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Оглавление“What Is That?” He Asked As Six Tiny Legs Wiggled Against His Palm.
“A hermit crab. I thought you might want a soul mate.”
With a shake of his wrist, he tossed the shell into the sand. “I prefer my crab to be of the Alaskan King variety, served on a plate with drawn butter.”
“I guess you don’t want the little guy?”
He glanced at the small crustacean hiding deep in his borrowed house. “He doesn’t appear to want me, either.”
“There’s no accounting for taste.”
“His or mine?”
“Both.”
Clayton sighed. Dandelion flowers and hermit crab pets. Buried beneath her tough exterior was the real Mikki—a wide-eyed optimist who found beauty in the things most people ignored. At this moment she seemed far more dangerous than a gold-digging schemer out to steal the Hawthorne fortune. If he wasn’t careful, she just might steal his heart.
