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Gambling On A Dream
Colton Gamblers Book 3 by Sara
Walter Ellwood
June 9, 2015
With Everything At Stake…
It’s been years since
Sheriff Dawn Madison said goodbye to Texas Ranger Wyatt McPherson. She’s closed
the door on the heartache of her past. But when the sleepy town of Colton,
Texas, is rocked by a series of shocking murders, Dawn has no choice but to
trust the man who broke her heart if she wants to protect the ones she loves…
All Bets Are Off
Four years have passed.
But Wyatt hasn’t forgotten the bold, Native American beauty who stole his heart
. . . and broke it. Losing her and the life they had hoped to share left him an
empty shell of himself. But if he wants to stop the deranged killer terrorizing
the innocent kids of Colton, he’ll have to let Dawn back into his life. It’s a
risk he’s willing to take, even if heartache is all he takes home…
Excerpt:
When
the door closed with a resounding click behind her brother, Dawn pounded a fist
onto the table with enough force to rattle their coffee mugs. “Dammit, who is
he protecting?”
Wyatt
glanced back at the door. Her older brother Talon had always had it rough, but
no worse than Dawn and their younger brother. Sure, being one of Jock
Blackwell’s ill-begotten sons wasn’t something he’d wish on a rabid coyote.
However, Tom Madison had treated Talon like a son all his life, even giving him
a third of his ranch when he retired.
Talon
had changed, and not for the better. His problems didn’t come from how he was
raised, or even the occasional bullying. He was a troublemaker, and nothing
would have changed him.
He
sat in the chair Talon had vacated. “Or the question could be what is he
hiding?”
She
ran her hands over her dark hair to the tight bun at the base of her skull.
With jerky movements, she pulled out the band holding the twisted braid
captive. As she ran her fingers through the long mass of raven silk, heat
coursed through him at the memories of all that hair covering him like a
blanket while they’d made love. When she bent over the table and scratched her
scalp in pure frustration, all he could think about was her hair hanging down
her back to brush and tickle his thighs as she rode him--her favorite
position--to orgasm.
The
erection was fast and furious and nearly had him groaning. Thank God, he was
sitting. He forced his numbed mind to focus on the case.
“We
have to find someone else who may have seen or knows something.” She glanced
across the table at him and straightened. If there was ever the perfect picture
of a beautiful Indian maiden, it was Dawn with her hair down. Had she ever had
the stuff cut? He swallowed hard and shifted in his chair as his jeans
strangled his cock. How long had it been since he’d had sex? He couldn’t
remember, but refused to believe he hadn’t been with someone since Dawn.
With
swift, practiced motions, she broke the trance he was under by daftly braiding
her hair and wrapping it into a bagel-sized knot at the back of her head. She
snapped the hair band over the bun.
He
cleared his throat. “When are we talking to Chris’s friends?” His voice came
out sounding a bit husky, even to his ears.
She
stood, taking their coffee cups with her, and refilled them. After she dumped
that god-awful crap pretending to be creamer into hers, she handed him a mug of
black joe. Sipping her coffee from the extra-large, bright green mug he’d given
to her for her thirtieth birthday, she returned to her chair.
“Hendricks
and Kennedy are getting a list, but according to Julie, he didn’t have many friends
in Colton.”
“How
about Justin Vaughn? He’s always been a known dealer. Maybe he knows
something.” He sipped his coffee.
She
smiled, and he almost choked as he swallowed the hot, bitter brew. “Haven’t
thought of him. We should talk to him. They’re about the same age. Vaughn’s
working over at his uncle’s farm and garden market.”
He
set his mug on the table and glanced at his watch. “I can’t today.”
“Hot
date?”
Grinning,
he stood. “No. I’m buying the Estrada Ranch.”
Her
dark eyes widened. “Really? I heard Luis and Stella were thinking of moving to
New Mexico, but I didn’t know it was a done deal. I figured it would go to
either Jose or Mary,” she said, referring to the Estradas’ son and daughter.
“How long has their place been up for sale? I haven’t seen a sign in their
yard.”
He
shrugged and reached for his hat where it sat on the edge of the table. “Luis
and Stella told Mom and Dad they planned to sell the place a couple of weeks
ago while playing Bingo at the firehouse. When they told me, I called the
Estradas and made an offer. It never officially made it on the market. I’ve
been looking for a small ranch.”
“We’ll
be neighbors when you settle in there.” She cocked her head to the side. “I
never knew you wanted to be a rancher.”
“You
never cared about a lot of things I wanted.” His bitterness surprised even him.
She
stood and picked up her mug, leaving his where it sat. As she headed for the
door, she nodded toward it. “We have a policy around here. We clean up after
ourselves. Something I seem to remember you have a hard time with.”
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About Sara:
Although Sara Walter Ellwood has long ago left the farm for the
glamour of the big town, she draws on her experiences growing up on a small
hobby farm in West Central Pennsylvania to write her contemporary westerns.
She’s been married to her college sweetheart for over 20 years, and they have
two teenagers and one very spoiled rescue cat named Penny. She longs to visit
the places she writes about and jokes she’s a cowgirl at heart stuck in
Pennsylvania suburbia. Sara Walter Ellwood is a multi-published and
international Amazon bestselling author of the anthology set Cowboy Up. She also
publishes paranormal romantic suspense under the pen name Cera duBois.
Author Links:
Website:
http://www.sarawalterellwood.com
Gambling
On A Secret, Book
1 and Gambling On A Heart, Book 2
For other links and book
information check out my website page: https://sarawalterellwood.wordpress.com/the-colton-gamblers-contemporary-western-romance-suspense/
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Hello Sara, all the best with your tour. I did not know about the tour or I could have been a host. Bye for now.
ReplyDeleteI loved the excerpt. She sounds quite capable and competent.
ReplyDeletedebby236 at gmail dot com
I always liked the name Talon, but now I love it even more! :) Can't wait to host you on this tour, Sara!
ReplyDeleteThis does sound like a fabulous read.
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Thank you all for coming out and commenting! Sorry that I'm so late, but I've been dealing with a flooded basement, and well, you can imagine the mess that is. But life is good and I've been blessed. Thank you, Sensuous Promotions, for hosting me!
ReplyDeletehi Sara, enjoyed your excerpt :)
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