Texas Hustle (33 page)

Authors: Cynthia D'Alba

Tags: #D’Alba, #Romance, #stalker, #Texas, #older heroine, #younger hero, #Western

“Yes! Yes. Yes. Yes,” she said, adjusting her position on the couch until she could throw her arms around his neck. She kissed his mouth, his cheeks, his chin. “I love you, Darren Montgomery.”

He slipped the ring on her finger. “I love you, Porchia Summers, soon-to-be Porchia Montgomery.”

She kissed him again. “Wait. I got you another engagement present.”

Grinning, he said, “Since we
are
engaged, I think I should open it, don’t you?”

He hefted the box off the floor and into his lap. Once he got the lid off, a pair of black leather, ornately decorated cowboy boots rested inside.

“These are incredible, honey.”

“I thought they’d look good on our wedding day.”

He smiled. “But nothing will be more beautiful than my bride.”

Porchia would always love her parents, even if she didn’t understand or agree with them all of the time.

In Texas, she’d found unconditional love and acceptance.

With Darren, she’d found family.

They turned off the lights and their phones and went to the bedroom to plan their future. A future that held their shared dreams built on a foundation of love and trust.

A future that was family.

About the Author

New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Cynthia D’Alba started writing on a challenge from her husband in 2006 and discovered having imaginary sex with lots of hunky men was fun. She was born and raised in a small Arkansas town. After being gone for a number of years, she’s thrilled to be making her home back in Arkansas, living in a vine-covered cottage on the banks of an eight-thousand acre lake. When she’s not reading or writing or plotting, she’s doorman for her two dogs, cook, housekeeper and chief bottle washer for her husband and slave to a noisy, messy parrot. She loves to chat online with friends and fans.

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He plans to take the wander right out of her wanderlust.

Texas Montgomery Mavericks
, Book 5

Magda Hobbs’s job as ranch housekeeper—and its daily dose of cowboys—wreaked havoc on her libido. Especially one certain cowboy she couldn’t resist. Scared of going down the same path as her mother, Magda jumped on her motorcycle and hit the road.

Five months later, her father’s mild heart attack has forced her back to Whispering Springs. While she’s grateful for the cleaning job at one of the Montgomery ranch houses, she’s not so thrilled one of the cowboys she’s looking after is the one she fell for last spring.

Reno Montgomery’s parents hiring a housekeeper for him and his brother is a nice surprise, but he’s shocked to discover it’s Magda, the woman who up and left just when things were getting serious between them.

When a freak snowstorm cuts off the outside world, the isolation rekindles their desire. But when the weather and the roads clear, Reno has to work hard and fast to keep the woman of his dreams from accelerating right out of his life again.

Warning: Contains a woman born with a bad case of wanderlust, and a cowboy determined to show her that life’s a dance that doesn’t have to two-step her out of his life.

Real bad boys can grow up to be real good men.

Texas Montgomery Mavericks
, Book 4

Hit hard by the death of her parents, Paige Ryan needs to figure out what to do with her life. She moves to Whispering Springs, Texas, to be near her step-brother. But just as she starts to get her life on track, the last man she ever wanted to see again sends it right back off the rails.

Cash Montgomery was on the cusp of having it all. Three bull riding titles, fame, fortune and respect from his family. Until a bad bull leaves him injured, angry and searching for comfort at the bottom of a bottle. With nowhere to go, he moves into his sister-in-law’s old ranch house in Whispering Springs—which he’s surprised to find already occupied.

As Cash rebuilds the dilapidated home and Paige starts out on her medical career, their old friendship begins to reemerge and sparks are ignited. Paige knows that Cash is nothing but a heartache waiting to happen. But maybe this bad boy has grown up to be a real good man?

Warning:
Watch out for falling lumber, falling in holes, and falling for the wrong guy…again. You can leave your hard hat on.

Two weeks on a beach can deepen more than just their tans.

Texas Montgomery Mavericks
, Book 3

KC Montgomery was eleven when she met the love of her life. Of course, seventeen-year-old Drake Gentry didn’t know she existed, but that didn’t stop her girlish fantasies from growing and changing over the years.

Now, after enjoying a front-row seat to his breakup with his latest girlfriend, she’s been handed an all-grown-up fantasy come true—two weeks at the Sand Castle Resort. With him.

Drake most definitely noticed KC a long time ago, but the timing’s never been right. Now that he’s facing a lonely vacation that was supposed to be for two, it seems only natural to accept KC’s offer to fill in. And as far as her terms go… No strings. No expectations. No holds barred. Drake is no fool—he’s all over it.

But once they’re back in Texas there are invisible strings still hanging between them. Strings labeled attraction, affection…even love. And the more they try to untangle the knots, the tighter they’re bound together.

Warning:
Beware of sunburns, whirlpool sex and sand in delicate places.

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Texas Hustle

ISBN: 978-1-61923-129-0

Edited by Heidi Moore

Cover by Valerie Tibbs

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