River's Escape (River's End Series, #2) (33 page)
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Authors: Leanne Davis
“It’s off to the side, behind Celia’s hedge. She told him we’ve been putting it there just to save your reputation. Small town and small minds, you know.”
“You mean there are people who think I’m having sex…
with you
?” The horror in Allison’s voice was loud and clear as she nearly shrieked with alarm.
Gross. Ick.
Like she’d ever consent to having sex with this walking hormone and no doubt, sexually diseased asshole. Her initial take on Shane Rydell was totally spot on, now wasn’t it?
He held his hands up. “I didn’t do it. I swear to God, I had no idea she said that to anyone, or ever used you as a cover. Actually, I don’t even know why the hell she didn’t just tell me to hide my bike. I kind of thought she wanted to get caught. She has nothing but complaints about being married to Jett. From how he leaves his socks on the floor to his dick being too small to even—”
She held her hands over her ears. “Don’t finish your sentence. Ever. Please.”
He grinned and repeated, “So, teacher, what do you say? You going to break up a marriage tonight, or let me come inside your house?”
She clutched her wine glass before tipping the contents into her mouth and downing the whole thing. “I
cannot
believe Celia would do that to me. Or how she could even think that risking her marriage to Jett for stolen nights with you could possibly be worth it.”
He shrugged and stepped closer to her. She stepped back, not so excited about him coming near her. Especially now. She nearly gulped out loud when he leaned down towards her ear and said softly, “Oh, it’s worth it. Trust me. I’m very, very much worth it.” Lifting his face, he grinned, and winked at her as he passed by and entered her house. She was left staring after him, her mouth agape.
Calling him an asshole didn’t even begin to describe how repugnant and awful Shane Rydell truly was. And damn her heart for nearly leaping out of her chest in response to his words. Her insides seemed to grow warm at his suggestive tone.
But then she spotted Jett’s car and it was pulling into Celia’s driveway. She sighed and followed Shane inside, realizing no, she couldn’t make Jett realize what was so clearly going on right in front of his face. That left Shane with her inside
her
house. Her stomach clenched as she grabbed the door handle.
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River Road (River’s End, #4) Coming in late 2015
AJ Reed grew up in foster care until he ran away in his teens and started earning his way through the rodeo circuit, until injury made him quit. Left adrift with no real skills, he has wandered through almost as many towns and jobs as he has women. He finally finds a decent place to settle as the foreman on the Rydell River Ranch, until he is faced with the shocking surprise that shows up one afternoon in the form of a little girl who the state claims is his daughter.
Kate Morgan comes to the Rydell River Resort to stay for the summer and meet the brother she only recently learned she has. Her mother’s deathbed confession that she has a brother, has left her spiraling in confusion, as well as grief. Unsure of what to do with this knowledge, she makes arrangements to be a guest at the resort that her half-brother is owner of. She has no idea what she is seeking by coming here, but it certainly isn’t the ranch employee who catches her eye, nor his little girl who catches her heart.
Kate threatens the only real place AJ has ever belonged, all the while, a little girl he never imagined wanting, starts to show him that permanent is far more than an address. But how can a man who’s never been accountable to anything or anyone hope to commit to not just a place but a woman
and
a daughter?
Jason Malone has spent his life being denied by his family. His father, the respected mayor of his hometown, has all but ignored his existence, while his drug-addicted mother has always caused him more harm than good. After being unjustly imprisoned for crimes that lead back to his absentee family, he is finally starting to get his life back together again.
Until the day his estranged brother's fiancée walks into his life and changes everything.
Christine Andrews is the dutiful daughter of a rich and powerful family, engaged to Trent Gallagher, her father's right hand man, and poised to join her father and Trent in running the empire her father has built. Until Christine discovers the existence of Jason Malone and suddenly she begins to doubt everything around her, including her fiancé.
Christine becomes caught in a power struggle between the two brothers, but she soon realizes there is far more at stake than her heart, when one night everything is altered forever...
I live in the rainy area of Western, Washington, and spend as much time as I can getting away from the rain by traveling to destinations all across the state where my family and I do tons of camping, boating, fishing, and horseback riding. Many of the locations we camp become the basis for my books. Most of my settings are fictional but are based on real places.
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