Her Only Hero by Marta Perry

Author:Marta Perry
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 0373873239
Publisher: Steeple Hill
Published: 2005-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

Somewhere in the back of her mind a caution sounded, but she ignored it. A few minutes and she’d be done. She started up the metal rungs.

She’d been climbing ladders since she was a kid. This was nothing. Halfway up, she glanced down at the concrete alley. Well, it wouldn’t be a pleasant fall, but she didn’t intend to fall.

Finally high enough, she reached out. The shutter was just beyond her fingertips. She should have set up the ladder closer to the window, but she could manage. Grasping the ladder with her left hand, she reached out with her right, straining toward the shutter.

The ladder shuddered. It swayed. A spasm of fear clutched her stomach. She braced her hand against the brick wall, fingers scrabbling to find something to hang on to.

Nothing. She couldn’t hold it, it was going to fall—

“Laura!” The fear in Ryan’s shout echoed hers.

She didn’t dare move to look down, but she knew he was there, grabbing the ladder, steadying it, slamming it into place with the strength of his body.

“Get down. Now.” His voice grated in a way she’d never heard before.

She was too grateful to take offense. Clutching the cold aluminum with both hands, she slithered her way down the ladder. Her legs shook, and she seemed to have left her stomach up there someplace, but she was all right.

She slid the last few rungs and felt Ryan’s hands grab her firmly, almost angrily.

“Are you crazy?”

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