The Divine Creek Ranch Collection Volume 3
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The Divine Creek Ranch Collection,
Volume 3
In Maya’s Triple Dare, can Maya Daire ask for what she needs? Vowing to live life to its fullest, the young widow discovers on a visit to the Warner cattle ranch that not only does she still want her best friend and confidante Kendall, but his handsome cowboy brothers, Boone and Richard, as well.
In Summer’s Indiscretion, Summer is ready to give up on men and has sworn off blind dates permanently. A chance text message and phone conversation changes her mind. Ace and Kemp work diligently to protect the women of Discretion while simultaneously working to win Summer’s heart. Can Summer trust her instincts?
In Lydia’s Twin Temptation, Lydia Webster's knight in shining armor shows up in a big pick-up truck, which isn't a surprise, given the way the sexy rancher keeps starring in her erotic fantasies. But she never would've guessed there would be two tempting cowboys riding to her rescue.
Genre: Contemporary, Ménage a Trois/Quatre, Western/Cowboys
Length: 284,926 words
THE DIVINE CREEK RANCH
COLLECTION,
VOLUME 3
Maya's Triple Dare
Summer's Indiscretion
Lydia's Twin Temptation
Heather Rainier

Siren Publishing, Inc.
www.SirenPublishing.com
A SIREN PUBLISHING BOOK
THE DIVINE CREEK RANCH COLLECTION, VOLUME 3
Maya's Triple Dare
Summer's Indiscretion
Lydia's Twin Temptation
Copyright © 2017 by Heather Rainier
ISBN: 978-1-64010-760-1
First Publication: October 2017
Maya's Triple Dare
Summer's Indiscretion
Lydia's Twin Temptation
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DEDICATIONS
Maya's Triple Dare
To my husband. Thank you for giving me my wings and encouraging me to soar.
Summer's Indiscretion
Summer’s Indiscretion is dedicated to every woman who has ever been judged for her dress size or body shape and been found wanting, by others or by herself. My sincerest hope is that every woman reading this book, regardless of her size, will look in the mirror today and acknowledge in her heart that she is beautiful.
“…having lost 100 pounds...I only need to say this: It would have been wonderful to know and believe that I was beautiful, as I was.”
-Holly Sweet
For his devotion and unfailing belief in me, this book is also dedicated to the man who loves me just as I am. My husband. I love you.
Lydia's Twin Temptation
This book is dedicated to my wonderful husband, who presents me regularly with enough temptation for two women. Thanks for brainstorming with me, for being my inspiration, and for loving to cook. You’ve made sacrifices so I could write and I’ll always be grateful to you.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Maya's Triple Dare
Thanks to my tireless cheerleaders: Jennifer, Christi and Tonya.
My thanks to Kris Cook’s Chatters Group and the Righteous Perverts. They are all completely, utterly naughty and totally supportive and I appreciate them all.
Thanks also to Sophie Oak for reaching out when I needed a friend. Our friendship means the world to me.
Special thanks to Diana, Caroline, Elisa, Erin, Lena and the talented staff of Siren Publishing for making the Divine Creek Ranch Collection beautiful, for encouraging me and for wanting more. You have my sincerest gratitude.
Summer's Indiscretion
People come and go in our lives and my acknowledgements have grown along with the Divine Creek Ranch Collection.
I’d like to thank my tireless cheerleaders who put up so forgivingly with my disappearances into the writing cave: Christi, Jennifer and Tonya.
Thank you to all my readers and the fans who send email and interact with me on Facebook. I love every minute of the time I spend visiting with you.
Thank you, Sophie Oak, for reaching out to me as a new author and becoming my friend. I love your perverted sense of humor and I’m looking forward to the next getaway weekend.
For giving me encouragement, love, and support when I needed it, thank you to the Righteous Perverts. Their creativity, uniqueness, naughtiness, and total supportiveness have meant more to me than I can express with mere words. Their rampaging rants are especially inspiring.
