Shock surged through him, a cold wave quickly followed by a rush of heat that had nothing to do with the setting sun. His breath hitched in his throat, and he felt a tell-tale tightening in his jeans, a swift, undeniable erection stirring to life. She was a cop. She was beautiful, yes, strikingly so, with that sharp jawline and those eyes that could bore into his soul. And she was offering him a way out of a legal nightmare, a proposition so outrageous it bordered on insanity. Was this a trick? The thought was immediate, a cold splash of paranoia. Was she testing him? Recording him? Would he end up in a jail cell, not for speeding, but for propositioning a police officer? The image of handcuffs on his wrists, not for pleasure but for punishment, flickered through his mind. His heart hammered against his ribs, a frantic drumbeat of fear and an equally frantic pulse of pure unadulterated lust.