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Hel\u00adlo! I\u2019m so glad you stopped by. I hope you\u2019re enjoy\u00ading the JustRomance.Me Blog Hop! Click HERE<\/span><\/a> to find the begin\u00adning. I\u2019m pick\u00ading up the Crim\u00adson Dawn Ranch thread. For some rea\u00adson the strip\u00adper Jer\u00adri and the K9<\/span> cop Corey begged me to tell their sto\u00adry, so I went with it. I did\u00adn\u2019t have a choice.<\/p>\n Corey Thurston scooped up a hand\u00adful of red dirt and faced \u00c2 the bon\u00adfire. The crowd behind him was solemn. Corey pinched his eyes closed so no one could see them roll. As if his wish\u00ades would come true just because he\u2019d sat through local per\u00adform\u00aders and sto\u00adry\u00adtellers pro\u00adclaim\u00ading Crim\u00adson Dawn Ranch\u2019s mag\u00adi\u00adcal aura. He almost laughed out loud and threw his hand\u00adful of dirt on the fire. Sure\u00adly the myth\u00adi\u00adcal crea\u00adtures would help Corey in his quest to get in that exot\u00adic dancer\u2019s pants tonight. Sti\u00adfling a smile, he gave his dog Kevlar the hand sig\u00adnal and the Ger\u00adman Shep\u00adard obe\u00addi\u00adent\u00adly fell into step beside him. As they made their way back to the crowd, Corey glanced at the woman for whom he\u2019d just wished car\u00adnal knowledge.<\/p>\n Jer\u00adri Carlisle met his gaze steadi\u00adly. In fact with the glim\u00admer of the roar\u00ading fire, Corey could have sworn there was lust behind those clear blue eyes. Per\u00adhaps there was. She\u2019d spent the entire bus ride read\u00ading from a very erot\u00adic romance nov\u00adel. She\u2019d shared a few pas\u00adsages aloud to the enjoy\u00adment of the rest of the pas\u00adsen\u00adgers. Corey had shift\u00aded in his seat to hide his inter\u00adest, and he could\u00adn\u2019t help but notice her squirm\u00ading too. Now, as the flames from the bon\u00adfire reflect\u00aded in her eyes, he did\u00adn\u2019t both\u00ader to hide his inter\u00adest. He let it show in the flick\u00ader\u00ading orange light.<\/p>\n He returned to his spot, and forced his focus back on the fire. He absent\u00adly scratched behind Kev\u2019s ears, as the rest of the par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpants threw their dirt on the fire.<\/p>\n \u201c<\/span>I\u2019m dying to know,\u201d a whis\u00adper came close to his ear. \u201cJust what does a big tough\u2026sexy cop like you wish for?\u201d<\/p>\n He did\u00adn\u2019t have to turn to know it was the strip\u00adper teas\u00ading him with her sweet breath and if he moved back just a lit\u00adtle, he could feel her breasts brush against his back. \u201cNow Miss Carlisle, you know that I can\u2019t tell you that. My wish won\u2019t come true.\u201d He turned his head just enough to see her from the cor\u00adner of his eye. \u00c2 From her prox\u00adim\u00adi\u00adty, he could\u00adn\u2019t tell if she licked her lips or if he just imag\u00adined it, but it took every ounce of willpow\u00ader to turn away rather than kiss her.<\/p>\n \u201c<\/span>And maybe,\u201d she whis\u00adpered again, this time he felt the brush of her lips against the rim of his ear. \u201cYour wish was the same as mine\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n He reached behind him, brush\u00ading his fin\u00adgers along her bare thigh. \u201cI guess we won\u2019t know unless they come true.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201c<\/span>Then in my case, we should know by sun\u00adrise.\u201d With that she pulled away from him, and he lis\u00adtened to her foot\u00adsteps in the grav\u00adel. When she\u2019d walked a few steps far\u00adther than her orig\u00adi\u00adnal spot, he gave in to his curios\u00adi\u00adty and checked over his shoulder.<\/p>\n Jer\u00adri had looked over her own shoul\u00adder to meet his gaze from the grow\u00ading shad\u00adows of the tree. The crack\u00adling fire was drowned out by the pound\u00ading in Corey\u2019s ears. With\u00adout anoth\u00ader thought, he spun on one heel and fol\u00adlowed her, Kev on his heels. He caught up with her at the front door, where she slipped a key card \u00c2 behind the waist\u00adband of his pants, com\u00ading way too close to his erection.<\/p>\n \u201c<\/span>Room one-oh-five. Five minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n Corey wast\u00aded no time in get\u00adting Kev set\u00adtled into their own room on the third floor. The place was all but aban\u00addoned. Every\u00adone in the coun\u00adty must be at that bon\u00adfire. Corey grinned. When room one-oh-five opened silent\u00adly to reveal Jer\u00adri Carlisle\u2019s naked body reclined on her bed, he decid\u00aded that maybe wish\u00ades real\u00adly did come true at Crim\u00adson Dawn Ranch.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I\u2019m throw\u00ading in win\u00adner\u2019s choice of my back\u00adlist to the grand prize pot, but I\u2019m hold\u00ading a spe\u00adcial con\u00adtest for my read\u00aders here. All you have to do is com\u00adment, and you\u2019re eli\u00adgi\u00adble to win the very first down\u00adload of my brand-spank\u00ading new release Cov\u00ader Sto\u00adry<\/a>, com\u00ading to ebook stores every\u00adwhere on Mid\u00adsum\u00admer\u2019s Day, June 24th.<\/p>\n Good luck!<\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/alannacoca.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/cover-story-front-cover-72dpi-195x300.jpg\")
<\/a>Makes you want to find a hand\u00adful of red dirt, right? And maybe a sexy dream come true too.<\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/alannacoca.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/olivia.png\")
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