“Because she had eyes only for me,” Jeremiah said, kissing her on the cheek. “She’s the most wonderful, thoughtful sister-in-law there is.”
“I told you what she did to that man, Jere. You’d better keep your hands to yourself or you won’t have anything to share with your future wife.”
“Now, Jeremiah, you know I only have eyes for Mic, but one of these days, we’ll get you a wife, and we’ll do it without you having to sneak up behind her and scare her.” She waited until he was standing steady. “Where do you want to go?”
Jeremiah frowned, looking confused by the question. “Go?”
Mic’s chuckle turned into a full belly laugh. “He wasn’t going anywhere. He was trying to prove that he didn’t need anyone to help him.”
She sighed. “But you do need help. You were floundering around like a fish out of water just now.”
“Was not,” Jeremiah said, stepping away from her with an indignant glare, ruining it when he stumbled against the table. “Dagnabit!”
“I stand corrected. You’re more like a drunk bear.” Though she tried to sound serious, she burst out laughing and patted him on the shoulder. “Are you going to make me get the skillet or will you get back into bed and heal?”
He glared at her. “I’ll have you know, I’ve been taking care of myself longer then you’ve been alive and I’ll go to bed when I please,” he glared at Mic, “and get up when I please. And when it pleases me to... Forget it, my leg is killing me.”
Shaking his head, Mic strode across the room and grabbed his brother around the waist and laid his arm over his shoulder. “I’d hate to be a woman who gets in a fight with you. She’d not know if she was coming or going.”
“Well,” she began, “if I get a chance to talk to her, I’ll tell her how to handle him.”
She walked up to Mic, and making sure Jeremiah didn’t see it, she rubbed Mic’s behind then winked at him when he looked at her. She couldn’t help it. Every time she looked at her husband, he only got more attractive, and it was much too fun to see how far she could push him before he caved and made love to her.
Mic grinned at her and winked.
“Oh, please don’t. I can’t handle weeks trapped with you two giving each other those looks.” Jeremiah groaned, though his arm was thrown over his face and she doubted he’d seen anything.
“If we leave you alone, do you promise to be good and stay in bed?” she asked him as she stepped closer to Mic so that her breasts pressed against his arm.
“If it will get you two to stop, I swear that only a fire or the need for an outhouse will get me out of this bed.”
“Well, that sounds reasonable to me,” she relented and took a step away from Mic. “And if nothing else, the sooner you heal, the sooner you can get back to doing whatever it is you do when you’re not here.”
Mic grabbed her hand and pulled her from the house before Jeremiah could say anything. They moved quickly toward the path leading to the lake.
She giggled as they rounded a bend in the path and hurried along with him, glad that they were finally alone. “You’re not going to take advantage of me out here, are you?” she asked, hoping he would.
“You don’t have a hairpin in your pocket, do you?”
Stopping him when they reached the lake, she wrapped her arms around his waist and kissed him, wiggling her body against his. “There’s nothing in my pockets. You’re perfectly safe.” Unable to resist teasing him, she shot him a seductive smile and brought her hand to the bulge in his pants and stroked it. “Alright. I lied. While I don’t have any hairpins on me, the truth is you’re in grave danger. I fully intend to have my way with you. And there’s no one around to protect you.” She unbuttoned his pants and slid her hand in so she could feel his bare skin. “I’m afraid you’re at my mercy.”
With a smile, he challenged, “Do your worst.”
“Oh, I will.” And without a single complaint from him, she proceeded to follow through on her promise.
List of Romance Books by Ruth Ann Nordin
Marriage By Scandal (Regencies)
The Earl’s Inconvenient Wife
A Most Unsuitable Earl
His Reluctant Lady
The Earl’s Scandalous Wife
Standalone Regencies
Her Counterfeit Husband
Nebraska Historical Romance Series
Her Heart’s Desire
A Bride for Tom
A Husband for Margaret
Eye of the Beholder
The Wrong Husband
Shotgun Groom
To Have and To Hold
His Redeeming Bride
Isaac’s Decision
Second Chances Series (historical westerns)
Kent Ashton’s Backstory (Prequel to Catching Kent)
Catching Kent
South Dakota Historical Romances
Loving Eliza
Bid for a Bride
Bride of Second Chances
Montana Historical Romances
Mitch’s Win
Boaz’s Wager (coming soon)
Native American Romance Series (historical)
Restoring Hope
Brave Beginnings
Bound by Honor, Bound by Love
A Chance In Time (novella) – main characters show up in Restoring Hope and Bound by Honor, Bound by Love)
Virginia Historical Romance Series
An Unlikely Place for Love
The Cold Wife
An Inconvenient Marriage
Romancing Adrienne
Other Historical Western Romances
Falling In Love With Her Husband
Meant To Be
Omaha Contemporary Romances
With This Ring, I Thee Dread
What Nathan Wants
Florida Contemporary Romances
Substitute Bride
Across the Stars Series
Suddenly a Bride
Runaway Bride
His Abducted Bride
Co-Authored Books
Wild Hearts Series
The Stagecoach Bride by Ruth Ann Nordin and Stephannie Beman
Romance Anthology Collection
Bride by Arrangement by Ruth Ann Nordin and Janet Syas Nitsick
List of Books by Stephannie Beman
Children of Khaos Series
An Angel in Tartarus
Loving the Goddess of Love
Love is Blind
My Lord Hades
Persephone (sex free version of My Lord Hades)
Descendants of Edyn Series
Keeping Mhairi
Loving Khyrsolia
Co-Authored Books
Wild Hearts Series
The Stagecoach Bride by Ruth Ann Nordin and Stephannie Beman
Coming Soon in the Wild Hearts Series
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