Something About Ewe & The Purrfect Man by Ruth Jean Dale

Author:Ruth Jean Dale
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-03-15T00:00:00+00:00

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EMILY STOOD on the sidewalk outside city hall and looked up into the nighttime sky with wonder. She welcomed the gentle kiss of snowflakes on her face. She’d been born and raised in the Colorado Rockies, but snow was still a kind of miracle to her. She loved it, plain and simple.

Turning right, she headed toward home, her mood euphoric. She associated snow with good things: hot cocoa with marshmallows before a roaring fire, long peaceful walks—

“Hey, Emily! Wait up!”

Pulled from her fantasy world by a voice she recognized instantly, she turned with a frown. Michael Forbes hurried toward her, his movements brisk and purposeful, as usual. Common courtesy demanded that she wait for him, but common sense told her to turn and run.

She didn’t like Michael Forbes. She had never liked Michael Forbes, not even way back in high school. He’d been several years ahead of her in school, and of course he had nothing to say to a lower classman, probably didn’t know she existed. But she knew he did.

He’d been president of the student council and had led a revolt that culminated in the complete revamping of school election laws. He’d won the debate championship three years in a row and had bullied the school board into allocating the capital improvement budget the way he saw fit—all while he was still a student.

So far as Emily knew, he’d had few friends then and he had few now that he was practicing law in Shepherd’s Pass, Colorado. He appeared to be a totally independent man who needed nothing and nobody to be happy.

If he was happy.

Emily doubted it. She couldn’t imagine it was possible to be happy without other people.

Michael loomed large beside her. He wasn’t all that tall, probably no more than five foot ten or eleven, but Emily was only five-two so most people loomed over her.

He brushed flakes off the shoulders of his soft suede jacket. “Damn snow,” he muttered. “I thought we were going to get away without the annual Halloween blizzard this year.”

“It’s not annual,” Emily objected. “The Halloween blizzard is more like biannual.”

“Biannual means twice a year.”

“Oh. Then I don’t mean that. I mean every other year. What’s the word for that?”

“Biennial.”

“Then that’s what I mean.” She added as an afterthought, “And stop swearing at the weather. Some of us like snow.”

“What deluded individual could possibly—” He stopped short and tilted his head to regard her ruefully. “You, huh. Figures.”

She strained for a pleasant smile, although her hands clenched into tight fists inside her hand-knitted mittens. “I’m sorry, I don’t have time to stand around and be insulted.”

“I’d never insult a lady.” His grin flashed. He really was quite handsome when he smiled. Fortunately for his shark reputation, he didn’t smile often.

“That’s reassuring,” she said, adding firmly, “Now if you’ll excuse me, I—”

“First, tell me, did you see Luke and Thalia leave with the sheep?”

“As a matter of fact, I did.”

“Damn! I wanted to talk to him.”

“There’s always tomorrow, Mr. Counselor.” Turning, she walked away.

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