The Daddy Makeover by RaeAnne Thayne

Author:RaeAnne Thayne [Thayne, RaeAnne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781460375310
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2007-09-09T04:00:00+00:00

“It’s a good thing you’re cute or I could definitely grow to loathe you for these morning tortures.”

The object of her ire simply sat waiting by the door with an impatient scowl for Sage to lace up her running shoes. Despite spending the night in Anna’s apartment, Conan must have squeezed out of his doggie door so he could come up the stairs and bark outside her door at the usual time to go running.

She yawned and tied her other shoe, dearly wishing she were back in her bed, that she had the nerve to send the mongrel down the beach to Eben’s rental unit to drag him out of bed.

Since that conjured up too many enticing images of wavy dark hair against a pillow, of whisker-roughened skin and sleepy smiles, she jerked her mind back to Conan, who was quivering with impatience. He barked again and she sighed.

“All right, all right. I’m ready. Let’s do this.”

Conan bounded down the stairs of Brambleberry House, dancing around in the foyer in his eagerness to be gone as she followed more slowly, yanking her hair back into a ponytail as she went.

The morning air was cool and the rain had stopped sometime in the night, leaving wisps of fog to wrap through the garden and around the coastal pines beyond.

She stood on the porch stretching her hamstrings and listening to the distant sound of the sea and the call of that screech owl she’d heard the night before.

Maybe she didn’t hate these runs with Conan after all, she decided. If not for them, she would miss all this morning splendor, simply for the sake of an extra hour of sleep.

The dog seemed wildly eager to go, whining impatiently and racing back and forth in the yard. Apparently he’d never heard of pulled muscles or torn ligaments, she thought sourly, then gave up stretching and followed him to the backyard, to the latched gate there that led directly to the beach.

The dog rushed out but Sage had to pause for a moment to prop the gate open so they could return that way instead of having to take a more circuitous route to the front of the house.

She straightened from the task and nearly collided with a solid wall of muscle.

“Oh,” she exclaimed. She would have fallen if strong arms hadn’t reached to keep her upright.

“Sorry,” Eben murmured, heat flaring in his green eyes. “I thought you saw me.”

“No. I wasn’t paying attention.”

After a moment’s hesitation, he released her arm and she managed to find her footing as she caught sight of Conan a few yards away, racing around a giggling Chloe.

“Chloe! You’re up early.”

“Don’t I know it.” Eben looked at his daughter with disgruntled affection. “She woke me an hour ago, begging me to take her jogging with Conan this morning. We couldn’t quite figure out the logistics, though. We didn’t want to bang on your door at 6:00 a.m. just to pick up your dog, but then we saw your lights go on and headed over, hoping to catch you.

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