Excerpt of Cabin Fever by Jillian Burns

To hell with it! He was on a cruise ship with round the clock entertainment. When would he ever get this kind of chance again? He made his way to the casino, found a stool in front of a one-armed-bandit and ordered a couple more drinks while he fed it quarters.

Bleary-eyed and out of coins, he checked his cell. Three-thirty-seven. He’d better head to bed. Feeling just buzzed enough to take the edge off his sexual frustrations, he stood and made his way to the elevator. But once he got in the elevator and punched his old deck number he remembered he’d switched rooms with the diva and--damn it. He couldn’t remember what his new room number was. If he hadn’t been so distracted by sexy Carly and her damned sexy curves and those ice-blue eyes...

He shook his head to clear it and remembered. Forty-seven-eighty-two. He punched the button for the fourth deck and when the elevator let him out he walked down the long hall suddenly exhausted and dizzy. Perhaps he had a bit of Mal de Mer too.

Ahh, here was forty-eight-seventy-two. The key card clicked and the door opened with ease. He let out a relieved breath he wouldn’t have to call someone for help and look like an idiot.

The room was pitch dark, but he didn’t want to switch on the big overhead light for fear of giving himself a headache. Damn, he was more tired than he’d realized. He flipped on the tiny light in the closet.

The cabin didn’t have a balcony as he’d expected Piper’s would have, but he didn’t care. The king-sized bed awaited. He shucked his jeans, crawled onto the soft mattress, and was asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.

Still, even in his dreams he couldn’t get Carly out of his mind. Her spicy scent filled his senses and he felt her soft breasts pushing against his back. In his dream he turned over and wrapped his arms around her hot body. It seemed so real that he could’ve sworn he could feel the silky material of her nighty catch on the calluses of his palms. He nuzzled into a sweetly soft neck, pushed his rigid erection against her stomach, and heard her moan.

He stilled. Forced his heavy lids to open. And looked right into the wide open eyes of Carly.

And then she screamed.