She laid her palm against his bristled cheek. “You’re safe,” she whispered.

“What the hell did you think you were doing?” he growled, his heart pounding wildly in his chest.

“I was going to save you.”

He threaded his fingers through her tangled hair. She’d lost her bonnet. She was damn lucky she hadn’t lost her life. “You little fool,” he rasped in a voice rift with emotion. “You brave little fool.

Author: Lorraine Heath