Excerpt of Untangle My Heart by Maria K. Alexander

“Privacy is a hard thing to find around here, so you may
want to lock the door. Especially when you’re wearing only a
towel and my sister is on the prowl,” Kate said.

“I’ll have to remember that,” Edward said, taking a step
toward her. “I knew she was smitten, but didn’t think she
would be waiting in the room after my shower. I was
struggling with a tactful way of getting her out.”

“I’m sure you’re not accustomed to asking a woman to leave
your room.”

He gave her an unapologetic grin. “No, usually not.”

“I guess it’s partly my fault. I told her I don’t have any
claims to you. Apparently she took that to mean it was open
season to pursue you.”

“Yet you stopped by. Why?”

“I wanted to thank you again for your help today. You
dropped everything to come and help my family and that means
a lot to me.”

He took another step toward her until he stood directly in
front of her. “You mean a lot to me. I’d do anything I could
to help you.”

She nodded in acknowledgement, not sure she could trust her
voice to speak with him all but touching her.

“And you’re wrong about not having a claim on me.”

His hands found their way to her waist. Her heart thumped
and she knew she should pull back, wanted to pull back. But
his blue-gray eyes held her in a hypnotic state and she
couldn’t move.