High-Caliber Cowboy by B. J. Daniels

Author:B. J. Daniels [Daniels, B. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Harlequin Intrigue
Published: 2005-06-19T04:00:00+00:00

ANNA LOOKED INTO his face and couldn’t help but smile as she pointed the way. There was something so genuine about his expression, his blond hair slightly curled beneath his Stetson, his blue eyes as intense as the sky overhead.

He’d been adorable at eleven. At thirty-three, he was ruggedly handsome. All cowboy. All man. Her body’s reaction attested to that.

But their connection was more than physical. She’d felt it that day on the curb. She could still taste the sticky cold imitation-cherry flavoring and remember that strange feeling as if she could see into the future.

“At the cabin I’ll tell you everything,” she said impulsively.

He met her gaze. She could see the doubt, but he nodded.

She leaned back, closed her eyes and let the breeze blow her hair. The sun felt wonderful on her face. She didn’t think about anything but this moment, here with Brandon McCall. After all these years of wondering what had happened to him, here she was—risking his life.

She opened her eyes as the boat slowed and looked at him, praying she was doing the right thing. Once she told him everything, there would be no turning back. He would know too much.

But Brandon was right. He was already involved. She’d thought she could protect him by keeping what she knew from him. She saw now that it was impossible. If she hoped to protect him, he had to know everything she did. Her father had seen them both last night. Seen them together. What would he do now? She hated to think.

Brandon glided the boat into the dock. He watched Anna jump out to tie it up, then joined her for the climb up to the cabin.

The sun burned down on them, the lake aglitter with the bright light. Behind them, boats roared past making large cresting waves, dogs barked in the distance and children splashed at the edge of the water in front of the rows of cabins.

Anna led the way up the stairs from the beach to the cabin perched on the side of the mountain. It was the farthest from the water, tucked back in the pines, but the view was spectacular.

Inside, there were two bedrooms with a stack of bunks in one, a double bed in the other. The kitchen was tiny, but the living room was large with wide windows, much like his family cabin across the bay.

Anna went straight for the table in the kitchen. As she turned, he saw that she held a worn manila envelope in one hand.

He saw indecision in her expression and held his breath, sensing that this moment was crucial for more reasons than he could yet understand.

“Maybe you’d better sit down,” she said quietly.

He nodded and pulled up a chair. Was it possible she really was going to trust him?

“I received a letter a little over a week ago,” she began. “It had been mailed nine years ago, but had been lost. It was from my former nanny, Sarah Gilcrest. In the letter, Sarah confessed to what she’d witnessed one night when I was three.

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