A Great Kisser
Chapter One
Jake McKenna was good at fixing planes. Not people. It was
easier to rebuild a P-51 Mustang that hadn't been in the air
since World War II than it was to endure a single phone call
from his baby sister.
Ruby Jean could be an absolute doll-with other people. She
didn't confide in other people. She didn't call every other day and
cry her heart out with other people. Because somehow, she'd
gotten it into her head that the only one who could solve her
problems-and he'd never met a person who thought they had
so many problems-was her big brother.
"Don't-" he cautioned. But it was too late. "Cry," he added,
uselessly. "Ruby Jean, it's not your problem." It rarely was.
Ruby Jean made a habit of taking the whole world on her tiny
shoulders. Whether the world wanted to be there or not.
"But that's just it, Jake. It is my problem!"
"How is entertaining your boss's new stepdaughter suddenly
your job? You're his personal assistant, not a cruise director."
"You don't understand, Jake."
And that was Jake's problem. He rarely understood anything
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