Alaskan Blackout by Joanne Rock

Author:Joanne Rock
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2023-06-01T19:27:56+00:00

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Men.

Not for the first time, McKenna thought the word like an epithet three days after Quinton had vanished from her life.

She taped the Closed sign to the front door of the Cyclone Shack, along with a note for her patrons to let them know she’d reopen in thirteen days. That done, she hitched her rucksack onto her back and headed to her truck to make the short drive to the harbor, where she would take an impromptu trip of bird-watchers out to Attu. It was a thirteen-day venture that had fallen into her lap after a tour group based on Adak Island had lost their chartered boat to the recent storm. When the desperate guide had contacted McKenna to take over the trip in tandem with a larger trawler yacht, she had jumped at the chance to get out of town.

This way, she would get some fresh sea air to clear the cobwebs in her brain and give her some perspective on her situation. She would provide tender services for the bigger boat and take smaller groups around the islands that were harder to reach with the yacht. It was a makeshift approach for the tour company to deliver the birding trip, but considering they were in a pinch after the storm and McKenna had enough birding knowledge to act as a second guide, the arrangement would suffice. McKenna would make a nice paycheck, all while avoiding Quinton.

Because... Men.

Dumping her sack into the cargo bed of the truck, she tried not to think about how much his disappearing act had hurt. Even though she’d told him after their night together that he was under zero obligation to stick around, a part of her had wondered how he could stay away when the chemistry between them had been amazing. Well, for her it had been. Was there a chance that Quinton always worked that kind of magic with women? She’d assumed that it was because there’d been a connection between them. But with her limited—and crappy—past experiences, what did she know?

Cranking on the truck engine, she carefully but deliberately pulled out of the Cyclone Shack’s parking lot, unwilling to spend any more time missing him. Each day that she’d worked at the bar after the storm, she’d held her breath every time the door opened to admit a new customer. Every. Single. Time.

And in each instance, she’d been disappointed that the newcomer hadn’t been Quinton. It had been a pathetic display of feelings for a man who hadn’t given their night half as much thought as she had. She hammered on the gas as she hit the main road, very ready to let the sea take her mind off her problems. She’d asked a neighbor to care for her pets, and she’d nailed up heavy plastic sheets over the places on the house that were still missing some siding. She’d covered her bases. With any luck, maybe Quinton would be far from Dutch Harbor by the time she returned home.

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