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was an invitation. Come over here so we can find out.”
    She shook her head, but her nipples were stabbing through her shirt, telling a much different story.
    “You’re wasting your time.”
    Something flashed across his eyes before he shot his hand out to capture her wrist. His body moved with solid purpose, binding her into his hard embrace. Grace gasped for air as her flesh responded with searing emotion to the touch.
    “I don’t think so, you’re blushing.”
    Grace thrust her hands forward to brace against his chest.
    “Which is an invitation all by itself.”
    He lowered his firm mouth to hers. He traced the corners of her lips with his, pushing against the firm lips of her closed mouth. He wrapped one hand around her face and used his thumb to pull her chin down to allow him access. Warm and determined, his lips moved over hers, pushing aside her resistance as they sought out her taste. His tongue was a bold invader that demanded the deepest secrets of her mouth. Heat exploded in her belly as his chest rubbed against her sensitive nipples.
    “You taste as good as you feel.”
    He slid his hand down the length of her arm, captured her wrist and pulled it up in front of her eyes. His fingers deftly moved the top of her gloves aside as they settled over the sensitive skin of her inner wrist. Grace pushed against the embrace. His arms tightened as her body exploded with heat.
    “Your pulse is racing.” He traveled one large hand over the smooth column of her throat to press against the pulsing artery in her neck.
    Releasing the pulse point, Brice slid his hand down the side of her face before settling his mouth on top of hers once more. He demanded a response that she didn’t seem to have the discipline to deny.
    Emotion crested over her like a wave. Grace found temptation sweeping her along in its grip as she balanced on the sharp edge of sensation. Her fingers curled into talons as she struggled for release from the overwhelming stimulus of his touch. Every inch of contact between their bodies burned.
    Desire became a driving force inside her, and Grace spread her fingers out on his chest, seeking the ridges of muscle he was using to hold her against him. Pressed to his huge frame, she could feel his erection as it pulsed against her ribs, making her belly tighten with need. A soft moan escaped her mouth when he lifted his lips from hers.
    Cradling her head in his hand, he tipped it back until his mouth could find the exposed length of her neck. She nestled her hips against his body as she surrendered to his touch.
    Another moan escaped her throat when Brice closed his lips over the ivory skin of her neck. That feeling of being dominated swept her, making her moans deep expressions of yearning. Her hips twitched forward in blatant invitation.
    Brice raised his head and locked gazes with her. Moving a hand, he gently palmed a breast. Tracing the beaded nipple with the pad of his thumb, he watched her eyes spring open in response.
    “Are you sure you don’t want to chase me down to my bedroom?”
    The harsh rasp of his breath hit her ears as his hand gently squeezed her breast again. A jolt of fire spread down to her center, making her body scream with need. The pure intensity of it was too much to understand. Grace aimed a brutal shove at his chest.
    “I guess that is a yes. Maybe it’s a good thing Jacobs is waiting.” Brice reached his hand down to snag a rifle from its rack. His eyes were hard as they moved over her face, but he pulled a powder horn from the end of the rack and abruptly left the room.
    The wall behind her transformed from prison to support as Brice went out the doorway. Grace let her body slump against it as she struggled for the emotional stability that seemed to have crumbled away so very quickly. Her lips were alive with tiny pulses of feeling as she fought for the detachment so very necessary for her focus to become complete.
    Heat was radiating along every square inch of her skin in