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What do a jewel thief, a stain glass artist cowboy, pink elephants, and a Nostradamus-believing faith healer all have in common? Not a damn thing–unless you’re Adrian Williams, jewel thief extraordinaire–or Jamie Holland, the stain glass artist who stumbles into Adrian’s world. From pink elephants to diamonds–and traipsing in a park fountain to making out wherever they can, Jamie and Adrian have their hands full. And somehow, somewhere along the way, they manage to fall in love.
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Jamie grunted and kept his teeth tight on the pencil as he moved carefully across the scaffolding, measuring the width of the window. This definitely had to be the biggest job he’d ever gotten, and certainly the most lucrative. Eric DeSalvo was one of the most well-known — and the richest — private collector of art and ‘treasures’ in New Brunswick, and he’d paid Jamie a substantial figure to work for him.
Five feet wide. Damn. Jamie shook his head and leaned down carefully, fumbling blindly for the small pad where he kept his notes. Soon as he had it, and he jotted down the dimensions for one of the stained glass windows he had to make: five feet wide by six feet tall. Good Lord Almighty. There were nine more windows Eric wanted as well.
Setting his Stetson back a bit, a lock of black hair fell forward, almost covering his right eye as he watched the few people milling about — five feet below.
As a man entered the house, he looked around. The butler approached him and bowed his head to him.
“Is Eric anywhere nearby, Smith?”
“Mr. DeSalvo is in conference right now, but he wants you to wait for him, Mr. Williams.”
“No problem, I guess.” Shrugging, the man turned away from the butler and moved to the one of the chairs against the wall.
Jamie turned and watched as the new arrival sat down. Damn fine. Jamie wondered what such a young man would be doing at Eric DeSalvo’s private estate. Turning slowly so as not to shake the scaffolding too much, Jamie finally managed to climb down, almost jumping to his feet right in front of… Oh. Very pretty.
“Sorry if I startled you,” he said. Tucking the tape measure into his shirt pocket, he tipped his hat at the man.
The young man jumped slightly, surprised to see Jamie.
“Nah, it’s okay.” After eyeing the scaffolding, his gaze turned back to the cowboy. “Out of curiosity, what’s going on? Or is it a top secret project?”
Looking up, Jamie chuckled. “Name’s Jamie Holland. Mr. DeSalvo commissioned me to do several windows — stained glass.” He took in the young man’s features, trying not to look like he was doing it. Lord, the man was sweet lookin’. Eyes the color of the finest sherry, sweet lips just beggin’ for a kiss. Oh, yeah, he looks fine. Mighty fine.
“Seems like we’re both here on business. I’m Adrian Williams.” As he stood up, he held out his hand, offering it to Jamie. “Pleasure to meet you.”
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