successful litigators, weighed heavily in her favor. Not to mention her mentor David Frakt, particularly sensitive to her situation after recently losing his own father to a long illness, had passionately made a case for Tamara to go home and tend to her personal affairs without fear of losing her job.
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white men. She didn’t like to say never though and this motto had served her well in her life and her career so far.
Tamara took a deep breath as she made her way through the airport terminal looking for this person designated to pick her up.
She noticed a couple of uniformed limousine drivers holding up placards with names written across them, but didn’t see her name among them.
Several passengers who had been on the plane with her rushed by to raucously greet loved ones and friends before they all made their way out of the terminal.
Tamara decided to leave too. Maybe her pick-up waited for her outside somewhere. Besides, the fresh air would do her some good, maybe clear her head.
She shouldered her Keepall, expanded the handle to her suitcase to more easily wheel it behind her, and headed for the exit.
Tamara made it through the crowds and still hadn’t spotted anyone familiar, though a dozen or more men wearing cowboy hats, jeans and boots gave her more than a passing glance. She reminded herself that in Colorado the outfit proved a fashion statement as well as the state uniform so didn’t necessarily mean the men in question worked on a ranch, though nine times out of ten, they did.
Just when she’d been about to give up her search, someone cupped her elbow.
Tamara yelped at the unexpected contact and turned to see a tall, broad-shouldered cowboy with black Stetson tipped low over his face.
He had to be at least six-two, towering head and shoulders over her five-seven, so she craned her neck to peek under the brim of his hat and could just make out the strong square jaw and sculpted cheekbones.
God, he was gorgeous, at least what she could see of him. She couldn’t imagine what his eyes looked like, and as if reading her mind, he swept off his hat and cradled it in the crook of one arm to give her a better, full view of his face.
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Tamara swallowed and had to stop herself from gaping. Scratch that first impression. Breathtaking was a better description. He had a full, wavy head of chestnut hair and keen azure eyes that stared down at her with a curiosity and intensity that made Tamara moist. She switched her weight from one leg to the other, surreptitiously squeezing her thighs together to stem the flow.
“Tamara Carpenter?”
“Uh, yes. And you are?”
“My name is…J.”
Jay had a raspy, deep voice that reached down inside and tickled her G-spot.
God, it had been too long since a man had made her feel like swooning. Had a man ever made her feel like swooning? Or maybe it had been too long since she’d had some good loving.
Tamara wondered if the eleven-year gap between her and James proved part of their problem, if maybe he thought himself her daddy and the boss of her. He had been an adequate lover, but she’d missed the enthusiasm and spontaneity of the younger men she’d acquired a taste for since her first affair with ten-years-older-than-her Noah.
In the year that they’d dated before his proposal, Tamara had often wondered why she stayed with James. Sure, he looked attractive, demonstrated intelligence, and they had their profession in common, but when it came to pleasing