Don't Tease the Cowboy
(2025)(The third book in the Small Town Steamy Western Romance series)
A novel by Sandy Appleyard
A double life. A broken heart. A few bad actors. And a lesson learned that spells out four letters...but are they love...or dead...
Cassidy’s only hurting because of his past life. And it ain’t my fault that we’ve got something in common that doesn’t rub him right. But nothing spells trouble like what’s going on at his brother���s ranch. Except when Cassidy’s past catches up to me and he’s got a problem with me for it. The nerve. I soon learn though, that he’s got his reasons, and they’re good ones, too. It takes a tragedy for me to learn the difference. Luckily, he’s right there with me to see me through. Until his brother’s past catches up with him, too. And that’s when we’re all in trouble...and at the worst time, because it’s right when my sister Jade and her love Blair say their vows. Karma is a real problem.
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Karma’s got nothing to do with it. It’s all about sense. And Crystal didn’t have much of it in the beginning. Mixing with this and that, but all this time, I didn’t know why she was avoiding what was right in front of her. It takes time for it to sink in, but when it does, it also takes guts for her to confront her demons and be honest for the first dang time in her life. Fear is a powerful thing. And when you’ve been driven by it your whole life, hiding from it, too, it’s something to figure that all out. Especially when it comes clear after tragedy. It’s the look in her eyes that draws me in, see. That look that I hadn’t ever seen before. I just hope that I get to see that look for a long time, but I’m not sure after what happens at Blair’s wedding.
...maybe that look will haunt me for the rest of my life...or maybe it’ll be my dearest blessing.
Genre: Romance
Cassidy’s only hurting because of his past life. And it ain’t my fault that we’ve got something in common that doesn’t rub him right. But nothing spells trouble like what’s going on at his brother���s ranch. Except when Cassidy’s past catches up to me and he’s got a problem with me for it. The nerve. I soon learn though, that he’s got his reasons, and they’re good ones, too. It takes a tragedy for me to learn the difference. Luckily, he’s right there with me to see me through. Until his brother’s past catches up with him, too. And that’s when we’re all in trouble...and at the worst time, because it’s right when my sister Jade and her love Blair say their vows. Karma is a real problem.
***
Karma’s got nothing to do with it. It’s all about sense. And Crystal didn’t have much of it in the beginning. Mixing with this and that, but all this time, I didn’t know why she was avoiding what was right in front of her. It takes time for it to sink in, but when it does, it also takes guts for her to confront her demons and be honest for the first dang time in her life. Fear is a powerful thing. And when you’ve been driven by it your whole life, hiding from it, too, it’s something to figure that all out. Especially when it comes clear after tragedy. It’s the look in her eyes that draws me in, see. That look that I hadn’t ever seen before. I just hope that I get to see that look for a long time, but I’m not sure after what happens at Blair’s wedding.
...maybe that look will haunt me for the rest of my life...or maybe it’ll be my dearest blessing.
Genre: Romance