Free Forever Love on Fireweed Island (Island County Book 4) by Karice Bolton

sideways glance but couldn’t tell.
    He led me onto the sidewalk, the sun still out and the temperature still warm.
    “How was your Sunday?” he asked as we walked along the sidewalk toward Norma’s.
    “Pretty relaxing. I spent the day finishing a book and putting up a post, and all went well until about thirty minutes ago, when I found out my blog had been hacked.”
    “Your blog?” he asked. His voice sounded surprised at this bit of information.
    “Yeah. I post book reviews and write articles on the publishing industry. It’s a fun outlet for me. Or at least it was.”
    “What do you mean was ?”
    “It got obliterated today, and the company that hosts it, took it down until I can get it fixed. I can handle most things that happen on my blog, but there’s no way I’m going to be able to recover everything on my own or repost it myself. I’m gonna have to find someone to help and hire them.”
    “Today’s your lucky day.”
    I slowed to a stop and noticed he kept his arms around my waist even though he managed to turn to look at me.
    “How so?”
    “I know a thing or two about web design and blog hosting.”
    A flurry of excitement ran through me.
    “Are you serious? You live in a tent and you’re an IT guy?”
    His laughter filled the air with a joyous melody, and I couldn’t stop noticing how sexy he was when he laughed.
    Or maybe the sexiness was because he could possibly piece my world back together and save me.
    For the third time.
    “So what did customer service say when you called?” he asked. Jake guided me toward a bench, and we took a seat before I began. I had to get my head around the fact that I might have run into the most perfect male being ever to be created, and I wasn’t going to do a thing about it.
    “They apologized and refunded twelve months of hosting fees, but the damage is already done. My site got blown to pieces and redirected to all kinds of gnarly sites. I’m grateful the hosting service took my blog down the moment they noticed so it didn’t get blacklisted in search engines, but they were able to confirm it wasn’t a widespread issue. Whoever hacked it got access through something from my own IP address.”
    “Shoot.” He ran his hand along the stubble on his jaw. “That’s going to make it more difficult. First, we have to find out what your security risk is and what file brought in the virus that allowed the opening.”
    I groaned. “That sounds horrible.”
    “Nah. It won’t be. We’ll get it figured out.”
    “You seem awfully confident about that.”
    “You know, I think we should skip a dinner out, grab some takeout, and get started right away. It could take hours to fix, possibly days.” His gaze fell to my lips before flashing back to my eyes.
    “I couldn’t do that to you,” I said, batting away the excitement of possibly spending the evening with him at my house.
    “It’s no big deal. The worst that happens is that I can’t fix it. Besides, it’ll be nice to spend some time with you.”
    “Is web design one of the things that you dabble in?” I asked.
    “It’s just a tool to get where I want to go.”
    “And where is that?” I asked.
    He shrugged. “Here and there.”
    “You’re so cryptic. No wonder there are so many rumors circulating about you.” I swatted him. The moment my fingers connected with his arm, I felt another charge and quickly dropped my arm, but not before noticing a knowing glint of satisfaction spread across his gaze.
    I looked across the street, ignoring how easily I could make him a rebound and be completely satisfied with my decision until I fell for him—because I would fall for him.
    “Want teriyaki for dinner?” I asked. “My treat.”
    “Sounds good to me, and absolutely not your treat.”
    I narrowed my gaze on his as he stood up and reached for my hand.
    “You’re used to getting what you want,” I stated.
    “Not always.” He grinned and kept my hand in his as we jaywalked across the street