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himself
    learning to love coffee. Wouldn’t his brothers be surprised?
    “I don’t doubt that, Jessie. But you still haven’t met with Austin, Wilde Fire
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    and I think I can help you get a meeting.” Phoenix’s eldest brother had been putting Jessie off for nearly a week. So like Austin to keep his plans to himself. The guy was an uber-control freak, and Phoenix believed refusing to see her was some kind of plan to keep her off-balance.
    “How can you help me see your brother?” Her green eyes
    sparkled. She was intrigued.
    “Let me give you another tour of the mine today. I promise you’ll
    meet him.” He knew when his brother took his dinner and where.
    Austin wouldn’t like an ambush, but that didn’t matter. If Phoenix got to spend more time with Jessie, then his brother’s wrath would be
    worth it.
    “I probably shouldn’t trust you, Phoenix.”
    “Sure you should.” He reached across the laminate top of the table
    and squeezed Jessie’s hand. When she didn’t pull it back, potent
    voltage rolled up his arm, down his torso, and into his balls.
    “All right. But you better deliver on your promise of me seeing
    Austin.”
    “Oh, I’ll deliver that and more. You won’t be sorry, Jessie.”
    “I’m not so sure, cowboy.”

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    Chloe Lang

    Chapter Two

    Jessie sat in the truck next to Phoenix. She’d never seen such
    breathtaking male beauty in her life. He could’ve doubled for the
    perfection of Michelangelo’s David , even though he wore a cowboy hat, T-shirt, jeans, and boots. But it wasn’t just his looks that got to her. His intensity and wicked ways unnerved and delighted her
    beyond reason. Against good judgment, she’d agreed to let him take
    her to the mine today. I’m an idiot.
    He looked at her with his big hazel eyes, causing her to experience a bit of vertigo. “You look flushed, angel.”
    “I’m all right.” She tasted the deception on her lips.
    “Would you like to hear some music?” He kept one hand on the
    steering wheel, and one hand went to her thigh, sending a warm
    shiver through her body.
    She considered asking him to remove his hand but didn’t. Instead,
    she answered, “That’d be nice.”
    “Great. I think you’ll like this.” He punched some buttons on his
    iPod, which was connected to the stereo in his truck. The sweet sound of a piano filled the cab.
    “That’s not country music. And me thinking I knew you.” But she
    didn’t know much about any of the Wilde brothers. How could she?
    She’d only been in town for a week. Still, one thing she had
    discovered was the brothers really knew how to pleasure a woman.
    And something she’d never thought would happen in Wilde, of all
    places, had happened. She’d lost her virginity here.
    She could never forget how wonderful Phoenix’s brother Jackson
    had been that night. The last few days with him had been amazing.

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    Though spending nights with Jackson was untimely, given her current work assignment with his family’s mine, she hadn’t been able to
    refuse him access to her hotel room, or her body.
    Curious, she grabbed Phoenix’s iPod. “What else would I find in
    here?”
    “Some jazz, hip-hop, alternative, heavy metal, classical, and yes,
    even country.” He turned on the wipers as a light rain dotted the
    windshield. “I’m multifaceted, Jessie. Besides, your mind seems to be buzzing, so I think some soothing tunes might be best for you right now.”
    Phoenix was right. Yet, it wasn’t about Wilde Mine’s recent
    occurrence that had her brain in overdrive. What ruled her thoughts and made her heart pound in her chest right now was the cowboy
    sitting next to her.
    “I guess I’m thinking about my investigation,” she lied, hoping he
    would believe her.
    “I bet.”
    Jessie decided to keep the conversation on business, praying it
    might afford her some control she desperately needed around him.
    “What can you tell me about the accidents?”
    He shrugged. “Not