by Myla Jackson
She dug through her purse and came out with a bank card. When she swiped it, Brant swore she shivered.
Gazing at her openly now, he fought to control the feelings she aroused in him. He wanted to throw himself in front of her, shield her from the leering Franklin Worthy and the frowning cashier.
“I’m sorry, but your card’s been declined. Do you have another form of payment?”
Marilyn’s face mottled red, and Brant’s heart strained toward her. Eyes averted from the cashier and the customers in line behind her, she flicked through her wallet and came out with a few bills.
“Take these off.” She pointed to the sunflower seeds, the beans and the candy bar.
“Sure thing.” The cashier gave her a new total, and Marilyn passed her the bills.
When the cashier dropped a few coins of change onto Marilyn’s open palm, Brant’s throat tightened. Suddenly, the urge to fill that little hand up was so strong, it dizzied him.
Had he ever felt this way? The need to protect, possess, care for and claim all at once?
Marilyn grabbed her single shopping bag and hurried toward the exit. Everything in Brant’s body screamed to stop her, to ask her name and to buy her sunflower seeds.
But Franklin Worthy blocked his path, gaping at Marilyn too.
Brant nudged his shoulder with more force than necessary. “You’re next, Franklin.”
The man shot him a narrow look and began to move down the line.
In the parking lot, Brant realized he’d missed Marilyn. She’d vanished from his life as quickly as she’d come. Except she’d left him with that burning loneliness and the yearning to be more to someone.
Boots and Roses
Myla Jackson
Coming once, coming twice…SOLD!
Ugly Stick Saloon, Book 5
Bunny Leigh really shouldn’t care that her ex is days away from getting remarried. Yet the fact he’s getting hitched to the woman he cheated on her with stings more than she cares to admit.
It’s that sting that drives her to impulsively throw a bid in the annual Ugly Stick Saloon Cowboy Auction. To her surprise, she lands not only one of the best-looking men in the tri-county area, but two. The prospect of keeping up with two younger men has the shy florist quaking in her flower pots.
Little does she know, best friends Cory McBride and Jack Monahan made doubly sure their favorite florist won them both. But now they have their work cut out for them, convincing her they want more than one steamy night. They want a chance at forever.
Warning: A cop, a cowboy and a flower shop owner make the petals fly! And look what happens when the Ferris wheel stops at the top. Bring a fan, the heat’s rising at the Ugly Stick Saloon.
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Boots and Roses
Copyright © 2013 by Myla Jackson
ISBN: 978-1-61921-663-1
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Table of Contents
Dedication
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
About the Author
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