He had a hint of a Southern drawl, as if hed worked hard to hide it, but couldnt quite rid himself of the last of it. It was rough and gravelly, and had the seductive warmth of sinking into strong arms in front of a cozy fire. To my surprise, a spark of that long-dead heat stirred in my belly. This wasnt the sort of response a woman should have to finding a strange man in her barn.
