{"product_id":"2940151904995","title":"Dream Lover","description":"\u003cp\u003eGrace had been dreaming of a mysterious lover for years, but she’d always thought it was just a dream…until she rented a cabin at the national state park, and discovered that Axel, the sexy blond ranger, wasn’t a stranger after all! (Book 32 of “The Hazard Chronicles”)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e~~~~~ Excerpt ~~~~~\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Do you remember?”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis quiet question stopped her dead in her tracks, and she spun back to gape at him in baffled confusion. “Remember?”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomething intense lit his narrowed eyes; she felt the force of it like a lightning bolt. Dizzily she braced a hand on the sturdy porch railing. “The hayloft.” It emerged as a strangled whisper, and her eyes widened in sudden awareness. “It was you!”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen she shook her head in baffled confusion. “No. No, that can’t be right. His name was Nathan! But…it was you! I know it was!”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAxel rose, and slowly crossed the wide porch. “Axel is my middle name,” he murmured. “I always liked it better, so I started using it when I became a ranger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I never thought I’d get the chance to see you again.” His deep voice seemed to vibrate in the cool night air like a plucked harp string. “You haven’t changed at all.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe wasn’t sure if she should be flattered or insulted. “I hope I have!” she muttered resentfully.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat made him laugh. “Well, you’ve gotten taller, certainly. But you’re just as beautiful. I recognized you right away.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe didn’t believe his compliment for an instant, but still it warmed her deep inside. “I thought, when I first saw you… But I never get to go anywhere, not even the town dances. So how could I possibly have known you?”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut she did now, and hot excitement was thrumming inside her like a hive of bees. “You used to work on the ranch. And you left the farm right after…”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuickly he laid a finger across her lips, silencing her. “I had to leave. I couldn’t stay after what happened. It was an accident, you know that, right? It was wrong, and I couldn’t let it happen again. But I wanted it so much…so it wasn’t safe for me to stay!”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHot tingles began to shimmer in her stomach again. Of course it could never lead anywhere…Axel had to be nearly thirty; he must have his pick of willing women. He’d never want a shy teenager who was so innocent and naïve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut it felt so good to be held in a man’s strong arms!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf only…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he finally eased back, that intense flicker lit his eyes again. “You’re not a little girl now, though, are you?” he murmured, and traced her bottom lip with one long finger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis light touch made icy-hot shivers ripple up and down her spine. “No, I’m not.” Breathlessly she shook her head, and wondered if he had any idea what he was doing to her!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor several long moments he seemed to hover on the razor’s edge of some weighty dilemma. Then a slow smile curved his lips. “Will you sit on my lap again, Grace? And I’ll show you why I couldn’t stay.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Boruma Publishing, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47080733212912,"sku":"2940151904995","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940151904995_p0.jpg?v=1764014980","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940151904995","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}