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March 1, 2016
Release Blitz for BIDDING ON THE BILLIONAIRE by JM Stewart
BIDDING ON THE BILLIONAIRE
Seattle Bachelors #1
JM Stewart
Releasing March 1st, 2016
Forever: Forever Yours
Safety. Anonymity. Invisibility.
Those are just a few advantages of Internet “dating.” Even better, as far as Hannah Miller is concerned, is the fact that she can shed all inhibitions without worrying about what he thinks of her figure or her face. “He” is bikerboy357, the man who knows what Hannah likes, and wants her—every night—as much as she wants him. When he asks to meet, Hannah hesitates. But the temptation is too strong. And after one look into his sultry green eyes, there’s no turning back.
Cade MacKenzie’s never met a woman who’s wasn’t blinded by his billion-dollar net worth, but “H” knows neither his face nor his name. Her words are so smart, sweet, and scorchingly sexy that Cade’s willing to gamble she’ll be just as amazing in person. And she is. But even as every delicious encounter makes Cade want Hannah more, what he wants most is her trust.
It’s something all his money can’t buy. And now, Cade will do anything to earn it.
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J.M Stewart is a coffee and chocolate addict who lives in the Pacific
Northwest with her husband, two sons and two very spoiled dogs. She’s a
hopeless romantic who believes everybody should have their happily ever after
and has been devouring romance novels for as long as she can remember.
Writing that has become her obsession.
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Release Blast for HIS SECRETARY’S SURPRISE FIANCE by Joanne Rock & Giveaway
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HIS SECRETARY’S SURPRISE FIANCE
Bayou Billionaires #2
Joanne Rock
March 1st (Digital), March 8th (Print)
Harlequin Desire
Her boss wants her in his office—and as his bride!
Adelaide Thibodeaux grew up with Dempsey Reynaud, and she’s worked for him for years. But when the billionaire football coach springs a surprise engagement to keep her from resigning, it’s a low blow. Just as she’s ready to strike out on her own, she’s stuck in a fake relationship with her boss, biding her time…
But soon Adelaide faces a second blow: she’s actually falling for the man! Can a relationship founded on a lie become the real deal? Or will they fumble before the end zone—and stay in the friend zone?
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Three-time RITA nominee Joanne
Rock has never met a romance sub-genre she didn’t like. The author of
over seventy novels enjoys writing contemporary romance and medieval
historicals alike, recently exploring Young Adult romance under a pseudonym. An
optimist by nature and perpetual seeker of silver linings, Joanne finds
romance–in all its forms– fits her life outlook perfectly. When she’s not
writing, Joanne enjoys travel, especially to see her favorite sports teams play
with her former sports editor husband and three athletic-minded sons.
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Don’t Miss the first in the
Bayou Billionaires Series
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February 29, 2016
Release Blitz for COMPROMISED by Emmy Curtis
COMPROMISED
Alpha Ops #5
Emmy Curtis
Releasing March 1st, 2016
Forever
It was supposed to be the happiest
day of her life. But when her wedding erupts in gunfire, Sadie Walker realizes
this is not the life she wants-her fiancé’s work with Delta Force will always
cast a shadow over their relationship. After leaving the hard-muscled hero at
the altar, she thinks she’ll never see him again . . . until a chance encounter
reveals that he still has a strong grip on her heart.
On a covert assignment overseas,
Simon Tennant is shocked when he spots Sadie with another man. Jealousy flares,
as does an irresistible urge to keep her protected. Amid a dangerous game of
international espionage, he’ll have to convince Sadie just how perfect they’ve
always been together. This time, nothing will take precedence over winning her
back, no matter the cost to his cover-or his life . . .
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Emmy Curtis is an editor and a romance
writer. An ex-pat Brit, she quells her homesickness with Cadbury Flakes and
Fray Bentos pies. She’s lived in London, Paris and New York, and has settled
for the time being, in North Carolina. When not writing, Emmy loves to travel
with her military husband and take long walks with their Lab. All things
considered, her life is chock full of hoot, just a little bit of nanny. And if
you get that reference…well, she already considers you kin.
