Double the Trouble (Texas Trouble 3) (45 page)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Becky McGraw is a married mother of three adult children, and a Southern girl by birth and the grace of God, ya'll. One of several career changes transplanted Becky and her family to
Indiana
, where she now lives with her husband and dog Abby.

A jack of many trades in her life, Becky has been an optician, a beautician, a legal secretary, a senior project manager for an aviation management consulting firm, which took her all over the
United States
, a real estate broker, and now a graphic artist, web designer and writer. 

She knows just enough about a variety of topics to make her dangerous, and her romance novels interesting and varied.  Being a graphic artist is a good thing for her too, because she creates her own cover art, along with writing the novels.

Becky has been an avid reader of romance novels since she was a teenager, and has been known to read up to four novels of that genre a week, much to the dismay of her husband, and the delight of e-book sellers.

She has been writing fictional short stories and novels for fun, as well as technical copy for her jobs for many years.  She was a member of the Writer's Guild on AOL during her last venture into writing romance, as well as a founding member and treasurer of the first online chapter of the Romance Writers of America, From the Heart Romance Writers.

With the advancement of online publishing opportunities, Becky has started writing again as voraciously as she reads.  Be looking for all of the books in her Texas Trouble Series, a contemporary cowboy romance series, with hot cowboys, a dash of suspense, and a lot of southern flavor.

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Be sure to read the first two books in the Texas Trouble Series, by Becky McGraw,
MY KIND OF TROUBLE
(#1, Texas Trouble), and
THE TROUBLE WITH LOVE
(#2 Texas Trouble).  Available on amazon.com, bn.com and smashwords.com

READ EXCERPTS BELOW

MY KIND OF TROUBLE

by Becky McGraw,

Copyright
@
June
18
, 2012

Cassie Bellamy thought she'd left
Bowie
,
Texas
and Luke Matthews behind for good.  She'd been gone for ten years and in that time had built a successful real estate business, had a new fiancé, and had all but forgotten about the
Texas
bad boy who'd sent her running to
Phoenix
in the first place.

She wouldn't be going back now, but her daddy needed her at the Double B.

Driving her old pickup truck "Bessie" back to
Bowie
had seemed like a good idea when she'd left
Phoenix
, but it didn't seem so good when she was broken down on the side of the road in ninety plus
Texas
weather in between
Bowie
and her daddy's farm.  And it seemed an even worse idea when her knight in brown khaki turned out to be none other than the bad  boy himself, a Sheriff now, and still as hot as the
Texas
sun.

Cassie does her best to ignore Luke and remember her fiancé back in
Phoenix
, but Luke seems determined to make her remember his kisses and their nights of stargazing by the lake instead.  And she definitely still has stars in her eyes when she looks at the delectable Sheriff.

Luke Matthews had worked damned hard to change the way people thought of him.  He wasn't know as the bad boy son of the town's drunk anymore, they called him Sheriff now.  For ten years, Luke had been living on the right side of the law, and had forgotten about Cassie Bellamy, the woman who'd left him dangling on a limb ten years ago. 

All that changes when he plays good Samaritan and stops to rescue a woman stranded on the side of the road.  He finds out the fine behind and illegally long legs sticking out from under the hood of the beat up old truck belong to Cassie Bellamy.  She was back in
Bowie
and just as sassy and stubborn as always...looking better than ever.

Luke is determined to get answers as to why she left like she did, and she's just as determined to keep him at arm's length.  Taking the choice away from her, Luke takes a vacation from his job, and hires on at the Double B as a ranch hand to help out while her daddy's down.  The heat and the close proximity work in his favor and soon Luke has her cornered like a stray calf...but what was he going to do with her now? 

He had a few ideas, and all of them involved a king-sized bed and his lasso.  She might be trouble, but Cassie Bellamy had always been his kind of trouble...and if it took hog-tying to get her to believe that, he was definitely game.

THE TROUBLE WITH LOVE

by Becky McGraw

C
opyright
@
Ju
ly 2
, 2012

Sabrina Roberts has become a reclusive workaholic, since her husband Kenny, an adrenaline junky cop, was killed in the line of duty eighteen months ago.  Determined not to let the same thing happen to her after his death, Sabrina makes her job as a detective with the Phoenix Police Department her life. 

In lieu of a social life, Sabrina focuses on researching her cases, working out to make herself stronger and staying at the gun range to make sure she is on top of her game.  She knows the life she is living is no life, but doesn't know how to change it.  Since Kenny's death, she doesn't even know who she is anymore.  The only thing she did know was she was never dating a cop again.

When her new friend, Cassie Bellamy, calls Sabrina from
Bowie
,
Texas
to ask her to be maid of honor in her wedding, and to help with her horse ranch while she's on her honeymoon, Sabrina jumps on the opportunity to reevaluate her life and decompress in the sedate small town.

Almost from the first minute her feet touch
Bowie
soil though, Sabrina realizes the small town is far from sedate, and certainly not a place she is going to be able to decompress. 

Between the infuriatingly sexist, but oh so sexy,  Sheriff Cole Jackson, who treats her like she's incompetent, and the hair raising events at the wedding, then a surprising call for help from the older brother she hasn't spoken to in eighteen months, Sabrina has more action in Bowie than she ever had back in Phoenix.

After a while, Sabrina starts hoping that action will include some personal action with the handsome Sheriff, who lights fires inside of her that have been banked for a long time.

Cole Jackson has enough on his hands taking over as Sheriff of his hometown after his friend resigns, without having to deal with the trouble sexy Sabrina Roberts dumps in his lap.

Suddenly, his peaceful little town, where the most he had to look forward to was the rollover of a chicken truck on the highway, becomes a hotbed of trouble, and it seems like the beautiful detective he'd met in Phoenix a month ago, is at the heart of it all.  She and her brother are magnets for trouble, it seems.

To protect his best friend and his new wife, Cole invites Sabrina and her brother to stay at his house, and welcomes more than trouble into his life.  He finds out the gorgeous policewoman has depths he can't wait to uncover...and she can cook better than his mama!  The heat she stirs inside of him is definitely more than the heat in the kitchen though, and soon Cole wants to sample everything on her menu.

But first, Cole has to rescue her from the bad guys chasing her brother...and then from herself.  He's determined to convince Sabrina that even though he's a cop, he's not the risk-taker her late husband was, and that he's worth taking a risk on.