This Time Next Year – and one more snippet

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He could tell by her crooked frown that Brenna, too, was caught up in what might've happened instead of what had. "You want to warm up by the fire for a while?"

She looked at him then, shaking off the borrowed trouble. "I'm not really cold."

"I know. I've just found watching a good blaze is a great way to take your mind off things."

Her laugh was low and soft, and rolled over him like summer on the beach. "A glass of wine would help."

"I might have a bottle. I know I have beer." Beer. The beach. Brenna in a bikini.

"That works."

"Go get comfortable." He got to his feet, tried to remember the last time he'd equated sand and sun with sex. "I'll clean up here and bring you a drink."