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toward her mouth… Then he spotted the red light on the camera and dropped his hands immediately. She swayed on her feet after he released her.
    He took one giant step back. “You okay?”
    She nodded.
    “Good.” He nodded back and strode across the road. He needed to check on that horse and discover how he’d gotten out in the first place.

Chapter Five
    The rest of the day was uneventful in comparison. Fishing at sunrise. Bee swarms. Nearly getting trampled by the King Kong of all horses. Getting whisked into the safety of Bobby’s arms. It had been one a hell of a shift.
    By bedtime late that night, Christy could honestly say she had never been happier to see her lumpy mattress at The Hideaway. Her only complaint was that it seemed like she’d just closed her eyes for a moment before a pounding on her door awakened her.
    “Christy! Rise and shine.” Mandy’s voice accompanied the loud knocking.
    Morning had come much too soon and worse, it was heralded by her boss at the crack of dawn.
    Christy shuffled to the door, flung it open and then crawled back into bed, not bothering to close the door behind her uninvited guest. She frowned at how awake, not to mention chipper, Mandy appeared at this ungodly hour. Dressed for the day right down to the clipboard shoved under her arm, Mandy looked ready for a board meeting when Christy was barely ready for a shower.
    She nearly groaned as a to-go cup of coffee was thrust at her. Mandy had already been to town and back? Whatever. As long as she brought her coffee, Christy didn’t care if she’d been to Mexico and back already.
    “So you’ve been busy, I see. Fletch dropped off the tapes from yesterday at my room last night.”
    Christy did her best to assess whether Mandy was actually pleased or being sarcastic. It was a tough call, so she simply nodded and waited.
    “I have an idea…” Mandy began.
    Uh, oh. Mandy’s ideas usually meant more work for Christy, but wasn’t that always the way? When the boss got a vision, the assistant usually had the dubious pleasure of making it reality.
    Mandy continued. “You have the night off tonight.”
    Christy raised her eyebrow. There was definitely a catch somewhere. “And…”
    Mandy smiled. “You know me too well. And you will be going on a date with this Corey character.”
    Christy nearly dropped her precious coffee at that. “Wha…but…huh?”
    Mandy plopped her butt, clad in designer business-casual trousers, on the edge of the mattress. “Here’s my plan. While you are on your date with the studly bee wrangler, I’ve arranged for a guys’ night out over at Jared’s. He’s inviting Bobby and a few others from town. Fletch will go solo to tape that. I’m guessing the men will speak more freely in a room with no women present, and Fletch is good at blending into the background.”
    Christy felt a bit silly complaining about a night off after the crazy hours she’d been putting in lately, but she really didn’t want to go on a date with Corey. She told Mandy exactly that which earned her a sigh in response.
    “Look, it’s obvious that you and Bobby are hot for each other.” Mandy’s assessment opened Christy’s eyes, even more than the strong coffee had.
    Mandy laughed. “No use denying it. The chemistry between you two is practically palpable on tape. The way he saved you from that big horse yesterday and how he gets angry just seeing you speaking to that wrangler… Whew, women will be fanning themselves all over the country. It’s great TV. Like it or not, you are now one of the characters on Smalltown Heat , thenext big reality show to hit the small screen.”
    Christy’s mouth dropped open. “But isn’t crew being part of the show frowned upon?”
    “Sometimes things have to change. Especially when someone gives away our best piece of tape and we have to come up with another angle for one of the town’s main characters.” Mandy raised a brow pointedly.
    Was she never going to let Christy