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It's love at first sight for Max Dawson when Night Beat reporter Kari Bryan interviews him at the site of a foiled robbery. He is hailed as a hero and their chemistry becomes the talk of the town. It's not long before Max blurts out a proposal and Kari impulsively accepts on live TV. Seizing the opportunity of their overnight celebrity, a local station features them as their annual wedding couple and Max illustrates their story in his popular comic strip, King of Her Jungle. Will their first flush of love endure or will it whither under the glare of the spotlight?
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There was no time for a sound check. Kari had to get Dawson on video while his whole being was still hyped by the adrenalin pumping through his veins, while the air around him still crackled with his smile, while the blood still trickled from the bullet crease on his forehead. Looking as he did, Dawson had more crowd appeal than a whole litter of rescued kittens. There'd be time for the details later.
"This is Max Dawson." Kari smiled into the camera. "A man one woman has proclaimed a 'bona fide hero.' He said all he wanted was coffee and instead he foiled an armed robbery at a convenience store. Are you in the habit of slaying dragons and rescuing damsels in distress, Mr. Dawson?" Kari shoved the mike in his face, fighting the incredible urge to brush the tumble of black curls from his brow so no one would miss his battle scar.
Dawson chuckled, lancing her with a spark from his eyes that curled her toes. "Depends on the dragon. And the damsel."
Kari lurched her attention to the woman, if only to save her soul. "And this is--"
"LaVonda Peebles. I own this Spee-dee Mart. Me and my husband. Put three daughters through college with the money from the store, but now, with the neighborhood gone sour--"
"Could you describe what happened here tonight, Mrs. Peebles?" Kari prompted her.
"I sure can. Four punks came into the store and tried to rob us. They weren't satisfied with what we got in the cash register. Says right there on the window, 'Clerk has less than fifty dollars after ten p.m.' Likely, they can't read. Three of them took Harold, that's my husband, Harold Peebles -- they took him to the back room to try and get the safe open. Only Harold don't know the combination." She tapped her head with her finger. "He hasn't got the memory for it. The combination is my job.”
"Were these men armed?"
"Men? These were boys -- shoulda been home in bed instead of running with gangs, waving guns, and terrorizing innocent people. The one who stayed with me was as like to shoot me as look at me. Max came in and saved my life."
Kari felt in control enough of her astonishing reactions to this man to turn back to him. "How does it feel to be a hero?"
He gave her a brief, baffled look, as if he didn't understand the question, then recovered. "More fool than hero, I'd say."
"Fool?"
"Yeah." He shrugged, an off-handed, almost bashful gesture which clashed with his bad-boy good looks and made him all the more intriguing. "Fools rush in, don't they?"
"The same could be said of heroes, Mr. Dawson."
His expression turned suddenly sober. "Mostly dead ones, Ms. Bryan."
"There are a lot of quirky twists and jumps in this novella and you just have to let go and come along for the ride. As a St. Louis resident, it was fun to see the authentic touches of local flair in the story... This novella was a charming little adventure and the romance had an almost innocent sweetness to it that was befitting of Max's idealistic and impulsive nature. I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a breezy, fun contemporary romance with colorful characters."
"There are a lot of quirky twists and jumps in this novella and you just have to let go and come along for the ride. As a St. Louis resident, it was fun to see the authentic touches of local flair in the story... This novella was a charming little adventure and the romance had an almost innocent sweetness to it that was befitting of Max's idealistic and impulsive nature. I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a breezy, fun contemporary romance with colorful characters."
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