McKenna is living the dream. A rising country music star he’s no stranger to
fame, money, or beautiful women. Despite his bad boy image, he’s also got a
heart of gold, and when his ten-year-old brother is orphaned, he wants to take
him under his wing. But the judge on the case is less than impressed by Gabe’s
reputation and awards custody to the grandfather Gabe knows firsthand is
abusive.
Finn is no stranger to heartache. Years ago she was engaged to Gabe McKenna,
but two days before their wedding he ran off to Nashville with a female talent
scout. Now Gabe is back in her life with an insane plan. Marry him, so he can
get custody of his younger brother. Michaela can’t bear to think of any child
being hurt, but she’s just not sure her heart can carry a happy tune when Gabe
is playing lead…
drained her glass with a wince. “Damn, I’ve never liked champagne.”
Michaela headed for the fridge. “Do you have any beer in here?”
was more uncertain now than he’d been before he started thinking about
this crazy idea. “Yeah. Lone Star. Get me one, too.” When she turned
with the longneck bottles in hand, he chuckled. “A two hundred dollar
bottle of fine French bubbly, but we’d rather drink Texas beer.”
“I’ve actually been thinking the same thing–that if I were married the
judge would’ve given me Jesse. But the only man I can think of is Cash
Nelson.” She twisted the top off the beer and took a long draw. “But he
would read too much into the agreement. I never considered you. Hell,
the whole town knows I can’t even stand you. How is this gonna work?”
didn’t like the way his heart pinched at her words. He tossed the cap
from his beer beside hers on the island top and took a drink. “We’ll
have to convince them otherwise. We have a history and we’ve been
working together”–he grinned as he remembered the custody hearing– “or
against each other for weeks now. Everyone knows there’s a fine line
between love and hate.”
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.