I offer my sincerest gratitude and respect to my publisher, Diana DeBalko of Siren Publishing. Your words of wisdom and encouragement still echo in my heart.
Thanks also to my editors and the staff of Siren Publishing. Without their tireless efforts and creativity the Divine Creek Ranch would not exist as it does today. They are worth their weight in chocolate.
Lydia's Twin Temptation
Thank you to all my readers and the fans who send email and interact with me on Facebook. I love every minute of the time I spend visiting with you.
I’d like to thank my tireless cheerleaders: Christi, Jennifer, and Tonya.
Thank you, Dawn Gore Meador, for your abilities as a beta-reader and for helping me to stay organized. Thank you to my friends and fellow Siren authors Corinne Davies, for critiquing Lydia’s story, and Sophie Oak, whose friendship and encouragement have meant the world to me.
Special thanks to Luna for villainous inspiration. I hope I did you proud. Thanks also for the beautiful banners and other graphic art you’ve done for my Facebook pages and my website.
For giving me encouragement, love, and support when I needed it, thank you to the Righteous Perverts. A girl couldn’t ask for more creative, unique, naughty, and totally supportive friends. Their rampaging rants are especially inspiring.
I offer my sincerest gratitude and respect to my publisher, Diana DeBalko of Siren Publishing. Your encouragement and direction have meant the world to me.
Thanks also to my editors and the staff of Siren Publishing. Without their tireless efforts and creativity the Divine Creek Ranch would not exist as it does today.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Heather Rainier lives and writes in South Central Texas. Her stories offer up the content of her fantasies, with autobiographical humor, triumph, and tragedy mixed in. With great pride, Heather writes erotic romances exclusively for Siren Publishing under their Ménage Everlasting and Everlasting Classic imprints.
Heather’s love of romance fiction began as a teenager when her mom gave her copies of Kathleen Woodiwiss’s The Flame and the Flower and Bertrice Small’s Skye O’Malley. To this day she’s pretty sure that was her mom’s version of the “birds and the bees” talk.
Heather writes the type of novel she loves to read: more erotic and edgy than the mainstream, with plenty of sweet romance mixed in and a happily ever after guaranteed. Heather’s favorite type of hero is the gentle, lovable giant, but readers will discover a wide variety of heroes and alphas on the pages of her novels, from nearly perfect to very flawed. Heather hopes that readers relate to her heroines and the challenges and dilemmas they face head-on.
Heather believes that life doesn’t always present love to us in neat little sanitized packages. Sometimes we have to seize the day, live life with no regrets, forget the past, never give up, learn to trust, and dare to live, even in outrageous circumstances. Those themes are woven throughout her Divine Creek Ranch Collection, which debuted in November of 2010.
When not happily typing at her keyboard, Heather is usually busy corralling her kids, volunteering at local schools, or loving on her smokin’ hot husband, who thankfully loves to cook.
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedications
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Maya's Triple Dare Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
Summer's Indiscretion Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Epilogue
Lydia's Twin Temptation Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Epilogue
Landmarks
Divine Creek Ranch 6
Maya’s Triple Dare
Kendall has adored Maya from afar for years, but he is done being her “go-to guy.” He’s always been her confidant and her husband’s best friend. Now widowed, Maya is through with living life in half-measures and regrets never asking both men for what she wanted.
A posthumous letter reveals Maya's husband knew she loved Kendall and challenges her to follow her heart. During a visit to Kendall and his brothers' ranch in Divine, Maya finds that her heart still longs for a ménage. Attraction blooms between Maya and his brothers: intuitive, dominant Boone and quiet, somber Richard.
Maya is determined to not repeat the mistakes of the past, even if it costs her the censure of the Divine Community. Does she dare to build a life with all three handsome cowboys? Can Kendall, Boone and Richard protect her when danger from her hometown knocks on their door?
