The Renegade by Nelson Rhonda

Author:Nelson, Rhonda [Nelson, Rhonda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9780373795611
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2010-08-01T06:00:00+00:00

THE DAMNED KNOW-IT-ALL, Mia thought, as she waited for her personal mercury to cool. She hadn’t remembered him being so perceptive. Was it an acquired skill? she wondered, or had she just been too much in love with him to notice the last time around?

Though she thought her acting skills were improving, she knew they wouldn’t carry her so far as to pretend that his kiss—hell, simply being around him—wasn’t affecting her. It was.

Oh, how it was.

Her toes had been curling to the point she’d almost developed cramps and the hot zing of need pinging in her womb to the tune of what she suspected was his heartbeat was making her squirm in her seat like a grounded toddler forced to sit in the naughty chair. She didn’t know what sort of cologne he was wearing, but it was absolutely driving her crazy. It made her want to suck him up like a Slurpee. Her breasts ached behind her bra and the hot, muddled sensation camping low in her belly seemed to intensify with every agitated breath.

And looking at him only made things worse. The shape of those full, sculpted lips, the lean slope of his cheek, the firm edge of his jaw and even the side of his neck—a place she’d love to lean over and kiss just below his ear—taunted her with every glimpse.

And when he looked at her dead-on? Despite repeated exposure, she was never quite prepared for the combination of need and reluctant, bittersweet affection that slammed into her. It left her breathless and light-headed. The desire she could justify. Between his naturally potent sexual appeal and Moe exerting his significant influence, it was no wonder that she found herself locked in a state of practically debilitating lust.

But those softer emotions? The ones that made her heart give a pathetic little jump, her resolve melt, her lips curl of their own volition…those, she knew, were trouble.

Tanner snapped his phone shut and rounded the hood, then opened her door. She hadn’t been waiting on him to do it—she just hadn’t gathered her wits about her enough to exit on her own power. While other women might object to such an old-fashioned gesture, Mia had to admit that she wasn’t one of them. She appreciated the courtesy and took it as a sign of respect rather than an insult to her gender.

In relatively short order, he’d arranged to have the other car returned to the proper rental company and procured a replacement, a crossover SUV with enough legroom for comfort and pickup speed to disappear quickly if needed. She’d listened as he’d made the call to Ranger Security and briefed them on the changes to their situation and found herself reluctantly impressed with his performance.

Not that she shouldn’t have been. Tanner had always been more than competent. He had a keen brain behind all that masculine beauty and brawn, and a dedication of purpose that had surpassed so many of their contemporaries. It had been part of what had drawn her to him from the start.

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