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Weekend Writing Warriors
Brrrr…a fire this morning seems appropriate since it’s winter outside, again.
I’m sharing a snippet this weekend from a wip I’ve been working on in between other wips I’m working on. Since you’re here, you’re probably an author, so I know you understand what I mean. For now anyway, the wip’s titled Smoke.
Instead of focusing on the barn, or the bonfire, or the food to be prepared, Harley Jane found herself looking at the neighborhood men and comparing them to Gable Matthews.
“Have any trouble when you were in town last Friday?” Ben Foster asked. Even off duty, the sheriff took his job seriously.
Hmmm, let’s see. I was side-swiped by a car, fell on the ice, got stranded in a bar full of drunks for almost twelve hours, and had sex with a stranger. “Nope, no problems,” Harley Jane answered.
As she spoke the denial, the thought of said stranger brought a syrupy ache to her core and flashes of heat zinged in her belly.
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Weekend Writing Warriors
Hi, everyone. It’s 68 °F here so…
Happy
Almost-Spring
Weekend!
A year ago, on February 22, 2013, I published River’s Edge, and unbeknownst to me at the time, began my Unlikely Gentlemen series.
Recently, I’ve been posting from Outrageous Pride, Book 2, and Cerise Amour, Book 2.5 (Available April 10, 2014). But, it seemed appropriate to celebrate the series birthday with a snippet from Book 1 , the romance that launched Unlikely Gentlemen– with a naked cowboy and an artist hiding in a willow tree.
By midmorning, the earlier breeze had stilled and the relentless sun poured from a cloudless sky, raising the day’s temperature to scorching hot. Inside her willow retreat, perspiration trickled from River’s forehead to her nose and dropped in a splat on her sketchpad.
The abrupt cessation of noise below pulled her gaze back to the cowboy. He’d stopped hammering and, as she watched, pulled his shirt over his head and wiped his face with it before dropping it on the ground.
Prodded by earthy desire rather than artistic intent, she studied him. She had, of course, seen partially clothed male torsos before—but not often and never in the last five years.
Even from the distance of the willow tree, his masculine beauty made her insides quiver at the same time her pragmatic nature winced.
Has he no sense? Though she enjoyed the sight of his exposed skin, as the sun crept higher in the sky, his muscled back became flaming red and her indecorous ogling gave way to concern.
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
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Have a great weekend and…
THINK SPRING!!
