Home in His Arms by Karen Sandler

Author:Karen Sandler
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: womens fiction, horse ranch, cowboy romance, spicy romance, small town romance, first in series, emotional read
Publisher: Karen Sandler

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She was drowning in sensation, every nerve burning with the pleasure of Tom’s touch. She wanted to rip the clothes from her body and his, feel nothing between them but heat. Even as her mind told her she shouldn’t, the exquisite delight of his nearness drugged her into passivity.

From somewhere inside her, she mustered up enough will to tense her arms against him. For a moment, he ignored that token resistance, his tongue dipping farther inside her mouth. That sweet invasion nearly destroyed her resolve, urged her to ease even closer. Finally, she backed her head away, pushed gently against his arms again. This time he let go immediately and stepped away from her.

He stared down at her, passion still burning in his blue eyes. Gazing up at him, Andrea felt weak, and had to grab hold of the stall door to keep from swaying.

“Are you okay?” His voice was low and rough.

She could only nod. She covered her mouth with a shaking hand, wishing she could wipe away the last few minutes, glad she couldn’t. “We shouldn’t have—“

“No, we shouldn’t.” He passed his hand over his face. “Hell.”

She took a step toward the door. “I should go.”

“Yeah.” Shoving his hands into his pockets, he stared down at his feet.

She backed another step toward the exit. “Good night, then.”

“Good night.” He swung his head up to look at her, the heat lingering in his gaze pinning her to the spot. “Andrea...”

She didn’t want to talk about what had just happened, didn’t even want to think about it. She forced herself to take another step away.

“Andrea,” he said more softly and she froze again. “You won’t...Jessie still...” He looked away then back at her. “She needs you. Please don’t leave.”

It hadn’t even crossed her mind. Yet it was exactly what she ought to do. Suddenly cold again, she wrapped her arms around herself. “We can’t ever do this—”

“No,” he agreed readily.

“Because it isn’t right.”

This time he responded more slowly. “It isn’t right.”

She thought she heard a question in his tone, but she didn’t want to consider what that might mean. “It’s clear we have...feelings for each other.” She shivered, remembering the hot passion of his kiss. “We just don’t act on them.”

The half-light of the barn shadowed his face, hid his expressive eyes from her. She held her breath waiting for an answer, the silence broken only by the shuffling of the foal, the soft sough of a breeze just outside the barn, the horses breathing.

She didn’t want to get nearer to him, but she had to drive her point home. “You can’t touch me anymore.” Even three feet away, she thought she could feel his heat. “Because when you do, I can’t...” Can’t think, can’t stop, can’t resist. She took a gulp of air. “Just don’t.”

She still couldn’t see his eyes, but she caught the brief nod of his head. Suddenly she felt so cold, her teeth chattered. She turned on her heel and rushed out of the barn.

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