LOGIN“That goes for you too, Mom. Stop it. Both of you.”“Fine. I need to get going anyway since we’re meeting Brandt and Jessie for supper.” Of course she had to get in another shot. She hugged him. “Thanks for everything, son. I’ll call you.”She didn’t even look his direction before she walked off.“That woman needs—”“I’m warning you to shut it,” Tell said.Casper muttered something about him still being a mama’s boy.“Look. I’ll see you. I got things to do.” That’s when Tell realized his family drama caused him to forget about Georgia entirely. He looked over at the last place she’d been, but she was gone.“Like what?” his father said to his retreating back.Like walking into the closest bar.He needed a goddamn drink.Tell ordered a beer and a burger. He’d finished half and most his fries when his buddy Thurman Watson showed up. Not only had he and Thurman been friends since fifth grade, these days they were the last bachelors in their group of friends.“Since you called me… You buyi
Tell laughed. “That situation is familiar. My brother Brandt married Luke’s widow, Jessie.”Georgia smiled and Tell’s heart skipped a beat. Goddamn. She still had that goofy smile. He was happy to see she hadn’t perfected a fake, polite grin over the years. “What are you doin’ at the park?”“I’m out for a walk, enjoying this beautiful day.” She tipped her head toward Landon. “Do you have him all weekend?”“Me’n Dalton have had him the last two days. My mom lives in Casper now and helps Samantha with Landon’s daycare and stuff.”“So your mom and dad…?”“Got divorced.” Tell tore his gaze away from her and looked for Landon. Sneaky kid was nowhere to be found. He said, “Gimme a sec,” and jogged to the monkey bars.Landon wasn’t crawling around the jungle gym or sitting on the swings. Tell spun a slow circle and squinted at the flash of red by the picnic tables.There the little bugger was. Tell froze when he saw his father sitting next to Landon on a picnic bench. He’d had to bribe Lando
“What’s that?”“It’s all over for Jim and Charlene Fox—’cept for the fightin’.”Tell frowned. “Why would that interest me?”“You dated Charlene, right?”Dated. More like he banged her a couple times and then she married someone else. “Yeah. Like six years ago. Why?”“She remembers your time together fondly. Hell, I think she remembers every man fondly, which is probably why her marriage is on the skids.” Dalton smirked. “But she told me—in confidence—that when it gets down to the wire with Jim, she wants to sell off everything and move to Austin to live with her sister.”“When did Char spill her guts to you, D?”“She stopped by here yesterday when me’n Landon were outside. Something about a cute kid makes a woman go all soft and talkative. Anyway, if we play our cards right, we could get first crack at it.”That caught his interest. “First crack at everything?”“Yep.” Dalton’s face turned into pure business. “The land is already divided into two parcels. That larger section wouldn’t b
Maybe Tell had turned into a player. Wouldn’t be much of a stretch, given his good looks and the wild reputations the McKay men had built up over the years.“You know, he could solve a major problem for you.”She glanced up. “What major problem? That I need to get laid?”Stephanie laughed. “I don’t know if I’ll ever get used to hearing you talk like that, G. Anyway, maybe this will be a two-fer in the problem-solving department for you: you’ll get laid and score a date to our ten-year class reunion.”“Uh. No. I’ll take the sex but I’m not going to the reunion.”“Bullshit.”Georgia started to retort but Stephanie cut her off.“You are going. You cannot not show up at our class reunion, Georgia. Especially when people find out you live here. Especially not after you and Deck were voted class couple and prom king and queen.”“Those titles worked out so well since we’ve been divorced for seven years,” she retorted.“Which is why you have to go. Don’t let Deck have the upper hand. Plus, yo
Georgia dodged dancers on her way back to the booth.Stephanie stirred the ice cubes in her glass and watched her approach. “Jamie had to bail. Issues with her sister.”At least she wouldn’t have to break the news to Jamie that Tell had left.“I saw you talking to Jamie’s mystery guy.”“So you didn’t know the hot cowboy Jamie was going on about…was Tell McKay?”Stephanie’s eyes became enormous behind her purple glasses. “Seriously? Jamie never said his name.” She groaned. “Then again, she did say she wasn’t the type to kiss and tell.”Georgia choked on her vodka tonic.“I shouldn’t be surprised. That’s how karma works.”“Karma? What are you talking about?”“You. Running into Tell McKay. He always had a crush on you. But you were too busy being Deck’s girlfriend to notice.”Wrong. She had noticed. But it wasn’t like she could’ve acted on it. Deck had been insanely jealous, and enough bad blood had lingered between Deck and Tell in rodeo club that she hadn’t wanted to add to it.“Tell w
His lips nibbled down her jawline to the column of her throat. “My brother was only staying with me temporarily. So it’d just be you and me. I’ll be the only one to hear you moan when I do this.” Tell parted his lips and sucked on the sweep of skin where her neck met her shoulder.“God. You’re good at that.” She bared her entire throat.“At what?”“Seducing me with your mouth and the words flowing from it.”He chuckled against her neck. “So is that a yes, pretty—”“Jamie?”Tell froze. He recognized that smoky voice. Soft, sweet, unbelievably sexy. Been a while since he’d heard it. He lifted his head, but kept his face shadowed beneath the brim of his hat.“Can’t you see I’m a little busy?” Jamie said crossly.“I wouldn’t bother you, but Stephanie told me to tell you that your sister has called your cell about ten times. She thinks you oughta call her back in case it’s an emergency.”Jamie stepped away from him, warning, “Don’t go anywhere.”“I’ll be right here, waitin’ on you.” As soo
The sensations matched those he’d incited before, but felt more intense. Kimber filled with need, as if she’d never come at all. Only this time, the pleasure was stronger. Her body was primed, his mouth determined, and his will iron. She would come for him again. He would not take no for an answer.A
“But I can’t get him to make love to me.” More tears came, and Kimber shook her head. Damn, she hated this crybaby stuff. It wasn’t her style. But she’d never had such an emotional week. “I laid under the man, nearly naked, and offered, no begged him to make love to me. And he didn’t. His will is st
Jack rewarded her by reaching around her and lifting her breast to Deke’s mouth. He took the nipple between his lips hungrily, drawing hard, nipping with his teeth. Sensation zinged from her breast to her belly, straight down to where Deke impaled her with the wicked length of his cock…and lower, to
“Might sound stupid, but I’d convinced myself that for once, the name I had, the name you knew me by, didn’t matter, because you were interested in the man inside.Yeah, I realize it was dumb. But I didn’t have any idea on how to go about making it right back then.”She waited, unsure of where he was







