Double Take

She's a sex therapist in hiding...Lindsey Smith is happy with her work as a sex therapist and is very proud of her studies of female sexuality. Unfortunately, some of her male colleagues are not. When her theory on female orgasm makes her nationally famous, her partners insist that she get out of the limelight. Fortunately, her desire to help out her closest friend by taking a job as a teacher on a tiny island town is a perfect opportunity to lay low for a while.He's a small town cop...Mike Santori thought becoming the Chief of Police of Tinytown, USA was what he wanted. After his years working for the Chicago P.D., he's ready for a change. But life on Wild Boar Island is a little too sedate, at least until he meets new resident Lindsey Smith.Lindsey is the sexiest woman Mike has ever met and he's teaching her things she never knew about sex. But in a town this size, where privacy is limited and gossip is exchanged like currency, indulging in their wild desires soon becomes very complicated...***“We’re going to capsize,” she groaned.“No, we aren’t.”“Yes, we are. We’re going to flip over and sink.”“Well, at least then we won’t feel sick anymore.”She glanced at him over her shoulder, long strands of wind-blown red hair whipping across her face. “You, too?”“Why do you think I’m out here?”“I figured it was so you could rescue me.”“Yeah, let’s go with that,” he said as the ferry bounced again and he let out a small groan of his own.She laughed suddenly, a light, musical peal of merriment that was at odds with the wild, wind-whipped day. Her whole face lit up when she laughed, and he noted the sparkle in her eyes, which were a dazzling shade of emerald.“Are you laughing at me?” he asked, torn between indignation and relief that she no longer looked like she was about to jump overboard.“Nope.” She lifted a slender hand and pointed. “I’m laughing with sheer relief because I see land ahead!”“Hate to break it to you, but that’s Little Boar, not Wild Boar.”“Close enough. I’m getting off.”“The ferry doesn’t stop there—it’s uninhabited.”“I’ll take my chances with the little boars, just tell the captain to pull over.”“There’s nowhere to dock.”“So I’ll jump overboard and swim for it.”“Have you forgotten my new boots?”“You’d really leap in after me?”“It’s in my job description.”“Are you a lifeguard?”Lately he’d been a jack-of-all-trades—from cat-rescuer, to crossing guard, to 911 operator—as well as Chief of Police, his official title. And he didn’t imagine lifeguarding would be out of the question this summer when Wild Boar filled up with tourists anxious to test the sometimes-rough waters of this very great lake.“Let’s just say I’m your self-appointed lifeguard right now. If you jump, I jump.”She took a few deep breaths, letting his words calm her, as he’d wanted them to. Finally, she nodded and began to straighten. The chop had died down, at least momentarily, and the planking seemed steadier beneath his feet. At least, it did as long as he didn’t think about how easily his arm encircled her slim waist and how her long legs felt when practically entwined with his.