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shoulders as she'd walked beside him to go to a movie. In that yellow sundress that cupped her small breasts and bared her pretty shoulders when he'd seen her with a girlfriend at that little Italian place she liked.
    Jesus. She was so fucking out of her element it was surreal. Yet somehow she still managed to maintain that air of unflappability that her patients were used to seeing.
    She was so delicate, so earnest. He'd spent a year and a half pussy-footing around her, biding his time.
    He was ready for Beth. She wasn't ready for him. Not then. She was as beautiful and fragile as a jungle orchid. It had been love at first sight for Sam. He'd decided she should be surrounded by children; he'd pictured her, a baby—his—at her naked breast. He'd never felt this alien blend of lust, love, tenderness and fear for any woman in his life. He wanted her with an intensity he'd never felt for any woman. Ever.
    It was damned unsettling, he thought, shoving aside a six-foot long palm frond. He'd gone way past unsettled by the unexpected mixture of emotions he'd felt for this woman from the start and directly into determination and a strange kind of peace.
    A loud croaking sound, followed by a guttural rurr, rurr , rurr , sounded several feet to the left.
    "What do you think that is?"
     
     
    "Colobusmonkey. He's been following us for a while." Sam could see the little guy's bright, inquisitive eyes as he swung by his tail from a nearby branch, waiting for them to move on.
    "As long as it isn't a damn bird," Beth muttered under her breath, making Sam grin.
    While a portion of his mind was aware of every small movement in the foliage around them, and his ears engagedIDing every noise, a small compartment of his brain was reserved for flashing memories of Beth.
    According to her patients she was an excellent GP. And sweet. And inordinately kind. And compassionate. And attentive. Everyone in the smallMontana town adored Dr. Beth.
    Sam had taken one look at sweet Dr. Beth's marmalade-coloredhair, creamy freckled skin, and big brown eyes and fallen for her like the proverbial ton of bricks. He'd wanted to strip her and count every freckle. Unfortunately five minutes after meeting her he'd discovered she was married. Fifteen minutes after that he'd gotten an earful from Traci at the diner about the idiot she was married to.
    They'd married while both were in med school. Beth and Rob were more like friends than lovers, which Sam found good to know. Rob was a nice guy, Traci told him. Too bad he'd fallen in love with a woman he'd met on the Internet. Dr. Beth was being really decent about it and doing what she could to expedite the paperwork to get it over with as quickly and quietly as possible.
    Damn good thing. Because Sam didn't poach on other men's territory. Not that he thought for a moment Beth would do anythinghinky behind her husband's back, even if she were tempted.
    Sam thoughts had nothing to do with sweet, or kind. The second he'd seen her, his thoughts had turned carnal. Primitive. He wanted her hard and fast. Hot and sweaty. Slick and slippery. He wanted to have her on the counter at the bank. And on the hood of his car, on the floor of the only hotel in town. Hell, he didn't think that they'd make it to a bed the first few times.
    He'd moved into a condo a few blocks from her house and waited for the divorce to be final. One look at Beth, and he hadn't been capable of staying away. Hadn't, God damn it, been able to think of much else. He imagined her naked, having her on her desk in her cramped little office at her clinic two doors down from the bank. He pictured her small high breasts, and imagined that her nipples would be a soft delicate pink, like her lips.
    "You have reinforcements, right?"
    She was as tenacious as a bulldog and her lack of faith stung. "I'll take care of you, don't worry." He was alone in this. It wasn't a sanctioned op. He'd come on his own. Beth was a personal matter.
    "That's sweet, Sam."
    Sweet ? She