Moonlight on the Mississippi (RIVER ROMANCES #2) by Stephenia H. McGee EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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This fella had lost his sunbaked mind beneath that striking mop of
smoky-brown hair. Camilla Lockhart stifled a smirk as she propped her
hip on the Alma May’s wheel. “You’ll need to explain why you think
this”—she slapped one of the spokes—“old gal will help you find a boat at
the bottom of the Mississippi.”
He opened his mouth, then pressed his lips together.
Why the confusion? If he couldn’t see the Alma May had sputtered ten
years past her usable life and was being held together with a handful of
prayers and buckets of tar, then she couldn’t help him. They did their best,
but they could only do so much for a ramshackle packet boat.
And if he thought she would ever get involved with treasure seekers
again, then her first estimation of the nature of his wits had been too
generous.
The man—not much older than her own twenty-six years if she didn’t
miss her guess—tipped his hat back in a roguish way that made her heart
give a traitorous tremble.
By her boots, her dog, Lula, rumbled a growl. Exactly. This fella’s too
handsome for anyone’s good.
“You run a scavenger boat, right?” He rubbed a day’s worth of dark scruff
and then shoved his hands into the pockets of clean but worn britches.
Camilla snorted. “Who told you that?” She’d wallop them for sure for
stirring up old rumors better left buried.
“Look, Miss—”
“Captain.”
He blinked. To his credit, the surprise vanished quickly. “Captain
Lockhart. I promise this will be a venture worth your while.”
A sweltering May breeze poked through the windows and attempted to
cool the sweat from her brow. What a mess she must look. Though to be
fair, she hadn’t planned on receiving company when she’d docked in
Natchez. Least of all the handsome sort. She ran a hand down her trousers
and hoped there weren’t any grease stains.
Lula pawed at her knee, waiting to be picked up. When Camilla scooped
up her furry companion and settled the black-and-white terrier on her hip,
Lula swayed toward the man, sniffing.
The fellow’s face softened, and an endearing tip curved his lips.
Handsome and turned a kind eye on her pup? Something in her chest
pinched. She needed to get this man off her boat before he could cause all
sorts of trouble. Like muddling her senses.
She cocked an eyebrow at his near-threadbare shirt and put her mind back
on topic. “I don’t indulge in fool’s errands.”
His cheeks tinged pink, and his broad shoulders straightened. “I don’t
have the money yet, but as soon as we find that treasure—”
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