GONE COUNTRY - Rough Riders book 14
She’s a little bit country, and he’s…not.
Arizona businessman and long-lost McKay love child Gavin Daniels
has been awarded sole custody of his teenage daughter Sierra for one year. In
order to steer Sierra back on track after a brush with the law, he pulls up
stakes and heads to Wyoming, looking for support from his ranching family...even
if he isn’t sure where they fit in the McKay dynamic. He’s prepared for every
contingency with the move: the less-than-enthusiastic response from his
daughter, learning to run his corporation remotely, but he’s thrown for a loop
when his new housemate, Rielle, is a whole lot sexier, funnier and sassier than
he remembered.
Rielle Wetzler has finally overcome the stigma of having hippie
parents and being a young single mother. In the two years since she sold her
ailing B&B to Gavin Daniels, she’s become financially stable running the
homespun businesses she loves. But now Gavin is in Sundance to claim the house
that’s rightfully his. Although Rielle knew this day would come, she isn’t
prepared to leave the home she built for herself and her now-grown daughter. And
to further complicate matters, her long-dormant libido is
definitely not ready to live with this newly buff Gavin—who isn’t a
cowboy, but has the take-charge attitude to prove he’s all McKay.
Sharing a roof, their troubles and their triumphs is too much
temptation, and before long, Gavin and Rielle are sharing a bed. But sharing
their hearts and lives forever? That’s a whole ’nother ball of wax.
Warning: Contains a feisty, independent heroine who doesn’t need
a man to take care of her needs outside the bedroom and a sweet, sexy and bossy
hero who’s up to the challenge of proving her wrong.
Gone Country Excerpt:
Rielle had just popped the top on a bottle of Moose Drool
beer when Gavin wandered into the kitchen.
Speaking of drool.
Man, oh, man. The last year had been very good to him. He’d always been
attractive in the charming and confident manner of a businessman. But since
she’d last seen him, he’d slimmed down and toned up to the point he was
almost…buff.
She’d chalked up his previous physique—or lack thereof—to
sitting behind a desk all day. But his appearance had undergone a serious
change in the last year. He’d chopped off his wavy dark brown hair in favor of
a modified buzz cut. Now his blue eyes, framed with ridiculously long black
eyelashes, were his most striking feature. He sported a neatly trimmed goatee
which accentuated his leaner cheeks and the strong line of his jaw, both more
prominent with his overall body weight loss. The man still didn’t smile as much
as he should, so her heart skipped a beat when he leveled a smile at her.
“Don’t suppose you’ve got an extra one of those for me?”
“Extra what?” Why was Gavin staring at her mouth? Why did
she have the urge to lick her lips?
“An extra beer.”
“Oh. Yeah. Sure.” Get
it together, Ree. She reached into the bottom shelf of the refrigerator.
When she turned around, Gavin was right behind her—checking out her butt.
He blushed and stepped back. “Sorry. I don’t expect you to
wait on me, Rielle.”
She handed him the beer and the opener. “Maybe we oughta
talk about our expectations.”
Gavin nodded.
“It’s a beautiful night. Let’s sit outside.”
She flipped on the lights lining the walkway and lit the
kerosene lamp on the table between the glider swing and her favorite rocking
chair. She curled up in the rocker, setting it in motion as Gavin settled on
the swing. The kerosene flame flickered in the breeze behind the glass chimney,
throwing a golden glow against the house. Neither she nor Gavin said anything
for a few moments. Normally silence didn’t bother her, but tonight it did.
“Sierra get settled in all right?”
“It helped having her stuff already here. I have to admit
I’m happy each bedroom has its own bathroom. The girl is spoiled. She’s never
had to share a bathroom with anyone.”
“Rory and I shared a bathroom until I built Sage Creek. Even
then, she came into my bathroom to get ready in the morning. Come to think of
it, she still does that.”
“It sucks that Sierra isn’t willing to share any hair care
tips with me.”
Rielle laughed. “Was it her idea or yours to get the buzz
cut?”
Gavin buffed the top of his head with his palm. “Mine. I
started to see some gray and I’m not ready to invest in Grecian Formula for
Men, so I bought a pair of clippers and hacked it off. I save myself fifty
bucks a month at the barber.”
“Well, it looks good. Really good.” Feeling stupid for
tossing out a compliment, she angled her head away from his prying eyes.
“Thanks. I have to admit I didn’t recognize you with your
short hair.”
“I’ve heard that a lot in the past few days.” Rielle felt
his eyes on her, measuring her, but she couldn’t meet his gaze.
“So it’s a recent change?”
“Last week.”
“You look great, Rielle.”
“Thanks.”
More silence.
Rielle peered up at him, only to see him staring at her.
“Gavin. Can I be completely honest?”
“By all means.”
“How is this situation going to work?”
Silent Mercy by Lorelei James writing as award-winning mystery author
Lori Armstrong
Blurb
Recently
returned from training at Quantico, FBI agent Mercy Gunderson stirs up trouble
and uses her rarely seen feminine side to seduce her unsuspecting boyfriend,
sexy-as-sin Sheriff Mason Dawson. When she revs up her Viper to get his
attention while he’s on patrol, tempers and sparks fly—but their rendezvous is
interrupted by a disturbing cry for help. The pair rush to the scene, where
Mercy discovers that even though she can’t always save the day, she doesn’t have
to be silent about it.
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