“Just promise me you’ll take care of my son. If you could send pictures, let me know how he’s doing…maybe one day you could tell him about me, when he’s older,” he said. Then he shuffled away, stepping off the porch, and Andy called out to him.
“Tyler, thank you,” he said. The kid waved as he hurried back to a green minivan, where his mother was waiting behind the wheel, and they pulled away.
“You didn’t promise him you’d send him photos or update him,” Neil said.
“No, I didn’t.”
“Hmm.” Neil set his hand on his shoulder. “So what are you going to do?”
“Finalize the adoption,” Andy said, waving the paper in the air, “so no one can ever question my parental authority again.” Andy slid the paper back in the envelope. “Let’s go join the party.”
****
Two days later, Andy was organizing his office after saying goodbye to Neil and Candy. He’d sent his lawyer the signed termination of rights, and she was moving the adoption process along. Tomorrow, he’d finally meet the man about some cattle.
Laura called out from the kitchen, “Andy, dinner is ready!”
“Coming, just need to put something away.” He patted the envelope he’d been looking for when they first arrived, the one that contained Aida’s tape, the evidence of his mother trying to get rid of Laura. He’d stumbled across it with Neil after the party, when he’d been poking around in some boxes, and he’d since made a copy.
He slid open his desk drawer and pulled out a locked box, opening it and shoving the envelope inside along with a silver bank key and instructions to a safety deposit box at the bank in town. There was one thing Andy knew: He would always make sure his family was safe.
Afterword
Thank you so much for reading The Deadline, this is the first book in a new beginning for the Friessens. And there will be lots more adventures, heartache, drama, love and unimaginable situations only the Friessen men can attract. The next book out will not be available until May, with Neil and Candy and their road to adoption.
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Other Works by Lorhainne Eckhart
The Outsider Series
The Outsider Series The Complete Omnibus Collection is the ultimate sexy and emotionally charged western romance series. Over 350,000 words of love, passion, and deep family ties. Get it for yourself or for the western romance lover in your life.
**Warning:Although this series is filled with ideals of family, love and loyalty, the Friessen men are strong sexy alpha males. Each book and short story in this series is filled with sexual tension, steamy romance, rough language, and passion. It is for those who enjoy adult contemporary romance, women’s fiction, western romance and romantic drama.
Praise for Finding Love ~ The Outsider Series...
“Loved this book series! I just couldn't get enough of the characters, and ended up reading the whole set in a day.” Amazon Reviewer – Jen
“I loved all these books. All about the cowboys and their lives. Love at first sight and the things they will do for love. I couldn't put them down.” Amazon Reviewer – Suzanne
“Wish there were truly men in the world like the Friessen Men” ~ Amazon Reviewer ~ Sara
Overview:
This collection includes all the books and short stories of the hot and sexy Friessen men and the strong and vulnerable women they love.
The Forgotten Child: - The Amazon Kindle Bestseller in Western and Romance Series. How do you tell a man there is something wrong with his child?
A Baby and a Wedding: (The Forgotten Child to Fallen Hero bridge short story of Brad & Emily)
Fallen Hero: A cowboy who walked away from his family’s fortune. A woman who returned for justice. What they didn't expect was to find love.
The Search: (Fallen Hero to The Awakening bridge short story of Andy, Jed and Diana)- When her husband goes missing she’s forced to call the one man she shouldn’t.
The Awakening: A young woman who's lost everything, and the wealthy rancher who saves her.
Secrets:“Jed always told me he’d take care of everything. And I believed him, I trusted him, I loved him.”
Runaway: Andy sets out to bring his runaway bride home. But when he finds her, he’s in for a big surprise.
Overdue: (Runaway to The Unexpected Storm bridge short story of Jed and Diana)
The Unexpected Storm: He can have any woman, except the one he wants.
The Wedding: A man who’s always planned everything, and a woman who’s struggled alone—The Wedding will change their lives forever.
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Saved, Book 1 (The Saved Series)
Growing up, I had dreams that one day I’d fall in love, get married, and start a family. Then one night, I was taken.
But I survived, I escaped, and I was saved. Eric didn’t see me as damaged. He didn’t see my baby as a monster. He protected me, he kept me safe...he saved me.
