Jamie Craig

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

But tonight was different. The only person he felt was Katie. The bright lights in his eyes obscured his vision, but it didn’t matter. He knew exactly where she was standing all night, and his eyes were drawn to her lithe figure again and again. He didn’t allow himself to be distracted from the music, but for the first time he was eager to finish the gig and willing to leap off the stage as soon as the music ended.


Despite that, he didn’t get a chance to see her until the party. She was waiting for him near the door where they arranged to meet, holding an ice-cold bottle of water and a towel. He took them both gratefully, wiping the sweat from his face before wrapping his arm around her waist and pulling her into an embrace.


“Loved it.” Her halter-style sundress left her arms bare, and without even a glance at the crowd around her, Katie lifted them to drape over his shoulders. “You had them eating out of the palm of your hand.”


Chapter 14