For
Ruby’s Love
Published by: Decadent Publishing
Genre: Contemporary, erotic romance,
LGBT/gay, western, ménage
Heat Level: 5
Word Count: 33,000
“Can I just say MEN?”
It’s not that Ruby Tuesday McMurtry doesn’t
like men, but sometimes…. Sometimes they can drive a woman nuts. One man in
particular is on her bad list: Calhoun Cordell. The big, stubborn rancher is
enough to make her want to scream, kick his sweet ass, and, okay, have him kiss
her again.
Then there’s his “friend,” his lover:
Daniel Patterson, aka a seriously handsome businessman. He’s got not only good
looks, but also a good shoulder for a woman to cry on. The problem with him is
that while she knows he’s gay, she desires him.
“Can I just say WOMEN?”
If there ever was a more troublesome,
independent female than Ruby, Calhoun she didn’t know one. She shows up
expecting him to let her work with his traumatized prized breeding mare. Not
happening. First, she’s a woman. Second, she’s too damn small. Third, she’s a
woman!
He’s known a lot of women, but never once
has Daniel been sexually drawn to one. Until Ruby. He can’t figure out what
about the spirited cowgirl gets to him. She just does. He’s even willing to end
his virginal days with women, but he’s not willing to lose Cal because of his
lusty feelings.
Blurb
Rancher Calhoun Cordell and businessman
Daniel Patterson have struggled for almost two years as a couple, with careers
and goals often in conflict. A tragic fire, leading to a traumatized valuable
breeding mare, has Calhoun sending for a well-known horse whisperer. Except the
man is dead. His daughter, Ruby McMurtry, shows up for the job instead and
complicates their lives even more.
Excerpt
He pulled open the over-sized front door and gaped at the bit of a
woman shivering on the porch. She appeared a foot shorter than him and a good
sixty or more pounds lighter. What hit him most were her eyes—an odd dark
green, like jade or something. Her eyes narrowed as he looked her over.
Finally, she stretched to her full minimal height and bristled at
him. “When you’re done checking me out, do you think you could let me inside?
It’s colder than cold out here.”
Daniel stepped beside him and intervened. “Let the lady in, Cal.” He
looked around her and asked, “Where’s your car? Assuming you drove here.”
She slid between them into the tiled foyer before turning back. “No
car. And I didn’t drive here, at least not exactly.” Her teeth chattered.
Calhoun closed the door against the sharp winter breeze and watched
her pull off a battered pink Stetson, unveiling chin-length strawberry-blonde
hair. “What does ‘not exactly’ mean?” He added, “Who are you, anyway?”
She worried her trembling lower lip and glanced from him to Daniel
and back. She pulled off a glove and stuck out her hand. “Ruby McMurtry.”
Instead of taking her hand, he puffed up in annoyance. “You’re late!
Where’s your father?”
She started to lower her hand, glowering at him. But he noticed something besides anger in the
depths of those enchanting eyes. He couldn’t get a handle on the emotion.
While he tried to calm down, wishing he hadn’t jumped on her, Daniel
reached out and shook her very red-looking hand.
“You feel like ice,” he said in concern. He took a second to scowl
at him.
As she blinked at her hand sandwiched between Daniel’s, her already
pink-chilled cheeks turned pinker. “I should’ve worn my thicker gloves,” she
muttered in clear discomfort. When she managed to slip free, she glared at him.
A twinge of guilt about his rude behavior passed through him, but
his anger came out first as he repeated himself. “Where’s your father? I have a
serious bone to pick with him.”
Those eyes that still captivated him welled up with tears. His gut
tightened.
Her lower lip wobbled and she sputtered,
“He…he…he’s dead.”
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Thanks for having me here today.
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure. :-)
DeleteI would like to have my own men but instead I will read your book.
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Thanks, Debby, for stopping by and commenting.
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