To download a sample or purchase SAVED, simply click here.
Vanished, Book 2 (The Saved Series)
She thought her nightmare was over....
Abby has married the man of her dreams. He rescued her, and he’s the father of her child. Everything should be perfect, but she begins to relive her nightmare from when she was taken… and one night she disappears, leaving her children alone in the dead of night, her husband on a military ship halfway around the world. But when Eric arrives home and the search begins, there are two disturbing questions: Was someone in the house? And how is it possible for Abby to simply vanish?
I'm an advocate for women in sexual assault, abuse and domestic violence, and I have to give this author two thumbs up for how she writes her stories. – Amazon Reviewer- Jamie
Lorhainne Eckhart is a very prolific and talented writer. Get to know her work, you won't regret it. – Amazon Reviewer – Karen
To download a sample or purchase VANISHED, simply click here.
Walk the Right Road Series
*Warning – This series is not for those looking for a light easy read. It is filled with rough
language, sexual tension, and steamy hot romantic suspense!
LOST AND FOUND ‘A 2013 Readers Favorite Award Winner’
"Genius at weaving a story of love and redemption"--Amazon Reviewer –Kyblondern
"There was not a human emotion I did not go through while reading this book. I will forewarn you, you will need a box of tissues and a punching bag while reading this dynamic tale."-Romance Junkies
The Choice: One Woman. Two Men. And a choice that could kill her.
Lost And Found: A Hit and Run—A Deserted Country Road—A Parent’s Worst Nightmare.
Merkaba: Everyone thinks he’s dead, and that’s exactly how he needs it to stay. But the mysterious dark-haired beauty has secrets of her own and could ultimately be his undoing.
Bounty: Most cops hav
e a past, a past they can speak of, a past they can share …But not Diane
Blown Away, The Final Chapter: Imagine that the man who’s been the source of all your misery shows up on your doorstep. Imagine this man wants your forgiveness for every bad thing he’s done to you and your friends. Would you believe him?
Walk the Right Road - The Complete Collection
Includes all five books in this sizzling romantic thriller
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The One
Book 1 of The Wilde Brothers
Margaret Gordon was once a prominent Seattle surgeon, until a slip of the knife leaves a young boy without a future. Margaret is fired and returns to her hometown, the perfect spot to hide out from everyone and to lick her wounds, with no one around but her horse.
Margaret never considered herself a horse person. In truth, she understands horses better than people. And when the now-widowed Joe Wilde drives in one morning with a teenage boy and a horse with a problem, Margaret turns into that klutzy teenage misfit that silently carried a torch for Joe all through school. But when smooth-talking Joe convinces Margaret into working with the temperamental horse, she grows closer to his son Ryan, and soon learns the horse’s issues have more to do with father and son, and Ryan’s anxiety over the fact his father is now dating a woman who is only interested in the sexy Joe Wilde, and not his misfit of a son.
The only problem is Ryan wants Margaret to be his mother, so he takes matters into his own hands setting Margaret in his father’s path, every chance he gets. Even though sparks fly and sizzle between them Joe believes Margaret has despised him all his life, and decides all his rebellious son needs is a mother. But when Joe proposes marriage to the wrong woman, his son takes off with a backpack and a feisty horse, into the Backcountry.
Except to Joe’s surprise, it’s Margaret who saddles up her horse, and heads off alone with him in over a hundred of miles of wilderness in a race against time and the elements to find his son. And with his son's life in jeopardy will that be enough for Joe and Margaret to put aside their differences and realize that the other is, The One?
To download a sample or purchase The One, simply click here.
About the Author
Lorhainne Eckhart is a 2013 Readers Favorite Award winner and author of 24 titles which includes novels, collections, and short stories. She writes three genres, western romance, romantic suspense and military romance and has sold more than 200,000 eBooks since her bestseller The Forgotten Child landed on the Amazon #1 Bestseller list for Westerns and Western Romance. The German Foreign rights for The Forgotten Child have since been acquired by a major publisher and will be released March 18, 2014. She lives on sunny Salt Spring Island with her family where she is working on her next book.
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