Dream Lover

By Tani Fredricks

Grace 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”)

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“Do you remember?”

His quiet question stopped her dead in her tracks, and she spun back to gape at him in baffled confusion. “Remember?”

Something 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!”

Then 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!”

Axel 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.

“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.”

She wasn’t sure if she should be flattered or insulted. “I hope I have!” she muttered resentfully.

That made him laugh. “Well, you’ve gotten taller, certainly. But you’re just as beautiful. I recognized you right away.”

She 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?”

But 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...”

Quickly 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!”

Hot 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.

But it felt so good to be held in a man’s strong arms!

If only...

When 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.

His 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!

For 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.”

• Language: English
• Publisher: Boruma Publishing, LLC
• Release date: May 3, 2015
• ISBN: 9781310343766

Tani Fredricks

Why should my twin sister have all the fun? I can write just as well as Becca can...and I'm a whole lot wilder and crazier! There's absolutely nothing I won't try, or write about! If you like Becca's stories, and want to dance on the wilder side, be sure to check out mine! >:-D (The really wild'n'crazy fun stuff is too shocking to publish here--but you'll find it on my website!)

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Dream Lover

Book 32 of The Hazard Chronicles

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By Tani Fredricks

Artwork by Moira Nelligar

~~  All characters in this book are 18 or over.  ~~

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The erotic memory only came to her in dreams.

Strong hands hoisting her onto a warm lap. Broad chest with muscles that flexed, and thick furring that tickled her cheek. Spicy male scent that made her stomach tingle. Long fingers that stroked her back, and gently held her in place while lean hips moved rhythmically between her parted legs…

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Gasping, Grace bolted upright and stared around the darkened cabin in panicked confusion. Where was she, and how had she gotten here?

Then it all came flooding back, and she sagged against her pillow with a sigh of relief.

Mom and Daniel had finally gotten married, and they were away on their honeymoon. Rather than leave her at home alone, they’d given into her earnest pleas, and let her go camping with her best friends, Jenny and Joyce. Three whole weeks on her own at the national state park—it was like a dream come true!

Of course they’d had to tour the scenic campground themselves, walk along several long wooded nature trails to scout for possible danger, and inspect one of the sturdy cabins to make sure it was safe. And they’d arranged to have a park ranger check on the girls every single night.

Grace appreciated their concern; of course she did. But it was well past time she had a chance to do something for herself. Several of her high school classmates were already married, with babies on the way or in tow, because kids in Hazard started making families younger than city kids. And their farm was tucked way at the back of Hazard Valley, close to the immense waterfall that gave the long valley its name. She’d never gotten to do anything on her own before.

That was why, without her mom’s knowledge, she’d paid extra from her hard-earned allowance money to rent a cabin of her very own. Sure, she loved Jenny and Joyce like sisters. But they were double-dating each other’s brothers, and she knew Peter and Jerry had arranged to drop by at least a few times, on the sly, for plenty of hot sex. Even if she’d been welcome to join them, she didn’t have a clue what to do.

She wasn’t sure she wanted either of them to be her ‘first,’ anyway. Oh sure, she liked them both a whole lot. They were really cute, and nice to her in that off-handed way honorary brothers so often were.