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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“Katie? I meant to tell you something earlier tonight.”


She squeezed her eyes shut. If he tried to convince her to let the affair continue behind Quentin’s back anyway, she didn’t know how she’d be able to say no. “Didn’t Rosaria get you a slot on the agenda for Monday’s meeting?” she joked.


“I won’t be at the staff meeting on Monday. I’m handing in my resignation. I know it’s short notice, but Lenny should be able to pick up the slack. He’s been angling for my job for the last two seasons, anyway.”


His words were a blast of cold water over her satiated limbs. Twisting out of his arms, Katie swung around to stare at him in disbelief. “You’re quitting? Why? You can’t. I need you.”


Chapter 13