I had an amazing time at the kickoff party on Facebook last night for The Sons of Johnny Hastings releases! There were games and prizes, goofiness, and hot pics of cowboys! Today's letter is "L" so I'm sharing a super hot snippet from Patty Devlin's The Lawman's Lessons. Enjoy!
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Jackson turned slowly back toward her; his boots making a lonely echo on the old wood floor as he closed the distance between them. Her board-stiff back, while she grabbed the broom and pretended to sweep, told him she was not as unaffected by his presence as she let on. He didn’t want her to be afraid of him, but a great deal of respect was born out of fear.
He gently removed the broom from her hands, and she didn’t put up as much of a fight as he thought she might. She stood frozen on the spot with her back to him, while he leaned the broom against the wall again.
“Miss Whitman, if there is anything you’d like to take with you I recommend you kindly fetch it so we can be on our way. Every minute you waste here now is another minute my mama is worrying about you. If I have to wrestle you out of here, I will. But I won’t hesitate to warm your seat first, something you’ve obviously been lacking.” He braced himself as she spun around. He expected her to take a swing at him. She surprised him by stomping past him and almost out the door of the school house, but she stopped just inside.
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He gently removed the broom from her hands, and she didn’t put up as much of a fight as he thought she might. She stood frozen on the spot with her back to him, while he leaned the broom against the wall again.
“Miss Whitman, if there is anything you’d like to take with you I recommend you kindly fetch it so we can be on our way. Every minute you waste here now is another minute my mama is worrying about you. If I have to wrestle you out of here, I will. But I won’t hesitate to warm your seat first, something you’ve obviously been lacking.” He braced himself as she spun around. He expected her to take a swing at him. She surprised him by stomping past him and almost out the door of the school house, but she stopped just inside.
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Have a great weekend! Tomorrow is my re-cap for the week and Sunday's letter is "M"!
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Addy
Such a place to stop! Hot tease.
ReplyDeleteI love when you stop by! The blurb had me all hot and bothered too!
DeleteYeah! What Tara said! But... since you're teasing I'll throw in my own tease. Tomorrow, I'm giving the very first sneak peak of the sequel to Playing with Fire on my blog.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Ladies. Ruth, I might need to swing over there then!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome...so distracted...Playing with FIre has a sequel!!!!!!!!!!
DeleteSure, come on by! I was teasing Addy because she and Megan talked me into writing it. There wasn't going to be a sequel till those 2 talked me into it.
ReplyDeleteOMG! OMG! I can't wait!!!!! :D
DeleteIf a cowboy threatened to warm my seat first, I'd probably catch a case of the vapors. LOL!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the snippet and taking part in the hop/challenge. Have a great weekend!