LOVING ELLIE (27 page)
Authors: Lindsey Brookes
“I hope things turn around for you, Mr. Tyler,” she said, sounding surprisingly sincere. Then she turned and made her way down the porch steps.
Cade watched her go, guilt dragging his mouth into a frown.
Suddenly, she stopped and spun around. “If you happen to change your mind,” she said, holding out her business card, “here’s my cell number. I’ll be in town, having a much-needed glass of Chardonnay. This hasn’t exactly been one of my better days either.”
He took the card and stood watching as she walked back to the sleek, red Corvette. She settled herself behind the wheel and, without another glance his way, started the engine and drove off in a spiraling trail of dust.
Cade cursed the mess his life had become and headed for the barn. This day had to get better. It certainly couldn’t get any worse.
Or could it?
As if in answer to his question, thunder cracked overhead and the skies let loose.
Excerpt from Capturing the Cowboy’s Heart by Lindsey Brookes © 2011
Romance author Lindsey Brookes has finalled in/or won more than 75 RWA chapter sponsored contests with over a dozen different manuscripts. She is also a four time RWA Golden Heart finalist as well as a past American Title III finalist and winner of Harlequin's Great American Romance Novel contest. She writes for Kensington Publishing, Amazon Publishing, as well as Indie pubbed several of her contemporary romances. Ms. Brookes was recently announced a finalist in the Booksellers Best Awards with her contemporary romance – Kidnapped Cowboy. She is represented by Michelle Grajkowski with
3 Seas Literary Agency
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