Curling up in my pjs under the covers in the middle of the day with a cat or two and a book takes some of the misery out of being down with a spring cold. Such has been my week. Dragging around the house, toting a box of tissues, unable to look beyond the next minute without feeling impossibly exhausted, living off diet 7-Up and the relief of escape in my Bass Texas series. Okay, it hasn’t been ALL bad.
I’m on book two of the series – TEXAS DESTINY, which features Jack Bass, Harmon’s nephew, as hero and all-around good guy who is followed by a legacy of secrets no one is willing to share. He’s a true Western hero, a Texas Ranger, a good friend to all until he rescues his idolized captain’s wife who was captured by the Apaches years ago and thought to be dead. . . and uncovers the secret she must leave behind if she’s to return to the man she married but never loved. Love was something Emily Marcus discovered in the gentle care of Jack Bass as he returns her to the life . . . and man she fears. Here’s a sneak peek . . .
Wounded and left for dead after an Apache attack, Texas Ranger Jack Bass is rescued by Emily Marcus, the beautiful wife of his commander, who had long ago been abducted and forced to live among the Apache.
It was Heaven and Hell.
The woman in his arms was everything Jack desired. She was strong, brave, sweet spirited, and beautiful. Her touch made everything inside him all hot and fluid, like the spring waters at Boquillas. She was the kind of woman a man looked for all his life, and if he was lucky enough to find her, he was smart enough to never let her go.
Most of his fellow rangers were happy with the solitary life. They were content to roll themselves in a blanket under the stars eat their meals out of a tin and wash when they started scaring game away. They had no dreams beyond the moment, and most didn’t care if the future lasted fifty years or fifty minutes. But Jack wasn’t like them. He’d come from a solid family background. He’d seen the love between his mother and Will, between his uncle and Amanda. He’d held his baby brothers and sister in his arms and had known right then that he wanted children of his own. He wanted the vision Harmon had given him years ago—looking out over land of his own, a wife and kids beside him, a table to sit at and the satisfaction of belonging. Heaven was finding the woman to make that dream come true.
Hell was having her belong to someone else.
I’ll admit, this wasn’t my usual romance. In TEXAS DESTINY I had a younger hero and a married heroine with a past, so I had to tread carefully by making them as honorable as possible . . . and therein lies the tension and the eventual SIGH of a well-deserved happily ever after.
Hopefully, I’ll be getting this series out in a new package later this year, so you can fall in love again, or, if you haven’t read them, fall in love like it was the first time.
Happy Reading!!!
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So looking forward to falling in love with this series as soon as it's re-released! This snippet has made me hungry for more! Tweeted.
ReplyDeleteSending the paperbacks off to my Virtual Asst to scan and get ready for rerelease. Squee! To coin a tune, it feels like the first time!
DeleteGreat snippet. Looks like you just need a wealthy bookstore owner to visit you with a delivery of daisies. They are such a happy flower.
ReplyDeleteHmm ... yes, that is a predicament. Interesting to see how this is going to work.
ReplyDeleteAnd therein lies the plot of the story . . .
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