Man from Half Moon Bay (18 page)

Authors: Iris Johansen

“Sanctuary?” she asked softly.

“If that’s what you want, that’s what I’ll try to be for you. Life won’t be easy for you. I’ll probably still be possessive and jealous.”

“And loving.”

“Oh, yes.” He nodded, taking her into his arms with enormous tenderness. “Always loving. Is that compensation enough?”

Joy rippled through her like a glowing sunlit river. “Compensation?” She kissed him gently. “Jordan, loving is all that matters. Don’t you know that?”

He nodded, his smile as joyous as her own. “I think you’re beginning to teach me. I hope you’ll still think so fifty years from now.”

“I will,” she whispered as she gazed up at him lovingly. “You can count on it.”

The Editor’s Corner

Welcome to Loveswept!

April might bring showers, but over at Loveswept, we’re more than happy to fill your days with sunshine and romance with this month’s irresistible original stories.

If you’re looking for a new small-town contemporary romance, look no further than
Plain Jayne
, a funny, heartfelt story about best friends who reunite—only to realize that being “just friends” isn’t good enough anymore. Juliet Rosetti keeps readers swooning—and laughing—with Mazie Maguire and her hot boy toy, Ben Labeck, in the delightfully fun
Tangled Thing Called Love
. And Bronwen Evans delivers another scorching story in
A Promise of More
, the second Disgraced Lords book where a marriage rooted in convenience and revenge turns into something so much more.

And sure to brighten any gloomy days are classic romances like Sandra Chastain’s richly sensuous tales from the Wild West:
The Outlaw Bride
,
The Mail Order Groom
and
Shotgun Groom
. Also deeply satisfying is Iris Johansen’s unforgettable story
Man From Half Moon Bay
and Karen Leabo’s sexy and thrilling
The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
. Linda Cajio’s
Me and Mrs
.
Jones
is another wonderful tale of passion you can’t miss. And you can never go wrong with Andrienne Staff and Sally Goldenbaum: check out the beautifully rendered
Banjo Man
by these two superstar writers.