Captivating A Cowboy. Jill Limber

the outside until later. The yard was a mess. Dead bushes and scrubby patches of grass filled the yard, along with the ugly supports for a clothesline that looked like two giant croquet wickets made out of thick galvanized pipe.

      If she did any work on the yard now she’d just have to keep it up until the house sold. The yard could wait until the house was finished.

      This plan was going to work, she thought as she gazed down on the dead grass and scraggly shrubs. Tony was friendly but businesslike, they agreed on what needed to be done, and paying him when the house sold fit into her tight budget.

      Her worries over them having a personal relationship that got in the way of their business had been silly thinking.

      Julie turned to mention the yard to him and came up against a very firm male body. She hadn’t heard him step behind her.

      She lurched back in surprise and lost her balance. He reached out and grasped her around the waist to steady her. She smelled soap on his skin.