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His good hand came up to cup the back of her head, and he pressed her close, holding her next to him, and then he was kissing her hair, her forehead, her nose.
“I love you, Jake. I’ll be here for you.”
“No,” he said, cradling her head in his hand. “I’ll be here for you. We’ll be here for each other. For always, Ramona.”
Pure happiness spilled through her, and in her mind’s eye, she saw the prowling lion, his wounds bandaged, at last settling in the place she had made for him in the sun. Pressing her head into his chest, listening to his heart beat, she imagined that big, strong lion rolling over on his back and stretching as he let go of a relieved sigh.
Quietly, Jake began to hum, rocking her side to side in a dance, a little smile on his face. Ramona smiled back and stepped onto the tops of his feet, wrapping her arms around his shoulders so they could dance more closely. “What is that song?” she asked. “I feel like I should know it.”
“They played it at the wedding reception.” He made mock growling noises. “‘Listen to the Lion,’ by Van Morrison.”
Ramona stared at him for a moment, then she laughed and grabbed his beautiful, clean-shaven, healing face in her hands.
“I love you,” she said, and kissed him soundly.
And together they danced to the music of healing, to the music of courage, but most of all, to the music of love.
In August 1997, Intimate Moments is proud to present HER IDEAL MAN (IM#801), Book 3 of THE LAST ROUNDUP. Four years ago Tyler Forrest, the youngest of the Forrest brothers, took his young son and retreated to the solitude of the high Colorado mountains to nurse his broken heart. The last thing he expects—or wants, or needs—is a vivacious woman, stranded on his doorstep in the middle of a snowstorm.
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RECKLESS
Copyright © 1997 by Barbara Samuel
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