RETURN TO
LOVE
Genre: Historical Western - sensual romance
COMING SOON in Audio
Blurb: Clay Butler is a man who
rules the quiet town of Cedar Springs with an iron will, and a code of honor
that defines all he is. But the past haunts him, and the loss of a woman who was
his second chance at happiness weighs heavily on his over-burdened
mind...
Excerpt:
The stage came thundering to a stop a short distance from the Lucky
Star Saloon, and the driver, a man called Noah, shouted greetings, his laughter
filling the air outside the carriage. Inside, the sole passenger fought down
waves of nerve-induced nausea.
Amber Hamilton clutched her stomach for a second, and offered Noah
a weak smile when he opened the door and held out his hand to help her to the
street. The ground below her feet was hard, still frozen by winter. In a few
weeks the road would be a mire of mud.
“Butler ’s gonna be a happier man than he’s been
lately, once he sees you, Miss Amber.”
Her smile brightened a little and she touched his arm in a gesture
of appreciation.
“I hope you’re right, Noah,” she replied, though the knot of
apprehension didn’t ease in the slightest.
“I know I am, ma’am,” he said with a grin.
Amber hesitated, stared up at the balcony that ran across the front
of the club. Clay’s door should have been open. He should have been perched at
the corner, smoking, smiling at the people who populated the busy street. The
shutters were still down, and there was stillness about the place that was
unnerving.
“He’s not out of town, is he?” Inside, she knew he was only a short
distance away; she could feel his presence as keenly as if he stood next to
her.
“No, ma’am,” Noah answered, then turned to shout at Walker .
Amber turned as well and saw guarded curiosity in Jesse Walker’s
light blue eyes as he halted next to the stage. He hadn’t changed much in the
past six months. Walker was still the scruffy, attractive,
mysterious, outwardly hard man she’d always felt mildly intimidated by. Yet,
there was a peace in his manner that had been absent before. She spotted the
silver star pinned to his vest and inquisitiveness all but ran away with
her.
“It’s nice to see you again, Mr. Walker.” She smiled. “Sheriff
Walker?” she corrected with enough surprise to make it a question. Jenny and
Austin had always wanted him to be the Sheriff of the town, he’d never been
interested. She admired Jesse, he was one of the few men who challenged Clay,
and kept him from crossing lines from which there would be no
returning.
“Butler know you’re back?” Walker acknowledged her
greeting with a nod of his head, and ignored the query she hadn’t directly
made.
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