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HIS KIND OF COWGIRL
Karen Rock
Releasing March 1st, 2016
Harlequin: Heartwarming
Would he still love her…if he knew?
Tanner Hayes smashed Claire's life to pieces when he chose the rodeo over her ten years ago. And now he'd wrecked her truck! Fantastic. She'd lost her husband, the family ranch was mired in debt, her father was recuperating from a stroke and her son was being bullied. Why not throw a reckless bull rider into the mix?
All she'd wanted was a safe, stable life. But with Tanner back in town—and staying on her ranch—nothing was safe, or under control. Not the feelings she'd fought so hard to forget. Not the son
she was determined to protect. And certainly not her long-held secret…
she was determined to protect. And certainly not her long-held secret…
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Everything happened at once and in
slow motion.
A crushing jolt shuddered through
the truck. Her wheels skidded sideways. She smacked against the
window when her pickup rolled down an embankment, as if punched by
something large and lethal. Glass rained deadly sharp. The earth
tumbled around her, her truck in spin cycle. When a massive tree
loomed, the Chevy slammed into it then stilled.
Winded and stunned, she hung
upside-down in her lap belt, blood, metallic and warm, on her tongue,
a rushing sound whistling in her ears. Her heartbeat changed and grew
slow and rolling in darkness. Something hurt, a long way away. Then
nothing.
“Ma’am. Ma’am. Are you all
right?” A man’s voice shouted, rousing her. She tried turning her
head but pain held it in place. When she opened her mouth, silent
panic flew out.
“Hold on. I’m getting you out of
there.”
Acrid smoke pierced her
consciousness. She closed her eyes against the billowing grit.
This wasn’t happening. It was a
dream. No. A nightmare.
A tugging motion jerked her right
and left, followed by a ripping sound. Large hands halted her sudden
fall.
“Got you.”
Her rescuer cradled her against his
chest, his breaths heaving beneath her ear. After carrying her some
distance, he lowered her slowly to the ground. Grass scraped against
her stinging cheeks and she opened her eyes.
“What?” she croaked, then swiped
at the trickle leaking from her mouth. A man wearing a cowboy hat
hunched over her, his features blurred.
“You’ve been in an accident. We
have. Our trucks collided in the intersection.”
“My truck!” She bolted upright
and clutched the swirling ground.
An arm snaked around her back and
eased her down. “I called the dispatcher. The fire department’s
on the way.”
A wail sounded in the distance and
Claire wanted to shriek with it.
Her special day. Her anniversary.
Ruined. No. Demolished by this…this…
She squinted upward and focused. A
dark swirl of hair brushed across the tall man’s forehead; a light
scar zigzagged down his square jaw. Recognition zapped through her.
It couldn’t be…
“Tanner?”
“Hello, Claire.” His mouth went
up, just a fraction—the same ready-for-anything smile that had once
undone her.
She closed her eyes, heart thudding.
Ten years since she’d vowed never to see him again…and now here
he stood, two for two in wrecking her life.
Karen Rock is an award-winning YA and adult contemporary romance author. She holds a master's degree in English and was an ELA instructor before becoming a full-time writer. Currently she writes for Harlequin Blaze and Harlequin Heartwarming. Her novel, A LEAGUE OF HER OWN, won the 2015 National Excellence in Romance Fiction award in contemporary romance series and the 2015
Bookseller's Best award for contemporary romance, long.
Bookseller's Best award for contemporary romance, long.
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