Long Time Gone (Rough Riders) (17 page)

So the fever takes control. Or the bad angel. Or the devil in my soul that he put there when he left.

“I’m here to—”

“Give it to me, right?” I say huskily in my best phone sex operator voice. I turn around. Peering over my shoulder, I lock my gaze to his as I shimmy my yoga pants down to my knees.

He hisses in a breath. He’s tempted to ditch decorum and drop his gaze from my face to my ass—which is completely bared by my thong.

My ass wins out.

Sucker.

And oops—I accidentally shake it at him as I lean over to rest my hands on the edge of the exam table.

“Hold still,” he says tersely. He preps the area with a cool swipe of liquid on my skin.

I clench; I can’t help it. Better that than him believing I break out in goose bumps from his simple touch.

“Relax,” he murmurs.

Then before I fully prepare myself, he jams it in.

A soft grunt escapes me.

He soothes me, gently curling his hand around my hip. “Just a little more.”

I know he’s dragging this out. Big surprise that the bastard gets off on causing me pain. The injection site starts to sting, sending electric sparks shooting beneath my skin.

“Done.”

Paper rattles and I look over my shoulder to watch him press a circular Band-Aid over the tiny dot of blood. Then he slowly sweeps his hand over my butt cheek.

I feel the pure male heat of him even through the latex.

“You can get dressed,” he says without conviction or even looking at my face.

Asswipe.

I don’t look at him as I yank my pants up.

Boone is still standing there when I turn around. “I’ll come find you when you’re feeling better so we can talk.”

I shake my head.

“You can’t escape the past, Sierra. More to the point, you can’t escape me. See you around, McKay.” Then he flashes that killer smile—my smile, the one he used to bestow only on me—and backs out of the room.

After that, I flee the office.

Two days later, I flee Sundance.

I tell myself I’m
not
fleeing from him.

I tell myself the only reason my dad let me know Boone stopped by a few hours after he saw me at the clinic was so I could avoid running into him again.

I’m in the clear now, with Wyoming in my rearview mirror and Arizona in my headlights.

But as the miles drag on, I can admit I did run from him.

I just didn’t expect Boone West to chase after me.

***

Unbreak My Heart
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th
, 2016 in all digital formats as well as print… Announcements for preorder links will be posted on
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Rough Riders Series( in reading order)

LONG HARD RIDE

RODE HARD

COWGIRL UP AND RIDE

TIED UP, TIED DOWN

ROUGH, RAW AND READY

BRANDED AS TROUBLE

STRONG SILENT TYPE
(novella)

SHOULDA BEEN A COWBOY

ALL JACKED UP

RAISING KANE

SLOW RIDE
(free short story)

COWGIRLS DON’T CRY

CHASIN’ EIGHT

COWBOY CASANOVA

KISSIN’ TELL

GONE COUNTRY

SHORT RIDES
(anthology)

REDNECK ROMEO

COWBOY TAKE ME AWAY

Blacktop Cowboys® Series

CORRALLED

SADDLED AND SPURRED

WRANGLED AND TANGLED

ONE NIGHT RODEO

TURN AND BURN

HILLBILLY ROCKSTAR
 

ROPED IN
(novella, 1001 Dark Nights)

WRAPPED AND STRAPPED
(November 2015)

The Mastered Series

BOUND

UNWOUND

SCHOOLED

UNRAVELED
 

CAGED
(July 2015)

 

Single Titles

RUNNING WITH THE DEVIL

DIRTY DEEDS

Novellas

WICKED GARDEN
(Three’s Company Anthology novella)

BALLROOM BLITZ
(Two to Tango Anthology novella)

MISTRESS CHRISTMAS
(Wild West Boys novella)
 

MISS FIRECRACKER
(Wild West Boys novella)
 

LOST IN YOU
(short novella)

 
Need You Series (debuts Jan. 2016)

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Table of Contents

Copyright

A Note from the Author

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Epilogue

Dear Reader

Unbreak My Heart Excerpt

Other Books by the Author

About the Author

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