Gone Country by Lorelei James

Author:Lorelei James
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Erotica, Western, Azizex666, Fiction
ISBN: 9781619215290
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Published: 2012-12-11T05:00:00+00:00

Sierra stood at the kitchen island fixing a snack when she heard a series of thuds on the front porch. She slipped into the dining room and glanced at Sadie, curled up, snoring in her doggie bed. Did that mean she knew who was at the door at seven on a Saturday night, so she wasn’t worried for Sierra’s safety?

Or…Sadie was a lousy guard dog.

The heavy wooden door in the foyer didn’t have a peep hole. As she weighed her options about checking out the noise, two raps sounded.

“S-s-sierra, it’s B-b-boone.”

She opened the door quickly. “Boone? Omigod! What are you…you’re covered in snow.” She grabbed the lapels of his coat and jerked him inside, and they nearly tumbled to the floor.

Boone righted himself. Then he was shaking really hard as he leaned against the door and it slammed shut. “Th-thanks. S-s-sorry if I interrupted s-s-something.”

“What are you doing here?” Her gaze swept over him. He didn’t move. His eyes blinking drowsily.

“Boone? Have you been drinking?”

“No. I…d-d-damn.” His teeth chattered like crazy.

After all her dad’s lectures about frostbite and the dangers of hypothermia, Sierra recognized the signs immediately. She didn’t think; she just acted. She tugged off Boone’s gloves. His hands were as hard and cold as icicles. Her gaze moved to his face. He wore an Elmer Fudd hat which covered his head and ears. It also had a pull-down face mask so only his eyes and lips were visible. “I wouldn’t have opened the door if you’d had this over your face.”

“S-s-smart ch-choice.”

Sierra placed her hands on his cold cheeks and he made an odd noise, so she snatched them back. “Okay. I’ll leave your hat on.” She unzipped his coveralls. “You’ll have to move if you want to get out of these clothes and warm up.”

“K-k-kay.” Boone leaned forward.

She stripped the coveralls off his arms and then pulled them to his ankles. “Kick them off.”

He fell back against the door as he kicked the wide-legged coveralls aside.

“Don’t move.” She ran to the linen closet for bedding, grabbing a heavy wool blanket and a down comforter. She wrapped the blanket around his shoulders, gathering the edges in front of his chest. “Can you hold on to this?”

“I’ll t-t-try.”

Sierra dropped to her knees and brushed the snow off the laces of his work boots. It took several tries until the frozen leather would cooperate.

Boone shifted feet so she could pull the boot off.

She curled her hands around his foot. At least his socks weren’t wet and his feet weren’t blocks of ice. By the time she’d finished removing the second boot, he’d stopped shaking so hard. She stood and eyed him. “You warmed up enough to walk to the fireplace?”

He nodded.

“You sure? Because I can’t carry you.” She smirked. “Although, I could probably knock you over and drag you.”

“I can walk.”

He followed her into the living room. She dragged a chair directly in front of the fireplace and ordered, “Sit.”

Boone sat.

She tucked the comforter around his front side. He watched her every move without speaking, his eyes locked on her face, and it made her nervous.

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