Hero in the Nick of Time by Ferrarella Marie

Author:Ferrarella, Marie [Ferrarella, Marie]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-06-09T22:00:00+00:00

Wheels had moved quickly, greased, Mac had a suspicion, by a massive calling in of favors. She’d lost count how many phone calls Cade and Gray had made in the few hours that had followed their initial meeting.

She had a lot of people to be grateful to.

As twilight gave way to night outside, Mac slowly looked around the neat, two-story condominium the real estate agent had found. Furnished, it had just come up on the rental market a week ago. A job transfer had necessitated the owner leaving the country on short notice. He had left everything up to the agency.

The condo was nestled in a pricey neighborhood, making it perfect for their purposes.

In short order, a telephone repairman—someone’s brother-in-law—had come after hours to hook them up, allowing another piece of the mosaic to fall into place. The stage was almost set. Even though Dr. Lambert was supposedly booked solid for several months, when she’d heard Mac’s address, the receptionist had “suddenly” discovered a cancellation and fit them in. They were seeing the doctor tomorrow.

“They shouldn’t have much trouble finding someone to lease this,” she commented.

“Don’t be so sure.” Mac turned from the patio to look at Cade, one brow raised in a silent question. “It might be a little too close to the railroad tracks to satisfy some people.” As if to prove his point, a passenger train went by. Even though it was short in comparison to a freight train, the noise and slight swaying that marked its passage underscored Cade’s statement.

She grinned. “You might have something there.”

The smile on his face gave way to concern. He’d grown accustomed to putting himself on the line, to facing dangerous situations. It was what he was paid for. But she wasn’t used to this sort of thing. She was a pediatric dentist, for God’s sake. The most dangerous thing she faced was having a patient accidentally bite her. McKayla was diving into this headfirst, and he wondered if she really knew the possible consequences.

“You know, it’s not too late to change your mind about this.” He saw the surprise in her eyes, but he pressed on. “Once you walk through that door, there’ll be no turning back. Lambert hasn’t seen you yet. We could still ask the lieutenant to send in someone else.”

“No, we couldn’t,” she insisted. “I don’t like sitting on the sidelines, Cade. I can’t sit on the sidelines. Like you pointed out,” she reminded him, “I don’t do ‘patient’ very well.”

He was more than aware of that. What he wasn’t, he thought, was aware of much else about her beyond the sketchy details he had.

“That you don’t,” he agreed. “Okay, if you’re determined to do this, I’m with you all the way. What we need to do right now is get some dinner and go over your life story.”

She looked at him, confused. “You lost me right after the dinner part.”

“If we’re going to pull this off, you and I are going to have to know more than just each other’s names to make it appear as if we’re a couple.

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