title: The Rugged Loner
author: Jameson, Bronwyn
description: "LIE BACK, CLOSE YOUR EYES AND THINK OF KAMERUKA."
  
  She made the bold proposition to get under his skin. And by Tomas Carlisle's reaction, Angelina Mori succeeded. Angie knew that tragedy had turned her friend hard and remote...like the Australian outback he loved. Still, she was scandalized that after confessing her secret fantasies about him, after offering to bear the Carlisle heir his father's will demanded in one year's time, he'd dared to suggest they make a baby...without sharing his bed. Well, she'd wanted Tomas to imagine a better way.
  
  The way nature intended.
  
  Because being so intimate with Tomas might not simply save his family's fortune...but the man himself.