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 But before she could bend over and get to the book, a large, masculine hand reached down and picked up the book for her.
    “I think you dropped this,” a deep voice said in Grace’s ear.
    Startled, she spun around to see the massive man standing inches from her face. He was as tall, dark, and handsome as they came, with dark spiked hair and light stubble covering his chin and cheeks. His body was covered with muscles that showed through his tight fitting T-shirt. She took a step back, suddenly feeling intimidated, and removed the book from his hand.
    “Um, thank you very much. Glad it didn’t land on your foot.” Grace laughed as she nervously gnawed on her bottom lip.
    “No problem,” the big guy  said as he stood there and continued staring at her.

    “Can I help you with something?” Grace asked, trying to sound casual.
    “Where do you keep the old issues of Playboy?” he managed to ask with a
    straight face. Someone coughed loudly from behind the stack.
    Grace bit her cheek to keep herself from bursting into laughter. “Sorry, champ,
    no Playboys here. I do have some medical books over in the reference section
    you could probably see some boobs in, but they’ll probably be pretty 24
    old and saggy. Sorry. Do you know where the reference section is?” She pointed
    over his head, doing her best to look serious as she took another book off the
    cart and climbed back up the stool. While Grace turned her back to hide her
    smile, she heard a low, sexy voice begin teasing the big guy.
    “There you are! We thought you got lost, this being your first time in a library
    and all.”
    Grace spun around to see a striking guy with dark brown hair and piercing
    blue eyes joke and slap the big guy on the b ack, then casually lean against the
    book stack. Grace couldn’t pull her eyes away from him; he was absolutely
    gorgeous. His brown hair was longer, with a hint of wave to it, and hung
    slightly into his eyes, his smile was breathtaking, and his eyes were deep and
    mysterious.
    After a few seconds, she realized she had been holding her breath and gasped
    for air. As she did, the third member of their party, a tall, slender blond guy
    joined them, suddenly making things feel very crowded in the narrow aisle.
    Grace  took a step higher up on her stool as she tried her best to regain her
    composure.
    “Shut up!” the big guy hissed to his friends as Grace grabbed another book and  put it onto the shelf. He cleared his throat. “Um, thanks, but I think I’ll pass on  the saggy,  medical boob books. So, what’s your name?” he asked in husky voice  that Grace assumed he intended to sound sexy, though it didn’t really work for  her. He was way too forward for her liking.
    Grace glanced over at his friends and realized the guy with the blue eyes was  smiling at her. Unexpectedly, she felt her heart start racing in her chest. “My  name?” Grace was so flustered she couldn’t think straight. “Wait a minute …” Suddenly, something struck her as odd about this whole situation.
    What were three exceptionally good-looking guys doing wandering around in  the library in the middle of the day, which one of them had all but admitted he  had never set foot in before today, unless …
    “Did you guys hear somewhere that libraries are good places to try and pick up girls? Was it on the news again? Just so I know … are you actually hitting on me

    in the middle of the library?” Grace asked incredulously, now grinning as the
    men shifted uncomfortably in their spots.
    The look on the big guy’s face was priceless. His mouth hung open while his
    friends doubled over in silent laughter, politely remembering they were still in
    a library. Somehow, Grace kept herself from laughing. She glanced back at her
    cart and realized there were still a ton of books to get through, so sadly, she
    decided it was probably time to wrap up this little chat.
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    “Listen, you seem like a nice enough guy, so I have