Katie Mayes is the executive manager for a large, east coast beach resort. Unfortunately, her boss has discovered her one secret -- her seasonal flings with Caleb Beckett, the Entertainment Director. Company policy dictates no internal fraternization, especially between managers and their subordinates, so her boss gives Katie a choice.<br><br>Caleb or her job.<br><br>She avoids personal encounters with Caleb, until one fateful night a week before the resort’s big summer launch. Then, she runs into him at a local nightclub. When Caleb approaches her, she tries to give him the cold shoulder, but he follows her onto the dance floor where the music, her desire, and his persistence break her will. She claims it’s one more before they break it off completely, but Caleb insists on more than just a single night with her. Far from an ending, he views the summer as their true beginning.

Liaisons in Jubilee

It took ten minutes of brisk walking to reach the nightclub she had in mind. The Wooden Nickel was good for escaping the rigors of her structured life. Nobody knew her here; for the most part, it catered to out-of-town college kids. Even better, it had a dance floor that spilled out onto the beach, and in the rising summer heat, it was better to be writhing under a clear, starry sky, than jammed into a small square with a hundred other bodies trying to do the same thing.


The club was already packed by the time Katie arrived. The air pulsated, the driving bass booming over the speakers, but she ignored the call of the music to head straight for the bar. She wanted a beer first. Something to get the juices flowing. Then she’d pick out her partner of the night and get the party started right.


It happened as she leaned over the counter to give the bartender her drink order.


Chapter 2