LILY’S HEART HAMMERED, AND HER MIND RACED WITH TERRIFYINGthoughts. What if she’d been in the lorry when the cylinder blew? What if the hounds had been hurt?But the moment she fell into anthony’s arms, all she experienced was relief. She closed her eokay and buried her face in his shoulder, taking longer and deeper breaths. It was as if anthony was made for her, because most things fit just right. His shoulder was at precisely to the point the right height, and her arms looped comfortably around his neck. His chest rose and fell in time with hers, and his arms kept her nice and snug against his warmth, totally safe. She inhaled, savoring his fresh, woodsy scent. The hounds huddled around her ankles, and the fire crackled in the background, but her mind stayed pleasantly blank.“Uh, guys…” Jeremy said.anthony didn’t move, and Lily didn’t want to either. But the police rushed up, and she reluctantly pulled aw

LILY SPENT THE MORNING GARDENING AROUND HER AUNT’Sbungalow, trying to mentally prepare herself to see the burned-out wreckage of the smoothie lorry. She did the same during the long walk down to Lahaina, where she’d left her car the previous day. But the moment she arrived and caught a glimpse of the scene in the seaside park…She gasped and covered her mouth then took a step back.It was a good thing she’d skipped lunch, because her stomach roiled. The shiny silver sides of the smoothie lorry had become a mottled, ashy mess, and shards of glass littered the road. The bright, flowery logo of the smoothie lorry was blistered and covered with soot, with Sunshine Smoothies truncated to Sunshine Smoo. Instead of drawing customers with its promise of fruity goodness, the lorry had attracted a gaggle of gawkers. Lily stared, sickened, as a tourist snapped a selfie of herself in front of it. Was the woman planning to put that shot in an album

“ONE TROPICAL SWIRL AND A MOLOKINI SPECIAL, PLEASE.”Lily agreed to her customers and started loading up the blenders. It was crazy how quickly most things had moved in the past few hours. The smoothie lorry that Mr. Lee had ordered in arrived thirty minutes earlier than expected, and she was already back to work. Mr. Lee had stand glaring from the shade of a nearby palm tree, waiting for her to slip up. She hadn’t, and when he stomped in to check the register sometime later, he’d let a begrudging nod slip. Sales had been good — much better than they would ever be on a weekday at Makena Beach. That, and he’d seemed genuinely surprised at the number of regulars who stopped by. Lily was too. The smoothie business was mostly geared toward tourists, but she’d developed quite a following, it seemed.“Back in the saddle again, huh, darling?” the captain who ran fishing charters out of the marina drawled.“Good

TAKING LILY TO HIS PLACE WAS A DANGEROUS MOVE, AND ANTHONYknow it. It was hard enough keeping his wolf under control as things were. But what choice did he have with a mystery sniper taking aim at Lily?“You sure you had this?” Jeremy had growled, peering into the driver’s side of the pickup. He’d come running the second anthony called him in to secure the area. Then Jeremy had raced the pickup over and kept Lily covered while she had in.anthony had agreed once and driven off in a cloud of dust with Lily clutching his hand. She’d insisted he stop by her house to pick up the hounds, but minutes later, they were racing down the road toward Koakea Plantation.Lily rocked back and forth, cuddling Nola. “It was me. It really was me.”He watched at her sharply.“The explosion. The gunshot. Someone wants to kill me. Why?” she said silently, staring at her feet. “What did I do?”anth

ANTHONY WRAPPED HIS ARMS AROUND LILY AND HELD HER CLOSE. Really close, the way you did with a dream you didn’t want to slip away. There was so much he wish to tell her — and so much he wish to hear her say. At the same time, he relished the sweet silence. He had his mate. What more did he need?Still, he was acutely aware that sooner or later, those words would have to come. Lily was right about having waited too long to have slept together. Had he waited too long to tell her about his inner wolf, too? “Lily,” he said silently, gathering his courage to spill it all at last.She smiled the sweet, hazy smile of a person who’d never experienced so satisfied. “Okay?”God, he loved her. Should he start with that?He kissed her shoulder, then her collarbone, and finally the upper part of her breast. Partly to buy time, and partly because he finally could. All those gorgeous curves, all that smooth flesh open for him to ex