Dr. Ana Collins is tired of being passed over for funded expeditions, but when a cave is discovered in Peru containing a new species of fungi, she is delighted to find herself heading south. Except, she has to travel with her nemesis, Dr. Ryker Hayes, ass-extraordinaire.
When they are stranded in the jungle, Ryker has to protect the most ill-prepared person he knows. Sure, she has a quiet beauty and the best breasts he’s seen on a woman. It doesn’t mean he needs to test the waters, so to speak. Except, the more time they spend together, the more attractive he finds her. Perhaps there’s something in the air, in the rain, in the muddy rivers, because there’s no way he wants anything to do with prissy and verbally challenged Ana. Even when she kisses like a skilled courtesan.
For Ana, when Ryker saves her repeatedly, she begins to realize what it takes to be an adventuring micro-biologist, that it isn’t for her, but damn, the man does know how to pull off wild, sexy, and irresistible in a dirty shirt and cargos.
This is a Novella Short.