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For the Love of Anna

“Take care of your father Anna, it’s all I ask,” was her mother’s

dying wish. Anna tried her hardest, working double shifts and

getting little rest, plus her dad is an abusive alcoholic. One night

Anna is accosted in her home. Her father really did it this time,

and two loan sharks are intent on collecting a debt. They threaten

Anna’s life, want to prostitute her out to make back the money her

father owes.

Her father shows up drunk and Anna realizes she has to save

herself. Despite her injuries, she escapes. Her friend Stacy lives in

Pearl, along with two men Max and Eric Cantrell. When Anna

arrives on the ranch battered and beaten, an authoritative Sheriff,

an ex-Marine and one sexy cowboy become intent on showing her

what real love is.

But Anna is an innocent and trust will not come easy. But these

three dominant, stubborn men will do anything for the love of

Anna.

Genre:
Contemporary, Ménage a Trois/Quatre, Western/Cowboys

Length:
56,304 words

FOR THE LOVE OF ANNA

Dixie Lynn Dwyer

MENAGE AMOUR

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FOR THE LOVE OF ANNA

Copyright © 2010 by Dixie Lynn Dwyer

E-book ISBN: 1-61034-085-X

First E-book Publication: November 2010

Cover design by Jinger Heaston

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DEDICATION

I would like to dedicate this book to my husband and our wild and fun

nights on the ranch.

“Love ya darling.”

FOR THE LOVE OF ANNA

DIXIE LYNN DWYER

Copyright © 2010

Chapter 1

Anna exited the commuter bus. She’d had a long, hard day at the

restaurant and couldn’t wait to get home to soak her feet. She glanced

at her watch as she walked down Main Street and 5th. It was one

o’clock in the morning. He shouldn’t be home yet, or if he were, he

was probably out cold in a drunken stupor. Anna sighed in annoyance,

then cringed. She needed to be more careful. If she made the mistake

of talking back to her old man then he would surely lash out at her

again. Hank Parker was a big, mean man, and when he was drunk, he

was out of control.

Anna was petite, and one shove from a man her father’s size

would do serious damage.

She instantly thought about last week and how she refused to give

him more money for liquor. She was tired. She had worked a month

of double shifts getting four hours of sleep a night just so she could

pay the rent and food bills. Her dad never paid the landlord. He just

pocketed the money and went out drinking. She shook her head at the

thought. It made her so damn angry because she was the one working

her ass off to support them. Meanwhile, he didn’t do shit!

She released an exasperated sigh as the anger dissipated. What

good would it do her to get upset all over again?
Haven’t I learned my

lesson about talking back to my old man?
Flashbacks of that fight

entered her mind. She would always remember every hit and every

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painful word her father inflicted upon her. She wiped a stray tear from

her eye, demanding no more to follow. But the memory of the last

fight fought its way to her mind. His face, his slurred speech, and the

way he looked at her as if she was the most disgusting and terrible

daughter alive, sent chills through her body.

When she accused him of taking the money for drinking, he

backhanded her across the cheek and sent her flying into the wall. She

was dazed for a few seconds, or at least it felt like that, and when she

opened her eyes, her dad was consoling her.

Does he love me?
She knew alcoholism was a disease, one that

takes over a person, even those with the kindest hearts. When she

thought about it, her father had never been kind. Drunk or sober, he

hit her.

She gulped so hard it hurt her throat. She should listen to her best

friend Stacy and just leave. Stacy offered a place to stay out in Texas,

but Anna didn’t want her pity, and she knew her dad needed her. He

hadn’t worked in over three years, and her paychecks paid the rent

and the groceries.

She promised Momma.

Her vision blurred as the tears stung her eyes. Anna focused on

getting home and sleeping as long as she possibly could.

* * * *

Their crappy apartment complex was just around the corner. Anna

had paid the landlord yesterday, so she didn’t have to use the back

entrance to avoid seeing him.

Thoughts of a hot bath filled her head as she entered the front

door. There was no security, hardly any working lights, and the place

reeked of garbage.

As she ascended the stairs, her stomach began to quiver. She was

frightened of her father, and the anticipation of his state if he was

home was getting the best of her.

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Quit worrying and move faster, she told herself as she reached the

third floor.

Anna reached her door and placed the key in the lock. It had been

left unlocked, and she cursed her dad under her breath. When would

he learn to stop drinking and gambling and just be her father? She was

tired of being the responsible one, and she was only twenty-three.

As she entered the apartment, she closed the door and threw her

purse onto the couch.

“We’ve been waiting for you, little Parker.”

Anna screamed and jumped backward at the deep voice. Two

strange men in suits stood in front of her.

Instinct kicked in, and she bolted for the door.

Large, solid hands wrapped around her waist and easily lifted her

off her feet and back in front of the other man. She didn’t recognize

either of them.

“Let me go!” she screamed, and the man holding her covered her

mouth with his hand. He held her like a rag doll. It was useless to

fight him, and she knew it. Both of them were mean and ugly,

standing at over six feet tall.

She kicked and squirmed until he pressed his body against hers,

holding her still.

“Quit fighting, little Parker.”

She calmed down and waited to hear what they wanted.

“Good girl,” he whispered next to her ear. The smell of liquor and

cigarette smoke made her cringe in disgust. The other man moved

closer.

He had a shadow of a beard and dark eyes, but it was the evil

within them that showed perfectly, causing her to tremble in fear.

“We’re not going to hurt you,” he whispered before gliding his

thumb across her bottom lip. She noticed the square, shiny ring

covered in many small diamonds on his pinky finger. That had to

have cost a fortune.

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“Yet,” whispered the man behind her, holding her closer, he was

practically crushing her ribs.

“Where’s your old man?”

“I…I don’t know.” She shook with fear at the way the man in

front of her stared at her body. The man behind her squeezed her

tighter.

“Please, you’re hurting me,” she whimpered as he chuckled

behind her. His hot breath burned against her hair.

“I’m only going to ask you this once. Now be a good girl and tell

us where your father is?”

“I don’t know. I swear I don’t know.”

He stared at her as if contemplating whether he believed her or

not.

She prayed he did. She prayed that they wouldn’t touch her or hurt

her.

“He owes us thirty thousand plus interest. He’s way behind in his

payments, and time is up.”

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