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February 25, 2016
Book Blast for SAVED BY A SEAL Boxed Set & Giveaway
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and Grab a Copy of SAVED BY A SEAL for ONLY $0.99
100% of Proceeds going to America’s Vet Dogs
SAVED BY A SEAL
3 First-In-Series Novels
NOWHERE TO HIDE by Lindsay McKenna
ALOHA TEXAS by Chris Keniston
PROTECTING CAROLINE by Susan Stoker
Released February 6th, 2016
Three
New York Times / USA TODAY Bestselling authors have joined forces to give back
to the military veterans who have given so much to their country. Lindsay
McKenna, Chris Keniston and Susan Stoker bring you SAVED BY A SEAL, a first in
series box set. Join these authors and their SEAL heroes from the very
beginning of their bestselling romance series.
NOWHERE TO HIDE
by Lindsay McKenna
Book 1, Delos Series
Lia Cassidy left the Army scarred
physically and emotionally after a vicious attack by two fellow soldiers. She
turns to helping others, working at a Delos Home School Charity in Costa Rica
that aids abused women and children. But when the deadly drug lord, La Arana,
attacks the school, Lia finds herself on the run for her life. The only person
she can trust is the ex-SEAL sent to protect her.
Cav Jordan is strong, honorable and
gorgeous…and intrigued by Lia. He knows she has suffered pain in her past, and
he is determined to break through her barriers and earn her trust. But as Cav
slowly chips away at the walls Lia has built, ghosts from her past threaten to
destroy their fragile relationship.
ALOHA TEXAS
by Chris Keniston
Book
1, Aloha Series
Former navy diver Nicholas Harper
likes his new world as captain of a dive boat in Hawaii.
Powerhouse attorney Kara Lynn
O’Conner’s world revolves around her small Texas town where life is easy and
safe.
Six year old Bradley Cooper is about
to change everything.
PROTECTING CAROLINE
by Susan Stoker
Book 1, SEAL of Protection Series
Matthew “Wolf” Steel hated flying
commercial. Luckily his job as a Navy SEAL meant he didn’t have to do it very
often. He’d been unlucky enough to be assigned a middle seat on the cramped
jet, but fortunately for him, the woman next to him was willing to switch seats
with him. Hoping for a relaxing flight, Wolf was pleasantly surprised at the
good conversation and sense of humor the woman had as they flew 36,000 feet
over the countryside.
When Caroline boarded the plane to
Virginia to move across the country for her new job she never expected to be
seated next to the hottest guy she’d ever seen. She also never expected he’d be
so easy to talk to. She knew he’d never be interested in talking to her if he
hadn’t been trapped in the seat next to her, but it was a nice way to spend a long
plane ride.
Neither Wolf nor Caroline were
prepared for a terrorist hijacking of their plane, but if Caroline thought that
would be the last time she’d see, or need, Wolf, she’d be sorely mistaken.
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America’s VetDog’s Mission: To
help those who have served our country honorably live with dignity and
independence.
America’s VetDogs® is a 501(c)(3)
not-for-profit organization that serves the needs of disabled veterans from all
eras who have honorably served our country. VetDogs provides guide dogs for
individuals who are blind or have low vision; hearing dogs for those who have
lost their hearing later in life; service dogs for those with other physical
disabilities; facility dogs as part of the rehabilitation process in military
and VA hospitals, and PTSD service dogs to help mitigate the effects of PTSD in
an effort to provide the emotional and physical support needed.
In 2013, America’s VetDogs (an
affiliate of and managed by the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind) became the
second assistance dog school (the Guide Dog Foundation is the other) in the
United States to be certified by the International Guide Dog Federation and
Assistance Dogs International.
For more information
about this organization or how to donate go to www.vetdogs.org
Lindsay McKenna lives her life as a risk taker, and it shines
through the books she loves to write: romance, adventure and suspense. She
started writing at age thirteen and continues to hone her writing skills to
this day. She sold her first romance novel in 1981. The rest is history.
Because she went into the military,
this experience became the backbone of her writing—she is credited with writing
the first military romance novel (Captive of Fate, 1983, Silhouette Special
Edition) and has created a thriving sub-genre within the romance field! As a
New York Times Best Selling author, she has sold 23 million books and in 32
foreign languages in her career thus far. Her many experiences in the U.S. Navy
are backdrop for her understanding of the military in general, and also her
very successful Morgan’s Mercenaries, which is an ongoing series in Silhouette
to this day! Forty-five books strong!
