Dear Santa, Send Me a Cowboy: A Spicy Christmas Novella

by Remi Rose

“Don’t get me wrong, a woman like you is more than capable, but with a man around, you shouldn’t have to be all the time.”

“You don’t think I have a soft side?” He leaned in with a faint smirk on his mouth. “Define soft.” His smirk deepened. “Those curves you got, darlin’.” He nodded his head in the direction of my hips and dragged his stare over my waist. Suddenly feeling hot, I took a long swig of wine. “Think I could be real soft to those.”

“I’m lookin’ for your ladder, woman. Now, be a good girl, and go inside.”

“None of them idiots could say the right things, could they? Put you in your place when you needed some discipline…”

A cowboy is what she wanted. Well, hell, baby, here I am. Now, what do you plan on doing about it?

“Thinkin’ I’d be anything like your shit bag of an ex is a goddamn insult, darlin’. If you were with me, I’d make sure that every day would end with my hands on you.”

this.” I reached for her hand and laid it directly over my heart. “Feel that?” I asked, watching her closely for a reaction. “That’s how it is whenever I’m near you. It ain’t a heart that’s scared, it’s a heart that is desperate to be loved and adored by you. And all I need is an opportunity, Diana, a chance to be the man you both deserve.”