It was such an honor to be asked by Sable to participate in her Kindle World and to be one of the launch authors! Creating another branch of my McCall tree to mingle with her McCoys was the icing on the cake! Her Hell Yeah Cowboy hit #1 in Western Kindle last week and currently sits at #3, plus it's at #2 in Western Kindle Worlds. :-) Thank you all for making it a best seller! And big hugs to those who've left reviews! <3
Years ago, he unknowingly
rescued his soulmate, now she’s back in Texas and about to save his guarded
heart.
Blurb:
Unlike his twin, Texas National
Guardsman Sgt. Logan McCall would rather march barefoot and blindfolded through
a cow pasture than date the same woman twice. After an active duty injury
during a flood washed away his promising sports career and engagement years ago,
Logan guards his heart more than his life until, fresh from deployment, he runs
into a friend of the McCoys…literally. Hill Country’s newest resident is hotter
than the wing sauce soaking into his shirt.
Mission on.
Graphic designer and
carrier of misfortune, Chloe Davis is a danger to herself and those around her,
so entertaining thoughts for the sexy cowboy wearing her hot sauce should be a no-no…not a hell yeah—especially considering he’s the guardsman linked to a horrible
instance in her past. But when he turns out to be one of her clients, she can
no more avoid him than the attraction sizzling between them. Chloe’s back in
Texas determined to make a fresh start, and she succeeds in business but fails
to resist the handsome soldier’s relentless pursuit.
But when he discovers her
past, will he trust his heart or lose her forever?
Excerpt
“I’d like to know what kind of read you were
getting from my brother that was so interesting,
Cady.”
Ah,
hell.
Logan swallowed his drink along with a few
curses. He’d rather not know.
Her calm, steady, perceptive gaze settled over
him again. “Today’s the day.”
Super. Whatever. He wasn’t biting. Just raised
his glass and enjoyed another mouthful of beer. The ale was ice cold with just
the right amount of malted barley and hint of bitter. Damn, it was good to be back in the states.
“The day for what?” Lincoln frowned. “What’s
going to happen to Logan today?”
“With any luck, I’ll finally make it to my
ranch. That’s what.” It was all he wanted. All he’d wanted for fucking months
now.
“He’s going to meet up with his soulmate
again,” she replied as if he hadn’t spoken.
It took a full twenty seconds before any of
that sunk into Logan’s head. The word soulmate
bounced around a few times, barely leaving room for the again part. He had a soulmate? Well,
shit. That wasn’t good. Not the reading he expected. Or wanted to hear.
Besides, if he had a soulmate, and they’d
supposedly already met, wouldn’t he have remembered her?
It didn’t matter.
No way was he going to touch that topic,
especially since his family had a history with soulmates. His cousin Cole
McCall reunited with his soulmate Jordan after over a decade apart. The two had
been through hell but were now married and living a happily-ever-after they
deserved down by the gulf in Harland County. The couple had this crazy
connection you didn’t need your eyes to see.
Weird shit.
Not something Logan wanted or ever pursued for
himself since his failed engagement back when he gave a damn about
relationships. Now he stuck with casual hookups. Nothing serious. It was
cleaner. Easier. Safer. Believing in someone, trusting someone, only to have
them crush you wasn’t worth the risk. He’d learned the hard way. Didn’t need to
be beat over the head with it. Casual or not at all was his motto. The last
thing he wanted was a soulmate.
The thing was, he believed in Cady and her abilities.
So he did what any man in his position would do. He topped off his beer and
enjoyed another healthy pull.
“Did you say soulmate?” Lincoln blinked at
Cady, and when she nodded, his brother turned a shit-eating grin his way. “This
I’ve got to see.”
Joseph smiled. “Me, too.”
Logan laughed. “Hate to disappoint you all, but
look around.” He made a sweeping motion with his hand. “The place is
practically empty, and the only woman here is Cady. Not a soulmate in sight.”
“She has big brown eyes that are going to melt
that guarded heart of yours, Logan McCall,” Cady remarked leaning closer.
“She’s near. Can’t you feel it?”
Feel it? What he was feeling was agitated. On
edge. Restless. He had for some time now. But today he could add aggravated to
that list. Cady’s dark, direct, Creole gaze, and the guys’ amused ones weren’t
helping. Logan set his glass down and rose to his feet. “What I feel is the
need to use the bathroom. Excuse me.”
The more distance he put between himself and
the two chuckleheads at the table, the better he felt. And Logan was sure, once
he was home, the weird restlessness—like he had unfinished business—would
disappear. Hell, he just got off deployment. It was common to come back with
baggage. This shit was normal. He’d deal with it.
What wasn’t normal was for him to run away. He
didn’t really need to use the bathroom, but the urge to leave the table had
been too strong to ignore. Cady knew. He could see it in her eyes and slight
tug to her lips, but bless her, she didn’t call him out on it, just let him go
without a word. Not only had his buddy married a smart, beautiful woman, she
was sweet, too.
Going on the assumption the john was in the
same place as before, Logan rounded the bar and—smacked into someone rushing
down the corridor, all soft and curvy.
And hot?
He felt the heat right through his T-shirt. It
scorched.
Inhaling on impact, he reached out to steady
the distinctly feminine form, his mind registering a light, flowery scent,
mixed with the mouthwatering aroma of…chicken wings?
“I’m so sorry. Are you okay? Did I burn you?”
Her breathless voice had a sweet huskiness that spread awareness all the way
down his spine.
What the hell?
He shook his head to clear it. “I’m fine,” he
replied, staring at the mass of wavy brown hair obscuring the woman’s face as
she tried to brush off the sauce that leaked onto him from the Styrofoam
container she cradled in one hand.
“I’ve ruined your shirt.” She continued to try
to clean him up but only made it worse. A second later, her palm stilled on his
chest, and she drew her lower lip between her teeth.
“I’m fine,” he repeated, silently willing her
to look at him.
With the initial shock of the collision wearing
off, he realized the merit of the situation. Pressed against him was a soft,
warm woman with an abundance of curves his body immediately wanted to get to
know better. A little taller than average, she brushed his bottom lip with the
top of her head, her riot of hair sticking to the chin he hadn’t shaved in two
days. Logan wondered how their other body parts lined up, but most important,
he wondered…what color eyes she had.
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~Donna
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