Lindsay has gone Indie in 2015
and has created a new family saga on par with Morgan’s Mercenaries It is known
as the DELOS SERIES. There will be paperback and eBooks created under Blue
Turtle Publishing, her company for her fans. Readers who love Morgan and his
family are bound to fall in love with the Culver family. Delos is romantic
suspense, which Lindsay is well known for. It took her five years to create and
bring DELOS to her readers. It was worth the wait, but we’ll let you decide
that.
Lindsay loves to hear from her
readers and loves to know what they’d like to see her write next. Stay up with
the latest on the Delos Series here. Please visit her Web site at www.lindsaymckenna.com. And
be sure to sign up for her free quarterly newsletter. It contains exclusive
content found nowhere else on the Net. Plus, giveaways and other surprises, to
her loyal and faithful subscribers!
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A native New Yorker, Chris Keniston was on her way to Australia when
she fell in love with North Texas. Little did she know the balmy seventy-degree
October days would turn into fry-an-egg-on-the-sidewalk heat in August!
Twenty years later, she started
scribbling short stories about her favorite TV shows, giving them lives more to
her liking – and the elusive happy ending. Not long after, a dear friend
dragged her to a local writers’ meeting. After winning multiple writing
contests and making the finals in the Romance Writers of America’s prestigious
Golden Heart contest, she now spends her days, and nights, writing contemporary
romantic fiction with lots of emotion, plenty of surprises, and, of course, the
happily ever after.
Chris lives in suburban Dallas
with her husband, two human children, and two canine children. Though she loves
her puppies equally, she admits being especially attached to her German
Shepherd rescue named Gunny. After all, even dogs deserve a happily ever after.
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New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestselling
Author, Susan Stoker has a heart as big as the state of Texas
where she lives, but this all American girl has also spent the last fourteen
years living in Missouri, California, Colorado, and Indiana. She’s married to a
retired Army man who now gets to follow her around the country.
She debuted her first series in 2014 and quickly followed that up
with the SEAL of Protection Series, which solidified her love of writing and
creating stories readers can get lost in.
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Fun Fact about SAVED BY A SEAL Boxed
Set
Fabio, darling model of the romance
covers during the 1980’s and 1990’s, before he retired, showed up on a total of
460 romance covers in our romance industry! An amazing amount!
In 2016 a very popular cover model
is Jason Baca from Saratoga California , just broke Fabio’s long-standing
record. On 2.10.16, the San Francisco Chronicle did an article on how
Jason is now THE top romance cover model in our Romance Industry!
http://www.sfchronicle.com/style/article/Saratoga-man-now-top-romance-cover-model-6822011.php
Jason has done 461 romance covers
breaking Fabio’s record. Why should I care you ask? Guess whose cover is number
461? That’s right. SAVED BY A SEAL is the cover that broke Fabio’s
record!
The authors of SAVED BY A SEAL,
Lindsay McKenna, Chris Keniston and Susan Stoker, sure hope this sells more
books for the Disabled Vets ! – It’s rather cool that a charity anthology broke
Fabio’s record!
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February 24, 2016
Cover Reveal for THE MISBEHAVED by Jessica Jayne & Giveaway
Tasty Book Tours is Thrilled to Share the Cover for
THE MISBEHAVED…
Make this Smoking Hot “Sexy Snax” a 2016 Must Read!
THE MISBEHAVED
Jessica Jayne
Releasing May 10th, 2016
Totally Bound
Natalea Jones has had a rough life.
An absentee father. A gambling addicted mother, who seems to show up only when
she needs something—preferably money. Natalea survives her childhood and
teenage years because of her best friend, Drake Harte, and his family. Even
though she’s been in love with Drake for years, she refuses to let her lust
come in the way of their friendship. Life without Drake is not possible and sex
would certainly complicate things.
Drake Harte is not only known as the
most eligible bachelor and firefighter in Gamble Park, Florida, but he’s also
known for sexing the ladies and leaving them. Only he knows the reason he can’t
make a commitment to the women throwing themselves at him—he’s in love with his
best friend. It’s time he either goes for it or moves on.
