Page 24 of Dragon Daddy’s Second Chance (Mysteries of Dragon’s Island #5)

Cameron stowed his gear away in the cabin of the boat then climbed back up on deck, and took a deep breath of the salty air, relieved to finally be on his way to the island. After his last phone call with Max, he was a little concerned about what was happening at his friend’s new resort. He didn’t blame Max for being concerned, their friends were dropping like flies, falling in love and getting married one after another, and it appeared the island had something to do with it.

Max was far from the superstitious type, but after their last phone call, he was beginning to wonder. “We are just waiting for another passenger, Mr. Sullivan,” Montgomery, the captain, said. “If you want to make yourself comfortable, I’m sure it won’t be much longer.”

Trying to hide his annoyance, he took a bottle of water out of a cooler on deck and made himself comfortable, then let his thoughts wander back to the island. One thing he knew for sure was that he wasn’t going to fall in love and get married during his two-week stay at the resort. Nope, that wasn’t going to happen. That would show Max that his worries were unfounded. The island was just a piece of land in the middle of the ocean. There was nothing special about it.

The sound of footsteps on the dock brought him out of his thoughts, and he looked up to find a woman rushing toward them. “Oh, I’m so sorry that I’m late,” she said. “I got lost twice trying to find my way here.”

When she stopped next to the boat, her chest heaving with exertion, her hair a wild mess of curls, a wave of annoyance washed over him, but then their eyes met, and something entirely different happened. His body began to warm, then to tingle. A wave of desire shot through him like a bolt of electricity, and for a moment he couldn’t breathe.

“No problem, Ms. Fisher,” Montgomery said, stepping between them and helping her onto the boat. “We haven’t been waiting long.”

“Oh, please call me Kennedy,” she said, then looked over at him. “Are you going to the island too?”

For a second, he couldn’t speak, couldn’t do anything but try to calm the throbbing need that she’d awoken. “The island, oh, yes, the island,” he said in a daze. “I’m going there, yes.”