Three Shifters for Sarah (Siren Publishing Ménage Amour) by Dani April Page A

with that sexy smile again, and Sarah found her knees going weak. “Besides, you promised to be my tour guide if I ever made it up to the city.”
    Still Sarah hesitated. She didn’t know what to do. This man and his two companions were out of her league, and she wasn’t certain she even wanted to try and understand them.
    “Hey, do you want a cab or not?” the driver yelled out his open window to TJ through some kind of thick foreign accent.
    “I’m sorry for the trouble, mister.” TJ handed a twenty to the driver. “Just keep the meter running while I talk with my lady friend here, will you?”
    The driver gave what sounded like a curse in his foreign tongue, but took the money from TJ’s palm anyway and waited.
    “If you give me a chance, Sarah, I’ll explain everything to you about shape-shifters and about the pack I come from.” TJ’s face was so open and honest, more authentic than any other she would see in New York City that night. Suddenly Sarah didn’t feel tired from her long work week anymore, all thoughts of going back to her apartment and sleeping forgotten. She wanted to learn everything she could about this fantasy that had become a reality for her.
    “All right, you’re on.” She gave TJ a smile and slid inside the cab in front of him, off for a Friday night of adventure with a Montana werewolf in Manhattan.

Chapter Eight
     
    TJ gave the driver instructions to take them to Central Park.
    “Why are we going to the park?” Sarah was a little apprehensive around the strange cowboy.
    “I want to take you on a carriage ride.”
    “No, TJ.” She put her hands on his arms without realizing what she was doing. He felt solid, his biceps clearly defined under his snug-fitting shirt. A thrill of electricity ran down her spine, and she immediately let go of him. “Those carriage rides are very expensive. You don’t have to take me on that.”
    He looked at her with a sheepish grin that highlighted the features on his handsome face. “Don’t worry about it. I’m rich.”
    “You’re rich, too?” Sarah’s jaw dropped a few inches. “You never told me that either back in Montana.”
    “Well you never asked me.” TJ still wore a friendly expression, but his smile had turned mischievous, playful. “It isn’t a secret. I recollect I did tell you I own the Circle T along with Ryan and Lance. It’s a lot of land and a successful business. Also, my parents left me well off after I lost them.”
    “You do have a lot of surprises in store for me tonight, don’t you?”
    “Yeah, but only the good kind. I’m going to be completely honest with you about everything.” TJ looked out the window at the passing skyscrapers, seemed to reach a decision, and then looked back at Sarah, deciding on still more candor. “And the carriage ride is also to romance you some. You can’t object to a little romance while I fill you in on the lore of the shape-shifters, can you?”
    In spite of her earlier anxiety, Sarah indulged in a happy laugh. “You’re crazy, TJ.” But even as she said it she realized she had started to trust him.
    However, she decided she was going to withhold full judgment on TJ’s virtue until she’d had a chance to hear his entire story.
    The carriage in the park was waiting for them when they got there. TJ went over and had a brief talk with the driver and gave the bay a rub down. The horse took to him immediately and purred at his touch.
    “You had this all planned?”
    “I had all afternoon to wait for you. I had to do something. Setting up an adventurous evening for my first full night in New York City was kind of fun.”
    TJ held out his hand and got her settled in the carriage. He was oh so cute and oh so near, and his arm briefly encircled her waist as he helped her up. Sarah knew it was going to be a battle to keep her wits about her that night, but after her irresponsibility out on the prairie it would be a battle she wouldn’t lose.
    “It’s been over two years