Gambling on the Outlaw by Margaret Madigan #fallreading @books_n_pearls
Title: Gambling
on the Outlaw
Author:
Margaret Madigan
Genre:
Historical romance
Length: 84k
Pub date:
June 23, 2015
Beth
Caldwell is no man's property. A gambler's widow with a willful, independent
streak, she's already courting trouble after rejecting an offer of marriage
from a foul-tempered and land-hungry cattle baron. But when Beth discovers a
handsome outlaw hiding in her barn, she lands in a whole new heap of trouble...
Isaac Collins survived the Civil War only to find himself scapegoated for stagecoach robbery and murder. With nothing left to lose, he gambled everything on revenge and barely escaped with his life. Now he's relying on the kindness of a fierce, strong-willed woman...and God help him if there isn't something both sweet and forbidden simmering between them.
But Beth's rejected suitor is no gentleman. He'll do whatever it takes to get her land. And in Nevada, sometimes everything can ride on one a high-stakes game of chance.
Isaac Collins survived the Civil War only to find himself scapegoated for stagecoach robbery and murder. With nothing left to lose, he gambled everything on revenge and barely escaped with his life. Now he's relying on the kindness of a fierce, strong-willed woman...and God help him if there isn't something both sweet and forbidden simmering between them.
But Beth's rejected suitor is no gentleman. He'll do whatever it takes to get her land. And in Nevada, sometimes everything can ride on one a high-stakes game of chance.
Excerpt:
I squared my shoulders
and entered the room, determined to behave myself properly.
He was sat up in bed with several pillows piled behind
him for support, looking every bit as if he belonged there, enough so that last
night came to mind and I was tempted to crawl in and snuggle up next to him.
But I gave myself a mental shake. He was quickly turning me into a silly
schoolgirl.
I am a strong, independent woman.
I
had other women depending on me and I couldn’t let some male drifter, a wanted
man no less, distract me from my responsibilities.
I
placed the tray on his lap and backed away as quickly as possible, taking a
seat in the rocker I’d spent so much time in the last few days.
“It seems your presence is causing quite a stir around
here. My friends don’t quite know how to react to you.
“What about you?”
“What about me?”
“You said none of your lady friends knows how to react to
me. What about you? Do you know how to react to me?”
The
taste of his lips on mine leaped to mind unbidden, along with the feel of his
hands on me, and that’s all it took for my double-crossing heart, and my
equally rebellious body, to react with lusty desire. I’d assumed I’d never again
be lucky enough to find a man who made me feel that way, and yet here he was,
already in my bed.
Although
I wanted very much to shift from the rocker to the edge of the bed and assist
him with his breakfast, perhaps feeding him bits of bread with creamy butter
that he’d have to lick from my fingertips, I opted for maintaining at least a
modicum of decency and kept my rear end rooted to the chair. I suspected where
Mr. Isaac Collins was concerned, me and my good sense were in a heap of
trouble, because my body had clearly declared war against us.
“Just how would you expect me to react?”
He’d been watching me, waiting for my answer, those warm
brown eyes regarding me from under a fringe of dark lashes, making my belly
flutter like a flock of hummingbirds had nested inside.
“A smart woman would be on her guard. She’d be concerned
and maybe even afraid, and she’d send me on my way, happy to see the back of
me. And I took you for a smart woman.”
Buy links:
Barnes and Noble:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/gambling-on-the-outlaw-margaret-madigan/1122042370?ean=9781633752962
Author bio:
Author of romance and science fiction with Entangled
Publishing and Evernight Publishing.
Oregon Ducks fan.
Donut and pastry addict.
I like cats.
When I’m not writing you’ll find me in a college classroom teaching English, or working as a literary agent for an amazing agency…and of course, wrangling my family.
Oregon Ducks fan.
Donut and pastry addict.
I like cats.
When I’m not writing you’ll find me in a college classroom teaching English, or working as a literary agent for an amazing agency…and of course, wrangling my family.
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