After Natalea and Drake share a
night of passion, an unexpected event occurs that proves to both of them that
life—and love—are too precious.
Jessica Jayne is a born and raised small-town Ohio girl who moved to the
Sunshine State after graduating from college. She graduated with a bachelor’s
degree in English. What college major could possibly be better than one that
makes you read novels and write about them! Now she is thrilled to be able to
share all the hot stories floating around in her head.
Jessica loves to travel and travel often! She shares her love of
travel with her husband and children. She’s a huge sports fan, especially
football. She loves the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Ohio State Buckeyes! She’s
a wine-making (and wine-tasting) aficionado. She loves all music. And nothing
is better than sunset at the beach!
In the journey of life, she also married a wonderful man and had
three beautiful (and sometimes crazy) children. Life is always an adventure!
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THE GROOM WORE PLAID by Gayle Callen
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February 23, 2016
Release Blast for THE ROGUE by Katharine Ashe & Giveaway
Enter to Win a Katharine Ashe
Print Bundle (U.S. Only)
THE ROGUE
Devil’s Duke #1
Katharine Ashe
Releasing February 23rd, 2016
Avon Books
In
the first book in Katharine Ashe’s stunning new historical series, to capture a
duke, a lady must first seduce a rogue.
Lady
Constance Read is independent, beautiful, and in need of a husband-now. The
last man on earth she wants is the rogue who broke her heart six years ago,
never mind that his kisses are scorching hot…
Evan
Saint-André Sterling is rich, scarred, and finished with women-forever. He’s
not about to lose his head over the bewitching beauty who once turned his life
upside down.
But
Constance needs a warrior, and Saint is the perfect man for the job. Only as a
married woman can she penetrate Scotland’s most notorious secret society and
bring a diabolical duke to justice. When Constance and Saint become allies-and
passionate lovers-he’ll risk everything to protect the only woman he has ever
loved.
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Katharine Ashe is the award-winning author of historical romances that reviewers call “intensely lush” and “sensationally intelligent,” including How to Be a Proper Lady, an Amazon Editors’ Choice for the 10 Best Books of the Year in Romance, and My Lady, My Lord and How to Marry a Highlander, 2015 and 2014 finalists for the prestigious RITA® Award of the Romance Writers of America. Her books are recommended by Publishers Weekly, Women’s World Magazine, Booklist, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, Barnes & Noble, and many others, and translated into languages across the world.
Katharine lives in the wonderfully warm Southeast with her beloved husband, son, dog, and a garden she likes to call romantic rather than unkempt. A professor of European History, she writes fiction because she thinks modern readers deserve grand adventures and breathtaking sensuality too. For more about Katharine’s books, please visit www.KatharineAshe.com or write to her at PO Box 51702, Durham, NC 27717.
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SINFUL SCIENCE blog tour and spotlight
Sinful Science by Frankie Bow
Sinful Science
by Frankie Bow
The Miss Fortune Series: Sinful Science
(Kindle Worlds Novella)
(Hair Extensions and Homicide Book 1)
Cozy Mystery
Kindle Worlds (December 6, 2015)
Print Length: 116 pages
ASIN: B01928QJPU
Synopsis
A graduate student from Hawaii visits the tiny bayou town of Sinful, Louisiana to investigate the effects of the oil spill on the local wildlife. Sinful resident Fortune Redding, who happens to be a CIA operative hiding out from a ruthless arms dealer, worries that the nosy newcomer might blow her cover. But he discovers something that even Fortune couldn’t have predicted, unleashing forces that will go to any lengths to protect Sinful’s darkest secret.
About The Author
Frankie Bow teaches at a public university. Unlike the characters in her Mahina State Mysteries, she is blessed with delightful students, sane colleagues, and a perfectly nice office chair. She believes if life isn’t fair, at least it can be entertaining. In addition to writing murder mysteries, she publishes in scholarly journals under her real name. Her experience with academic publishing has taught her to take nothing personally.
