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together at his house in the mountains, songs she’d heard countless times since as they were polished and recorded for Hot as Ice .
    Sam drew her in and kissed her. “You look absolutely stunning tonight.”
    “And you look like a rock star.” She grinned against his lips. It was true. In his form-fitting retro tee revealing the tattoos inked down his left arm and casually worn yet ridiculously expensive jeans, he looked every inch the bad boy heartthrob that he was.
    “I’m your rock star.” His voice was low, possessive, meant only for her ears.
    “And I’m your biggest fan.”
    “Just not in a creepy, Kathy Bates in Misery kind of way, right?”
    She laughed softly. “Only in the ‘you look so hot tonight I’m going to screw your brains out when we get home from this shindig’ kind of way.”
    Sam groaned. “You live to torture me. I don’t know how I ever did any of this stuff without you, you know that, right?”
    Yeah, she did, but it still sent a thrill up her spine to hear him say it. He introduced her around the room for the next hour or so, and she did her best to stay cool and calm when she met some of the most famous names in Hollywood.
    His manager came over and tapped Sam on the shoulder. “They’re ready for you up onstage.”
    Sam nodded. He drew her in for another kiss and whispered in her ear, “I love you.”
    “Love you, too.” So much her heart was bursting with it. “I’m so proud of you.”
    “Thanks, babe. That means a lot.” He gave her one last kiss then took to the stage as the room erupted with cheers and applause.
    Carly’s breath caught in her throat as he lifted his guitar—the same one he’d had in the mountains, the one he’d held in his lap while he wrote these songs with her leaning in across it—and stepped up to the microphone stand.
    “Thank you all very much for coming out tonight to celebrate with me,” he said, causing even more whoops and cheers from the crowd. “I’m pumped to share this album with you, and I want you all to know the woman who inspired it is standing right over there.” He pointed at Carly, and her heart almost burst out of her chest. “This one’s for you, babe. Love you.”
    He played the opening bars of “Crazy Beautiful,” and Carly felt tears well in her eyes. He’d written this song for her, with her, and it absolutely boggled her mind every time she heard it on the radio. Early buzz on Sam’s new album was that it was a hit. Sales for the first single had been his highest to date, and coming on the heels of the duet with Tina Torrey, which had topped the charts for most of the summer, Sam’s future looked brighter than ever.
    She’d gotten used to being with him around Los Angeles. She’d visited him here several times now, and he’d spent a lot of time in Haven, too. He’d bought the house he was renting, the one where they’d been stranded together, and was having a recording studio built inside it.
    “ Crazy beautiful ,” he sang, his eyes locked on hers. “ That’s what you are. ”
    A shiver traveled down her spine as she remembered the night he’d written those lyrics. The way he’d whispered them in her ear as they made love in front of the roaring fireplace.
    Crazy beautiful. She couldn’t think of a more perfect way to describe their relationship. The crowd around her roared with excitement as he sang, and Carly’s heart was full, with this, her crazy beautiful life with Sam.

Look for the next story in Rachel Lacey’s Risking It All series:
 Run to You.
A preview follows.

Chapter One
    E than Hunter braced his feet against the edge of the wooden platform, glanced down at the ground some forty feet below, and pushed off. With a yank from the harness, he was flying. The wind whistling in his ears, combined with the scream of the hand trolley over steel cable, silenced his thoughts for the first time all morning.
    He let out a whoop, an adrenaline-fueled war cry, as he soared between trees and