges of the Bitter-roots and beyond. The countless lakes and rivers and a glacier-scoured basin more formidable and rockier than just about anywhere on earth caught his breath in a way he hadn’t expected.

If he ever wished to claim a home base, it would be here, the first place to make him feel wanted. He glanced over at his passenger.

And the most recent place to make him feel wanted…

Unlike him, Lilah wasn’t smiling in sheer pleasure. They’d hit some turbulence and she was gripping the arms of the seat like she was expecting to go down any second and the armrests would save her. He’d asked her several times if she was okay, and he started to ask again. “Lilah? Are you—”

“Don’t,” she said through her teeth. “Don’t ask me if I’m okay because I don’t know. And we need to land soon, or I swear I’ll stick you with the three kittens that were found at the river yesterday.”

He landed soon.

She handled that with only a quietly repeated mantra that went something like “We’re okay, we’re okay.” He was both proud and amused by her attempt at bravery. She was still sitting there, muscles clenched tight, eyes closed, when he opened her seat belt for her. “Good news,” he said. “We’re in one piece.”

She cracked open an eye, took a peek, and then a deep breath. “We made it.”

He felt his heart squeeze even as he laughed. “Lilah. Lilah, look at me.”

She turned her head and met his gaze, face still pale.

He shoved his sunglasses to the top of his head so she could get a good look at him. “Two things. One, if there’d been even a sliver of a doubt about this thing being anything less than one hundred percent air-worthy, I’d never have brought you with me.”

She stared at him, then nodded, even giving him a small, trusting smile. “You’re right. I knew that. What’s the second thing?”

He paused. “There’s a problem with one of the gauges.”

“Oh God. Okay.” She nodded. “We’ll just rent a car and drive home.”

Leaning close, he ran a thumb over her pale cheek. “We can fly without it. I just don’t want to. I’ll get a replacement from this airport’s maintenance department and have it fixed in no time.”

“In no time,” she repeated, clearly realizing that that meant she was indeed still taking the chopper back. “That’s…great.”

Because she was still shaking like a leaf, he leaned in and kissed her softly.

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