An Alaskan Proposal
(Northern Lights #4)
By Beth Carpenter
Contemporary Romance
Mass Market Paperback & ebook, 384 Pages
January 1st 2010 by Harlequin Heartwarming
Can he teach her survival skills—
without endangering his heart?
When Sabrina Bell taps Leith Jordan for a crash course in conquering the great Alaskan outdoors, he figures he’s on safe ground. They’re polar opposites and his spectacular home state’s just a pit stop for the hotshot fashionista. So no one’s more surprised than Leith when he starts falling for her. Now he’s a man with a plan: get Sabrina to fall in love with Alaska…and, hopefully, with him.
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Okay. A tent. Let’s see what she had to work with. Sabrina opened the drawstring at the top of the bag and dumped everything out. Hmm. A bunch of nylon, two short bundles of colored sticks, small metal sticks with hooks on the ends and…oh, instructions. Good. She grabbed the paper and looked at the picture. Step one: spread tent on the ground.
Clear enough. She unrolled the nylon and spread it in a neat rectangle. Presumably the heavier side was the bottom, and the net side went up. So far, so good.
Step two: assemble shock-corded tent poles. Was that stick in the picture the big one or one of the little ones? Another gust sent a shiver up her arms. She stamped her feet. It was hard to concentrate when she was so cold.
“Problems?”
Sabrina jumped and turned. Those blue eyes, watching her again. This was starting to get weird. “No, I’m just reading the instructions.”
He looked over the pieces she’d set on the ground. “Looks like it sets up just like the old design except they color-coded the poles, shortened the sleeves and used minicarabiners to make setup faster.”
Minicarabiners. Uh-huh. “Yeah, well, I’m approaching it like a customer who hasn’t ever set up one of these tents,” Sabrina said. “I want to make sure the instructions are clear, even to a novice.”
“I see.” His lips twitched into a small smile.
Sabrina couldn’t be sure whether it was a friendly smile or if he was laughing at her, but she suspected the latter. She made a point of turning her back to him while she read, shivering as she did. Maybe he would go away. “Shock cord? What the heck is a shock cord?” she muttered to herself. “Cielos, these pictures are confusing.”
“What did you say?” He was still there. “Cielos? What does that mean?”
“Nothing.” Just something her grandmother used to say when she got flustered. Heavens. But he didn’t need Sabrina’s life story.
“Where’s your jacket?”
She gave up and turned to look at him. “I’m wearing it.”
“That’s all you brought?” He shook his head. “Where are you from, anyway?”
“Arizona. And I’m fine.”
“Scottsdale?”
“As a matter of fact, I used to work in Scottsdale.”
“I figured.” He unzipped his fleece vest and removed it. “Here, wear this.”
“What? No. I’m okay.”
“I don’t think you are. Shivering, mumbling, confusion. All symptoms of hypothermia.”
I’m not mumbling because I’m hypothermic. I’m mumbling because I’m annoyed. She thought the words but managed not to say them. Instead she repeated, “I’m okay.”
“Are you wet?”
“No. I was wearing a rain poncho.”
“Then you’re probably not hypothermic, but you’re obviously cold. Take the vest.”
It was tempting, but she hated to be in anyone’s debt. Especially someone who seemed to disapprove of her. “Then you’ll be cold.”
“I have a fleece jacket in the truck.”
Of course he did. The survival expert would always be prepared. Another cold gust convinced her. “Fine.”
Once upon a time …
when Beth Carpenter was a little girl, she read everything she
could get her hands on, and entertained herself on the school bus by making up
stories in her head. Not a lot has changed. She’s still consuming books like
M&Ms, and spends her days creating happily-ever-afters for her imaginary
friends.
She lives in Alaska and Arizona with her husband and an aggressively affectionate fifty-pound lap dog. She loves to hear from readers.
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