Author Links
Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Frankie_Bow
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frankie.bow.1
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/frankie-bow/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7809288.Frankie_Bow
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/frankie_bow/
Mailing List: https://vr2.verticalresponse.com/s/readers
Purchase Links
http://getbook.at/SinfulScience
Amazon
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Tour Participants
February 16 – Back Porchervations – Review
February 17 – Community Bookstop – Interview
February 18 – 3 Partners in Shopping, Nana, Mommy, & Sissy, Too! – Spotlight
February 19 – Omnimystery News – Guest Post
February 20 – Paranormal and Romantic Suspense Reviews – Spotlight
February 21 – Thoughts in Progress – Guest Post
February 21 – Tea and A Book – Review, Interview
February 22 – A Blue Million Books – Interview
February 23 – Bab’s Book Bistro – Spotlight
February 24 – Mallory Heart’s Cozies – Review
February 25 – Lori’s Reading Corner – Guest Post
February 26 – StoreyBook Reviews – Spotlight
February 27 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – Review
February 28 – deal sharing aunt – Interview
February 29 – I Read What You Write – Review, Interview
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Release Blast for ATONE by Beth Yarnall & giveaway
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$25.00 Amazon eGift Card
ATONE
Recovered Innocence #2
Beth Yarnall
Releasing February 23rd, 2016
Loveswept
Beth Yarnall’s sexy and emotional
Recovered Innocence series continues as two broken souls discover that keeping
their hands off each other is even harder than facing their demons.
Beau: Six years. That’s how long I spent
behind bars for a crime I didn’t commit—the murder of the woman I loved. Now
I’m free, but life on the outside is a different kind of prison. I don’t know
who I am or who I want to be. At least I have my sister, Cora. She never
stopped believing in me. She even got me a job at the private investigation
agency that cleared my name. And then Vera Swain walks into Nash Security and
Investigations and kicks my world on its ass.
Vera: There’s only one thing that would
make me come out of hiding after two years on the run: finding my sister. I
made the mistake of telling a monster about her, the same monster who beat me
and broke me. Now I’m forced to confide in Beau Hollis of Nash Security and
Investigations. He looks at me like he knows me—the real me. He sees too much,
makes me feel too much. The pleasure he offers is exciting and
addictive. But I can’t fall for him . . . because my love could get us both
killed.
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Beth Yarnall writes romantic
suspense, mysteries, and the occasional hilarious Tweet. She discovered romance
novels in middle school and hasn’t stopped writing since. For a number of
years, she made her living as a hairstylist and makeup artist and co-owned a
salon. Somehow hairstylists and salons always seem to find a way into her
stories. Yarnall lives with her husband, two sons, and their rescue dog in
Orange County, California, where she’s hard at work on her next novel.
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Don’t Miss the first title in the Recovered Innocence Series
now on Sale for $0.99
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February 22, 2016
Carolyn Brown’s ONE TEXAS COWBOY TOO MANY Spotlight Tour
Title: One Texas Cowboy Too Many
Author: Carolyn Brown
Series: Burnt Boot, Texas #3
Pubdate: March 1st, 2016
ISBN: 9781402296116
Carolyn Brown’s New York Times and USA Today bestselling cowboys prove that love is bigger in Burnt Boot, Texas
She’s got too many cowboys on her hands
Leah Brennan has always been the good girl of the Brennan family, groomed to become the matriarch of the clan. When a dark-eyed, tattooed, ponytailed bad boy saunters into her life, Leah knows he’s off-limits—but his mesmerizing gaze makes her forget everything she used to think was important. As town-wide tension rises, Leah wonders if love really can conquer all…
And the whole town’s taking sides
When Rhett O’Donnell roars into Burnt Boot on a hot July evening, the first thing he sees is a beautiful blonde. She puts a little extra giddy-up in his heartbeat, but when Rhett’s desire throws him into the middle of a love triangle and a hundred-year-old feud, he realizes that winning his cowgirl’s heart will be a lot more complicated than he thought.
NY Times and USA Today Bestselling author and RITA Finalist, Carolyn Brown, has published more than seventy books. She has written historical single title, historical series, contemporary series and single titles, cowboy romance and women’s fiction. These days she is concentrating on her two loves: romantic women’s fiction and cowboy romance. She and her husband, a retired English teacher, make their home in southern Oklahoma. They have three grown children and enough grandchildren to keep them young. When she’s not writing she likes to spend time in her back yard with her two cats, Boots Randolph Terminator Outlaw and Chester Fat Boy, and watch them protect the yard from vicious critters like field mice, crickets and spiders.
