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Hi everyone.  I don’t want to shout it too loud and jinx the weather but we’ve experienced the phenomenon of sun in sky two days in a row and…  *whispering* I think spring is here. 🙂

I’m  continuing  from River’s Edge, posting a little further along in the first meeting scene,  but switching POV’s  to peek at life through Edge Grayson’s eyes.

“You’re trespassing,” she’d said. There was no disputing that he had been; it was a stupid mistake. Hell, he could have ridden up the fence line a bit and taken a dip on his own land.

But his usual caution had been seduced from him by the willow tree, swaying in the breeze, cool and quiet, offering shade from the day’s heat. Edge rubbed the back of his neck and flinched. It hadn’t been his brightest moment when he’d misjudged the strength of the morning sun and taken his shirt off; he’d burned the shit out of his back.

Bathe in green tea, she’d advised and he wondered if coffee beans would work, discarding the notion since he had none to spare. He mulled over the situation during his ride back to the barn, deciding that his grandiose plan to get his place fixed up before introducing himself to the neighbors had just bitten the dust.

Blurb:

River Prescott has everything she’s ever wanted—except perhaps a man. The unconventional ranch owning artist is very certain she doesn’t want a husband. But sometimes she can’t help wishing for a lover; especially after her new neighbor trespasses and she gets a full frontal view of his assets.

Edge Grayson moves onto the rundown spread he’s inherited, expecting to stay aloof from nearby town business. But between local artist, River Prescott’s determination to seduce him, and protecting her from a killer on the prowl, the ex-gunslinger is finding respectability a lot more dangerous (and interesting) than his former life of sin.

Voting for this division ends March 16th (today/Sunday) here. 

Thanks for your help!

Find more Weekend Writing Warrior authors  here.

Have a great week!

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Hi everyone! I’m circling back to River’s Edge this weekend, having learned it’s a nominee for a 2013 RONE Award, sponsored by InD’Tale Magazine.

As I wrote this story last year, I posted snippets from it on WeWriWa and used your comments to tweak. So belatedly–thanks for your fantastic feedback!! Today’s post is a bit further on in this scene shared two weeks ago.

River bit her bottom lip, concentrating as she detailed the heavy shoulder muscles, the sprinkling of dark chest hair, and the sharp hipbones framing the flat belly. Her feathered strokes mimicked the fine hairs circling his navel before arrowing toward his groin.

She captured the glistening drops of water collected in the dark thatch surrounding his manhood. To her surprise, his penis appeared more robust than the hairless groins of the marble statues she’d studied in her books.

As though her scrutiny had caused the action, he fisted his hand around his shaft and stoked the flesh between his legs until it became engorged.

The erotic motion caught her unawares and the pencil she gripped too hard, snapped into two parts as she stifled a moan. River forced her gaze away from the intimate act and back to the harsh planes of his face.

Almost casually, he rinsed, walked out of the water to his pile of clothes, picked up his gun, pointed it at the approximate place where she crouched in the tree, and said, “Come down from there now or I’ll start shooting.”

Blurb:

River Prescott has everything she’s ever wanted—except perhaps a man. The unconventional ranch owning artist is very certain she doesn’t want a husband. But sometimes she can’t help wishing for a lover; especially after her new neighbor trespasses and she gets a full frontal view of his assets.

Edge Grayson moves onto the rundown spread he’s inherited, expecting to stay aloof from nearby town business. But between local artist, River Prescott’s determination to seduce him, and protecting her from a killer on the prowl, the ex-gunslinger is finding respectability a lot more dangerous (and interesting) than his former life of sin.

Available @ Amazon: http://amzn.to/X41UMr

A Crowned Heart Review 
What does an illegitimate, ex-hired gun have to offer a lady?…volcanic sexual tension… InD’Tale Magazine

If you enjoyed River Prescott and Edge Grayson’s story, please consider showing it some love.  In order to be selected for first place in its division, River’s Edge needs the most readers’ votes in the American Historical category.

Voting in this division begins March 10^th (Monday) and ends March 16^th (Sunday). To vote, follow this link to InD’Tale Magazine, register, click on the American Historical category and Vote for River’s Edge!
 

Thanks for your help!

Find more Weekend Writing Warrior authors  here.

Have a great week…

gem