White Heat by Shalvis Jill

Author:Shalvis, Jill [Shalvis, Jill]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781455529643
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2013-03-04T22:00:00+00:00

17

They got to San Puebla late. Once at the inn, Griffin went to bed, leaving Brody with an entire evening in front of him and nothing to do.

His favorite kind of evening. He’d been through Copper Canyon only once before, on the fly-fishing trip when he’d heard of San Puebla and their fire, but he’d not gotten this close to the village itself.

He already knew he loved Mexico. The weather was always good and the fishing even better. Plus the people here lived on their schedule, meaning things got done in their own good time—his favorite part about the place.

At the moment, his stomach was full from Rosa’s cooking, and he stood right outside the small inn where they would sleep tonight, staring down at a running creek so full of fish swimming by the pale, smoke-filled moonlight he could have reached out and grabbed one.

Now here was a place where a man could take a decent breather, a place where he could forget any stresses and just kick back. Life was for nothing if not kicking back.

Unfortunately with every breath, he inhaled thick smoke, but Griffin would fix that, he was confident.

“Maldita sea.”

Knowing a little bit of Spanish, Brody lifted his brow at the oath let out in a musical female voice. Turning, he could barely make out the outline of someone sitting against a tree, their feet in the water. Taking a step closer, he saw it was Nina, Tom’s beautiful daughter. He’d gotten a nice eyeful of her at dinner, and had enjoyed her wild spirit.

Long hair tumbling down the middle of her back, she wore the same bright red sundress she’d worn at the table, and he spent a moment to marvel that she’d packed her curves into such a snug fit. Not that he’d been complaining. Lord, no. He liked nothing better than to look at a gorgeous woman over a mouth-watering dinner.

At the moment, she was concentrating down at the pages of an opened book, her lips moving as she read, and also as she swore, quite impressively.

“Now, darlin’, if that book is annoying you,” he said, “just toss it aside.”

Her head jerked up. Her lips stopped moving.

He leaned back against a tree to enjoy the sight of her. “Life’s too short to spend it reading a story you don’t like.”

Slowly, she set down the book and laid her almond-shaped dark, dark eyes on him. “What are you doing out here?”

Pushing away from the tree, he came closer and looked into the water rushing over rocks and sand. “Love that sound,” he murmured. “Don’t you?”

“I…” She let go of her aggression and let out a low laugh. “I don’t even hear it anymore.”

“Well, that’s just a sorry shame, if you ask me. What were you reading?”

“Nothing.”

“Nothing always make you swear?”

She sighed. “Princess Diaries.”

“Princess Diaries.”

“It’s the original American version. I’m…” She gave him a long don’t-you-dare-laugh look. “Teaching myself to read English.”

He stared at her. “But…that’s amazing. You speak it so fluently I just assumed you could read it as well.

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