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An Excerpt:
The Burnt Boot Bar and Grill was not exactly what Rhett expected. The parking lot was gravel, or at least it had been at one time. Now it was thinly distributed gravel on top of dirt with only one streetlamp to illuminate the whole place. The building was weathered wood that didn’t look as if it had ever seen a drop of paint applied. Hell, it might have even been petrified, as old as that sign swinging above the entrance. The roof was rusty sheet metal, and the only window in the place was the one in the door.
“Not what you thought it would be?” Sawyer asked when Rhett got out of his truck.
“Looks more like a barn than a bar,” he said.
“The inside is better—air-conditioning, jukebox, and even paint on the walls.” Jill laughed.
“I like the air-conditioned part best of all.” Rhett followed them inside.
The bar itself was only eight stools long and had a small area for grilling burgers and making fries behind it. There were no pool tables, which surprised Rhett. But not as much as the shelves holding loaves of bread, hot dog and hamburger buns, and a small assortment of prepackaged pastries, or the refrigerated section beside that, with milk, beer, wine, and soda pop behind sliding glass doors. The other end of the long, rectangular room sported a jukebox, a few mismatched tables with chairs around them, and a small area for dancing.
“After the store closes in the evening, folks can get milk and bread or beer in here,” Sawyer answered the unasked question.
“And I thought Comfort was a small town. I’m not sure this qualifies as a town.” Rhett chuckled.
Sawyer clamped a hand on his shoulder. “You’ll get used to it. Besides, you know what Grandpa says. To be a town, the place has to have a church and a place to buy beer or get a shot of whiskey. So by the O’Donnell qualifications, Burnt Boot passes the test.”
At nine o’clock, he’d filled a few pitchers of beer for folks who’d drifted in and out, and Sawyer had shown him the process of making burger baskets. Sparks danced around Jill and Sawyer every time they brushed against each other. It damn sure didn’t take a rocket scientist to know that their honeymoon wasn’t over.
Two lonesome, old cowboys sat in a back corner drinking beer and telling tall tales. The jukebox had gone quiet and Rhett had wiped down the bar so often that it was shiny clean. If every night was like that, he’d have to bring some rope to make a bridle or something to keep himself from dying of complete boredom.
“Why don’t y’all go on home? I can handle it for the next couple of hours,” Rhett said.
“If you’re sure, we won’t argue.” Jill removed her apron and hung it on a nail.
Sawyer didn’t waste a bit of time hanging his apron right beside hers. “We damn sure won’t. Can’t remember the last time we got to go home before midnight. Sweep up and put the chairs on the tables. We don’t do mopping unless there’s major spills. Here’s the keys. Be sure to turn off the grill and the lights.”
“Will do.” Rhett rolled the sleeves of his white T-shirt and wiped down the bar one more time.
Jill and Sawyer were gone less than five minutes when the door flew open and suddenly the bar was crowded to capacity. Someone plugged money into the jukebox, and in seconds it was going full blast, playing “Boys ’Round Here” by Blake Shelton. Folks wasted no time getting out onto the dance floor and making a long line to do a line dance. The noise level went from zero to one hundred so quick that it took a while for Rhett’s ears to adjust.
“Hey, Rhett, we need three pitchers of beer and about six red cups,” Kinsey yelled from the end of the bar.
He quickly filled the pitchers, set them on the bar, and stacked up six plastic cups. Kinsey handed him a bill and he made change.
“And when you finish that, I need two longneck bottles of Coors,” Betsy said from the other end of the bar.
It kept him hopping, keeping the beer orders filled, the money straight, and making a few pitchers of margaritas. Then there was a lull, and there she was, sitting on a bar stool, her light green eyes watching him. His heart threw in an extra beat and his chest tightened.
“Well, hello, did you just fall from heaven?” he asked.
“I’ll have a double shot of Jack on the rocks, so the answer is no. I don’t think angels drink whiskey, but it is a fine line,” she answered.
“So you are a Tennessee whiskey lady?” he asked.
“Tonight I am,” she said.
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