Today I'm delighted to welcome author Dawn Luedecke to The Second Half. Dawn is here to share her brand new Western romance entitled To Tame A Montana Heart. Let's take a look!
Blurb
Running from a past of privilege, deceit, and danger, Travis Simms
is ready to settle down. What better place to forget all he left behind than
the quiet little Montana town of Lolo Hot Springs? His goal is clear — build a
hotel and his own destiny without complications —until one of the town’s most
troublesome women captures his attention.
Dusty Larson is hell bent on independence, helping her sister run
the Triple D Ranch. She can do anything a man can, and do it better, so she
certainly doesn’t need one in her life. The only problem is she seems to
attract bad luck and danger...and Travis. Can he tame her wild ways and keep
his bachelor status intact — or does he risk losing his heart?
Excerpt #1
She
watched him with care. “I don’t know if I love you. I like you, a lot, but I
don’t have the
slightest idea what love feels like.”
Travis’ smile grew slowly across
his face. “I understand. I’m not sure if I love you or not, but I also don’t think I could live
without you. So you will always have that.” His voice was almost a whisper when
he said the last.
“Truly?” Her voice cracked and
she had to force herself to breathe easy.
“Truly.”
She inclined her head and took
two brisk steps toward him. She leaned over and kissed him with all the fever
of a thousand fires. He reached up and intertwined his hand through her hair to
hold her still as he plundered her mouth.
She released him with a shaky
breath and jumped back to turn on her heels. “Put something nice on. I’ll be back with a
preacher man.”
“You know, I heard you only have
to say ‘I marry you’ three times and then you’re hitched.”
She threw him a sassy look and
slammed the door shut.
Excerpt #2
The voices in her head screamed
for her to run but she just couldn’t listen. Fists
balled at her sides, Dusty prepared for a fight and
stalked toward the sound, rounding the corner and
tripping just as strong hands reached out and
grabbed her shoulders.
The hands picked her up and
turned her around to press her back into steel
muscles of a rock-solid chest. One arm reached across her
collarbone to clasp her shoulder. The other
wrapped around her midsection, holding her against a
warm body. The offending hands gripped her tight
and brought her snug against the length of him.
She knew without looking who it was.
“When you walk around after dark,
anything can happen.” His warm breath
tickled her neck, and shivers raced through her. The
hand lining the length of her collarbone made its
way up her shoulder and traced the edges of
her shirt collar. “You are not safe from anything
in the dark.”
With those words, Travis turned
her around and slipped his hands behind her back
to pull her closer. He bent his head and his next
words tickled her lips, “Even me.” The kiss shot like
lightning through Dusty. It shocked and excited
her, stealing the breath from her lungs. Without
conscious thought she lifted her hands and entwined
them behind his neck, pressing their bodies
closer.
Travis eased Dusty back, but kept
her in his grip. “Heaven above, Angel…I’ve
wanted to do that since I first saw you at the
springs.” He traced the edges of her lips with the rough
pad of his thumb. “You are way too beautiful to be
out by yourself after dark. Anything could happen.”
“Anything could happen,"
Dusty rasped out.
Travis released Dusty and her
knees buckled. He caught her before she could
land on the ground, set her right once again, and
gave a deep throaty laugh.
“Anything could happen,” she said
again. Dizzy excitement hummed through her
body, and all she could hear was the deep thump of
her heart.
Biography
A country girl born and bred, Dawn Luedecke has spent most of her
life surrounded by horses, country folk, and the wild terrain of Nevada, Idaho
and Montana. As a child she would spend many afternoons reading books, watching
western classics, and Rogers and Hammerstein movies. When she grew up she
decided to leave the quiet country life for a chance to find adventure by
serving a successful tour in the United States Coast Guard. During that time
she found her soul mate (and alpha male) and started a family and writing
career. She enjoys writing historical and paranormal romance and spends as much
time as she can working on her current manuscript. For more information visit
www.dawnluedecke.com.
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