Morning sunlight teased Samantha. Warm rays brushed her face. Golden light glowed against her closed eyes, coaxing her from slumber. She opened her eyes and blinked against the light, her body making the slow transition from slumber, her mind grappling with wisps of dreams and scraps

of reality. A man stood near the window across from her.

A tall man dressed in nothing more than a buff colored boxer and sunlight. A portrait of potent masculinity framed by elegant ivory silk brocade. For a moment she was certain this was a dream. Where else but in a dream would she find this man?

Sunlight poured through the open window, slipping...