Chapter 1
Author’s Note: In case you ignored the letter to readers, a reminder, this is a prequel novella to Come A Little Closer, Men of the Misfit Inn #4 and will end…not with a happily ever after. That’s what the novel is for. Sam and Griff are a second chance romance and this was their origin. You have been warned.
“Business or pleasure?”
Griffin Powell cracked an eye to peer at the petite woman in the seat beside him. With silvery blonde hair that meant she could be anywhere from fifty to seventy, she looked up at him with sharp blue eyes as her fingers deftly worked a set of knitting needles. Her carryon seemed to have vomited out half a—was that a sweater?—since they’d taken off.
“Ma’am?”
“Are you going to Vegas for business or pleasure?” Her rhinestone-studded velour track sui
