title: More Heat
author: Rance, Robin
description: IN THE HIGH DESERT COUNTRY OF ARIZONA… A young woman’s search to find those who are responsible for her father’s death leads her to danger. The tall dark stranger in town captures her attention. Will she lose her life or her heart first? Julie Carrington is looking for the people who murdered her father on their cattle ranch. Her foreman Larry insists on remaining with her to help find those responsible, and to make sure that her ranch continues to thrive… Lenox Binx Marcum is searching for some relaxation and heat. He stumbles upon more than he'd ever expected when a beautiful, young woman who's looking for more help, hires him to work on her cattle ranch... A neighbor’s cruel deception, a mother fleeing with a child, and the vicious Drug Cartel, bring more problems than either one of them would have expected. Will it be the problems that they are facing, or will it be the attraction between them that will bring, More Heat… Julie giggled. “You don’t actually, not unless I get to show you around first. You want to know what there is to see nearby, then you’re going to have to take me with you.” “Then it’s a deal. I can’t think of a better tour guide than you.” I drove into town and there was a parking spot right in front of that same diner where I’d first seen her. “How about some lunch?” “Where are you taking me, Binx?” The air was off inside the truck but a little breeze was blowing a wisp of her hair around. It kept tickling the cheek that I’d wanted to touch earlier. “Shirley’s Diner. There’s nothing finer.” She laughed out loud. “What’s funny about that?” The last time that I’d smiled this much in one day had been the day that Mandy had walked out of my life. “It’s been Shirley’s Diner right from the beginning, yet she doesn’t even work there anymore. Sheila runs it now. It just wouldn’t sound the same to us local folk if it was changed. It would jinx it somehow.” She turned her head towards me as I stopped the truck. I couldn’t stop myself from reaching out and tucking that bit of hair behind her ear, then my fingers brushed past her soft cheek. “My hair is probably a mess now, isn’t it?” I watched her lift her uninjured arm and comb her fingers through her hair. I reached out and grabbed her hand to stop her. “You look lovely. Are you ready to go inside?” She turned towards me. “What did you have to eat the last time you were here?” Interesting question. “Why would you ask that?” Her eyebrows lifted and she pursed her lips together; then she asked. “Do you want to share the kitchen sink with me?”