Genre: Contemporary, Ménage a Trois/Quatre, Western/Cowboys
Length: 100,942 words
MAYA’S TRIPLE DARE
Divine Creek Ranch 6
HEATHER RAINIER
Copyright © 2017
Chapter One
Maya sighed heavily as she dropped her car keys and the stack of envelopes on the marble kitchen countertop and walked into the living room. Using the remote, she turned on the stereo, which was set to play at a low volume on a country and western station.
She glanced at the pile of mail, knowing what was in it. Besides the usual correspondence, there was also a letter from her attorney. That typically meant only one thing, another letter from her late husband. She looked around the spacious living room, lit by the late afternoon sun, and felt small in the big house.
Maya slipped out of her high heels and sat on the couch, tucking her feet beneath her. She was relieved that the meeting with her financial planner was done. The one thing she didn’t have to worry about was how she was managing financially. Morgan had left her with a comfortable investment income. She’d been putting off some decisions, unsure of what direction her life should take now.
Up to that point she’d followed Morgan’s suggestion to pursue her dreams, which included graduating from The University of Texas with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree. She’d also taken and passed the Examination for Registered Nurses.
She had begun the process in a fog after his death, by rote and faith, pursuing the completion of her educational goals as a means to survive the early months of widowhood. She was done with that chapter of her life, and it was time to set off into uncharted waters on her own. She felt like her boat was stalled in the water.
Her phone chirped. Glancing at the screen, she saw the text from Frank Reeves and closed her eyes. What had she been thinking when she’d agreed to that date with her deceased husband’s business partner?
When he’d suggested it would be good for her to begin socializing again, she had agreed. She hadn’t realized that he would ask her out every weekend. Out of sheer boredom she’d gone out with him a few times.
Lately, Frank had been pressing her for affection she didn’t feel toward him. That situation was something else she had to make a decision about, especially after his behavior the night before.
She looked at the screen again.
“Will you call me? We need to talk.”
“No, you want to talk. You want me to listen and be your Barbie doll and nod my head,” she said to her phone as though she were talking to him. “Jerk.”
She glanced at the thick stack of mail and looked away. She could see the corner of the thick, cream-colored envelope from her attorney’s office. She wanted to reach for it, but she also dreaded it.
Instead, she applied her finger to the touch screen on her phone and scrolled through her contacts. She smiled and heaved a shaky sigh when his handsome face popped up on the screen and she touched the “call” icon. Talking to Kendall always helped, and she felt comforted at the thought of hearing his voice.
She could trust this man. She pictured him in her mind and smiled at the thought of broad
, muscular shoulders, powerful arms, and a tight butt that was droolworthy. He had eyes that were always lit with a mischievous twinkle and a flirtatious smile that probably had the girls in Divine hot on his heels.
“Hello, babydoll.”
The same delightful shiver always zipped up her spine at the sweet sound of his affectionate, rugged voice. Sometimes she heard his voice or saw his face in her dreams, and she wondered what Kendall would think if he knew the role he’d taken on in her dreams of late.
“Kendall. How are you?”
“I’m good. We’re just sitting at home, cooling off and having a beer.”
Boone and Richard must be there with him, as well. She smiled at her memories of them. Boone, with his body art, tall, muscular physique, and dark brown eyes. And Richard, the gentle, quiet giant with pale eyes that made her heart flutter. The three brothers were all drop-dead gorgeous in very different ways. She might’ve been a married woman in the years they’d all been friends, but that didn’t mean she’d been blind.
Lately, Boone and Richard had even shown up in a few dreams, as well as fantasies. She supposed that might be part of the reason why a man like Frank Reeves, with his slightly superior, aging, preppy-jock mentality had held no appeal for her. She could care less about whether he drove a Jag or owned a boat.
It would’ve impressed her more if he’d gotten a decent haircut and stopped trying to hide his bald spot. There was something attractive about a man who didn’t try to hide things that were a normal part of aging. But then again, Frank also dressed in the same preppy fashions as he probably had when he was in high school, so growing up was obviously an issue.