Foxfire Bride by Maggie Osborne

Author:Maggie Osborne [Osborne, Maggie]
Format: epub
Tags: General, Romance, Historical, Fiction, Western, Adult
ISBN: 9780307525338
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Published: 2009-03-25T07:00:00+00:00

The instant Fox finished washing the supper plates at the edge of the stream, she caught Tanner's eye and jerked her head toward the horses and mules. He caught up to her a minute later.

"I need to talk to you about you know tomorrow night."

"Have you changed your mind?"

There was enough disappointment in his tone to boost her spirts. "No, but I'm worried about a couple of things."

Tanner ran a hand down the bay's flank. "Like what?"

"Well" She patted the bay's neck, wishing it was dark but the days were stretching longer. "Here we are planning a liaison but we've never even kissed." She darted a look at him then focused on the bay's big brown eye. "What if we get to the liaison and discover that we hate kissing each other? What if we're standing there, ready to start the liaison and then find out there's no spark between us?"

Tanner took a step toward her, but Fox lifted her palm. "No, don't come kissing on me now. I'd feel like I'd begged a kiss out of you and that would make me mad."

An eyebrow arched and he studied her, his gaze settling on her lips. "Then how do you propose we remedy the problem?"

His stare made her mouth feel twitchy and stiff. "You're supposed to know that. You're the one in charge of the pursuit."

"I'm not going to hate kissing you, Fox."

"You can't say that. You might."

"All right, I'll think about the problem. What else?"

Damn. This kind of thing wasn't easy to discuss. "Well, I was wondering" She addressed her remarks to the horse. "You aren't expecting a virgin are you?" Before he could answer, she rushed on. "Because there was this man about six years ago. He and I"

"You don't have to explain anything."

Her cheeks felt as if they'd caught fire and she couldn't look at him. "It only happened twice. The first time was awful." Closing her eyes, she shook her head. "The second time was to find out if it would still be awful, and it was."

"Fox"

"No, listen. You and me" She stared into the bay's eye. "It's going to be awful, I know that. At least for me, I'm just not good at this. Maybe it's better for men, I don't know. Anyway. I'm not a virgin, but I'm also not experienced, so don't expect too much."

"I won't."

She could swear he sounded amused but when she swung toward him with a glare, he appeared serious.

"All right then. I just thought you should know." Lifting her chin, she marched past him. "If you plan to kiss me first, and I think that should happen before we go any further, it should seem natural. Like we didn't talk about it and I didn't have to ask you."

On the way to her tent, she stopped at the fire where the men were drinking coffee and smoking. "We'll stay one more night at this camp."

"I told you not to lose another day on my account," Peaches said, looking tired and guilty.

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