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.

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When she rolled over to wake Caleb up, however, she found his side of the bed empty. His clothes were still on the chair where they’d dumped them, and the door stood ajar, but when she strained to hear what he might be doing, silence was the only sound that greeted her. Pushing back the blankets, she rose and walked out to the dark living room. He wasn’t there either. Katie was about to call out his name when she saw the blinds leading to the patio had been pushed aside.


He must have gone outside for some fresh air, she realized. A quick glance at the clock on the DVD player told her she had at least an hour until sunrise. There was plenty of time for her to join him.


Chapter 9