


And touch her.Īre they meant to be? Is it just the old island magic, or something a little more like. Until something about Phaedra twists his heart and his tongue, and he can't shake the sudden need to tease her, take care of her. What could be better? Sure, he has some issues, and he misses his twin brother every day, but nobody wants to think about that-least of all Ash himself. Her first day introduces her to the most beautiful man she's ever seen: Ash, a surfer and die-hard local boy.Īsh has never been serious about much he runs a smoothie shack, catches decent waves, and his bed is never cold. After her long-term boy-friend breaks up with her, stranding Phaedra in the small town of Hilo, Hawai'i, she takes a job at a smoothie shack called Papaya or Die on the lovely Hamakua Coast. Phaedra Jenkins feels used, abandoned and utterly alone-until she meets her new boss, Ashton Nagakura. It would take nothing to just come a little closer, just there. “I can’t begin to tell you how much your friendship means to me,” Ash said, still drinking in her face. The lashes kissing the delicate smattering of freckles on her mahogany cheek. She was so beautiful, those plump lips naturally lined by a darker stain of pink as they blossomed into a cherry in the center, those wide eyes so rich and opaque he could stare into them for hours and never separate pupil from iris. Ash shook off the images swarming his head and tried to focus on her again it wasn’t hard.
