An outlaw's wife…With her home burnt down, her outlaw husband believed dead, and five children entrusted to her care, Melody Dawson must leave the ashes of her past behind to start afresh…And an outlaw hunter…Atoning for a youthful mistake, US Marshal Reeve Prentis has made tracking down criminals his life’s work.His dangerous job has always demanded a solitary existence, yet escorting Melody across the Wild West has Reeve longing for change – and a family of his own!
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Carol Arens. Outlaw Hunter
“You have a way with the polka, Reeve.”
Outlaw Hunter. Carol Arens
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He dipped her backward, sideways, and quickstepped her about to the tinkling tune. At times his broad hand slid up her back. Once he drew her forward so that her apron’s bodice grazed his plaid shirt.
Still, the most intimate step of the promenade was when he held her at arm’s length and simply gazed into her eyes.
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A man’s touch was not something that she welcomed. Sadly, that was one more thing that Ram had ruined for her.
Perhaps with time that aversion would ease. She prayed that her dead husband had not cursed her soul forever.
