ONE LITTLE LIE. A WHOLE LOTTA TROUBLE.
RUN TO YOU
Risking it All #1
Rachel Lacey
Releasing Aug 30th, 2016
Forever
Moments after meeting the most gorgeous guy ever, Gabby Winters promptly gets stung by a zillion yellow jackets and falls-not gracefully-into a stream. Yup, Ethan Hunter is trouble with a capital "hot," and Gabby definitely needs to keep her distance. Except in the small town of Haven, there's nowhere to hide from Ethan's sexy, infectious grin . . . and all the residents are conspiring against her.
At the center of the town's matchmaking is Ethan's grandmother, who's convinced their relationship is a done deal. Rather than break her heart, Gabby and Ethan find themselves cornered into pretending to be falling in love. The problem: there's serious sizzling attraction between them. And if this charade continues, they won't fool just the entire town - they might fool themselves too . . .
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“I’m glad you brought me out here.”
Gabby stepped over a tree root, lifting her skirt with her free hand so that
she didn’t trip.
Ethan squeezed her left hand. “Me,
too. The rock face is right up this way.”
They came around a corner and the path
opened up to a big rock looming at least thirty feet into the air. There were some
creases and cracks in it, but how anyone could scale it with only their bare
hands—or why they would want to—was completely beyond her. “You can seriously
climb that?”
“I can climb it. Ryan can kick its
ass, though.”
“Okay then. Show me.”
With a cocky grin, he reached up and
hooked his hand into a crack in the rock. He pulled himself up, his biceps
flexing most impressively as he climbed. Holy shit, that was sexy. Soon she was
left with nothing but a view of his very fine ass. And by the time he’d reached
the top, she was so turned on, she could hardly stand it.
“So?” he called from the top. “You
going to join me or what?”
“Not a chance. But I will enjoy
watching you climb back down.”
“Gotta give the lady what she wants.”
His fine ass reappeared over the edge as he started back down. He took his time
on the descent, and if she wasn’t mistaken, he might have reached for a few
hand and footholds that made him flex his muscles a little more than was
strictly necessary.
“You’re a show-off,” she said when his
feet were back on solid ground.
He was a bit out of breath, his
bronzed skin glistening with sweat, trademark smile still in place. “No clue
what you’re talking about.”
“No? You really needed to reach all
the way to that notch?” She gestured above them. “Instead of the one closer to
your shoulder that maybe wouldn’t have shown off your lovely biceps quite as
well?”
He flexed for her. “What, these old
things? And for the record, I totally needed the leverage.”
“Mm-hmm.” For some reason, she put her
hand on his biceps, and oh crap, that
was a mistake. His skin was hot beneath her fingers, and his blue eyes blazed
into hers.
“Killing me, Gabby,” he murmured.
“Killing me.”
His words sent a bolt of red-hot
desire right through her, and she must have made a sound because Ethan sucked
in a breath, his gaze locked on her lips. His hands settled on her hips,
burning into her skin through the thin fabric of her skirt.
Rachel Lacey is a contemporary
romance author and semi-reformed travel junkie. She's been climbed by a monkey
on a mountain in Japan, gone scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef, and camped
out overnight in New York City for a chance to be an extra in a movie. These
days, the majority of her adventures take place on the pages of the books she writes.
She lives in warm and sunny North Carolina with her husband, son, and a variety
of rescue pets.
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