Chapter One
A loud knock yanked Haley out of her newest suspense novel and she groaned at the unwanted
interruption. She moved to answer it, but apparently not quickly enough as another pounding
reverberated through the quiet cabin. Frustrated, Haley threw the door open wide, prepared to give
whoever it was a piece of her mind. She pulled up short when she caught sight of the couple on the other
side.
The woman was tall, dark-haired like herself. She had a figure that could only be described as lush and a
striking pair of chocolate brown eyes.
Haleyshook herself out of her mute shock and looked at the man. He was the woman's equal in every
way. Tall, strong, and lean with large hands that would wrap around a woman's waist just the right way.
While she stared at the pair of tanned strangers, Haley realized she hadn't spoken a word to either of
them.
"Um, can I help you?” Her voice sounded foreign to her own ears. But the man spoke and she listened,
mesmerized, to the raspy, deep tone of his voice.
"I was hoping you could,” he said with a smile. “Our car stalled down the road a ways and we were
wondering—if it wasn't too much of an inconvenience—could we use your phone to call for a tow?"
The word tow grabbed her and she reluctantly dragged her attention from the man and his sexy voice.
Haley found herself answering “sure” to a couple of complete strangers. She had to step back from the
door to allow them access to her small, safe haven.
Just that afternoon, she’d gone to her private hideaway. She’d needed a break from the day-to-day
grind. Even a workaholic like her deserved time off. She continued to convince herself of that.
After the many hours she’d racked up in unused vacation time, it was time to cash in. Her job as
software developer at Berlitz and Kent Computing was starting to take its toll. She’d put in too many
sixteen hour days writing code with nothing to show for them but a failed marriage and a never-ending
migraine. Her doctor had told her if she didn’t take her leave physically for a bit, she was going to end up
taking her leave mentally. She heeded the doctor’s warnings, as a nervous breakdown really wasn’t at all
appealing.
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Of course, now she found herself being smiled at by two gorgeous strangers in the dead of night, totally
isolated and in her pajamas no less, she wondered how smart her decision had been.
Geez, can this night get any stranger?
As she waged a battle inside her mind—was she crazy to let these people in?—she led them into the