He’s tantalizing trouble she can’t resist…

Charlotte Parrish has always wanted a certain kind of man: someone responsible, settled, boring. Bad boys need not apply. But when her car leaves her stranded and a mysterious stranger with brooding eyes and a protective streak comes to her rescue, she can’t deny how drawn she is to him. In town searching for family he’s never met, Mitch is everything she never thought she wanted—and suddenly everything she craves.

Finding his half brothers after all these years is more than Mitch Crews has allowed himself to wish for. Finding love never even crossed his mind…until he meets Charlotte. She’s sweet, warmhearted, sexier than she knows—and too damn good for an ex-con like him. But when his past comes back to haunt him, putting Charlotte—and the family he’s come to care for—in danger, Mitch isn’t playing by the rules. He’s already surrendered his heart, but now he’ll risk his life.

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She stood to his left, and the heady scent of her skin and hair—like baby powder and flowers—teased his nose.

He drew a deeper, fuller breath, filling his lungs with her and knew he could happily drown on that scent.

Slowly, wanting to keep her close, Mitch unclenched his fingers and allowed Bernie to stumble back to where his buddy helped to prop him up.

Unconcerned with that, Charlotte’s fingers shifted in the lightest of explorations before she snatched her hand away.

Interesting—especially that splash of color on her cheeks.

She looked up at him, gave a wan smile, and whispered, “Thank you.”

“For popping him?”

Curls bounced as she gave a quick shake of her head. “For not doing him more damage.” She wrinkled her nose, leaning closer to confide, “You could have, I know.”

Huh. No recriminations?

She actually thanked him?

Not what he was used to, but he’d take it. “So—”

Eyes almost crossed, Bernie spat. “You used ta be such a nice girl.”

And just that easy, he fractured Mitch’s newfound calm. Fury brought him forward a step. “You’d be wise to leave now.”

Too drunk to see the danger, Bernie glared at Charlotte.

In what felt like a gentle reminder, she touched his arm again.

Their eyes met—and she smiled.

Son of a bitch, how had she known? No, he didn’t punish smaller men for idiocy. He didn’t settle things with his fists—unless he had to. Annoyance narrowed his eyes, but otherwise, he hid the churning confusion.

“You okay?” she asked, her eyes big and sincere.

Jesus. She wanted to soothe him? An abrupt nod eased her worried frown.

“Good.” She gave him a pat.

Mitch stewed. It grated that even out of prison, some things hung with him. Like react first, think later, rather than take chances.

Behind bars, it was safer that way.

I’m no longer in prison. Eventually that’d sink in. Coming here, to this small town, would be yet another step to ensuring that it did.

Bernie’s friend, helping to hold him upright, muttered, “Fuck ’em. Lez go,” in an effort to save face for them both.

“Do,” Charlotte said in quiet command, and with audacity she shooed them away.

Un-fucking-believable. But what mattered to Mitch was seeing them go.

And that left him alone with her.

After a second deep breath, something new occurred to him: Charlotte had gotten dangerously close to a volatile situation.

She didn’t know him—if she did, she wouldn’t have dared.

She shouldn’t trust him—but she hadn’t hesitated to intercede.

Ballsy. Also foolish.

And why that impressed him, he couldn’t say.

Even though she now stepped out of reach, Mitch felt her, her concern, the sizzling contact where her flesh had met his—on your arm, you ass—and the inquisitiveness in the wide eyes that kept peeking at him.

Get it together.

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About Lori Foster

Lori Foster is a New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author with books from a variety of publishers, including Berkley/Jove, Kensington, St. Martin's, Harlequin and Silhouette. Lori has been a recipient of the prestigious RT Book Reviews Career Achievement Award for Series Romantic Fantasy, and for Contemporary Romance. For more about Lori, visit her Web site at www.lorifoster.com.

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