Shower Of Stars by Nancy Herkness

Author:Nancy Herkness
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: adoption, journalist, meteorite, New York, New Jersey, jersey shore, dog rescue
Publisher: Red Car Press
Published: 2011-10-16T14:00:00+00:00

Jack turned his back on the door to Charlie's bedroom and stood for a long moment, remembering the sight of her standing in a pool of light, her long legs bare and her hair streaming down over her shoulders and back, shimmering like a fine chardonnay.

He needed to move. Fast.

Striding over to the French doors, he unbolted, unlocked and unlatched the various security devices with less deftness than usual. Then he was outside, heading for the channel's edge. The breeze from the ocean was bracing. He inhaled it gratefully. Two chairs sat invitingly on a small stone patio but Jack paced along the cement wall that kept the water from undercutting the lawns along the channel.

What had Miguel said about long blond hair? That it could turn into a rope. Her hair was more like a fuse that ignited a nuclear reaction. It fried his brain and made his body want to explode. Inside her.

He needed to take a long, grueling run. But he couldn't leave the doors unlocked, and he was not going to go near her again tonight, even just to get a key. Tomorrow he got to touch her.

Wrong word choice.

Tomorrow he had to touch her for the benefit of the social worker. He looked at the water below him, the lights glittering off its wavelets. It looked cool and welcoming. He started to unbutton his shirt, then muttered a curse and started back toward the house.

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