Carson
Benson has wanted to be a cop for as long as he can remember, but
there are some days that he doesn’t like his job. Like the day he
gets called out for a domestic disturbance and finds a battered woman
and terrified child. What Carson didn’t realize was that it would
be a turning point in his life.
Peaches
Malone and her daughter Daisy are very important to Carson, and he’ll
do anything to protect them. Including taking them home—to his
home, where he can watch over them. And if Peaches feels that same
spark he feels when he looks into her eyes, all the better.
Read on for an excerpt…
Carson nursed his
beer, staring out across the crowd while he waited on his brother to
show. He was surprised Drew was going to peel himself away from Lexie
long enough to hang out at the bar for a while. His brother had taken
fewer rodeo trips lately, since discovering Lexie was pregnant, so
now when he rode he really had to make it count. Carson wondered how
long it would be before his big brother decided to get a ‘real’
job––something closer to home.
Carson had followed
the rodeo for a bit, but it really wasn’t his scene. All those
women, wanting to sleep with a winner… He shook his head. Nope. Not
his scene at all. When he was with a woman, he didn’t want to
wonder who had come before him, possibly within an hour or two. He’d
had a few relationships over the years, but nothing in a while. His
poor dick hadn’t had any action, other than his hand, for months
now. Ever since they’d made their permanent home base in Bryson
Corners, he’d been alone.
He didn’t think it
had anything to do with his mixed heritage. If his brother was any
proof, women couldn’t care less that he was half-black. And if
anything, Lexie seemed to love Drew even more because of it. She
claimed it made him different, and sexy. Carson grimaced. Sexy was
not how he wanted to picture his brother.
Drew eased up to the
table. “You supposed to be drinking while wearing that badge?”
Carson glanced down
at the badge clipped to his belt. Hell, he’d forgotten all about
it. He plucked it off the belt and shoved it into his pocket. His job
was still new to him, but he loved it.
“At least I ain’t
on the clock,” Carson said.
“Chief Lumley
would tear into your ass if he saw you drinking while wearing that
badge,” Drew said. “You can’t afford to fuck up with this job.
I know it’s something you’ve wanted for a while.”
Carson shrugged. “I
just forgot about it. I’m not used to wearing it yet. If I was
still in my uniform, I mighta remembered. Got called out after hours,
so I just grabbed the badge on my way out the door.”
“You like the job
so far?”
Carson nodded. “It
ain’t quite what I expected, but it’s a good job. I got to help a
lady the other day when she was broken down on the side of the road.
Felt good.”
“And how are
things on a more personal front?” Drew asked. “You haven’t
dated anyone since we moved here.”
“No one
interesting, I guess. The women around here are a little too
independent for my taste. I want a woman I can take care of. Someone
who will lean on me, not boss me around and go out drinking with her
friends every Friday night, ogling half the cowboys in town.”
Drew grinned. “In
other words, you don’t want Lexie’s friend, Shelly.”
Carson snorted. “Not
hardly. Guess I’m just old-fashioned. I’m not saying I don’t
want her to think for herself, because I do. I just want her to need
me.”
“Lexie’s a
strong woman, but she needs me, even if she won’t admit it half the
time. But I get what you’re saying. You want someone quiet, someone
who will come to you when they get into trouble.”
“Yeah, I guess
that’s what I want.”
“She’s out there
somewhere, Carson. You’ll find her. Probably not sitting in this
bar, but you’ll find her.”
About Paige Warren
Paige Warren spends her days weaving tales about alpha male cowboys and the women who love them. There's nothing hotter than a man in tight Wranglers and a pair of well-worn boots. You have to admit, there's something sexy about a man who knows how to use a rope!
A cat lover, she has more than one furbaby running around, keeping her company in the wee hours of the morning as she tries to find just the right way to say "His skin gleamed in the early morning rays, caressing his sun bronzed flesh, as he studied her from beneath the brim of his Stetson." Or, you know, something similar.
When Paige isn't dolling out tons of affection on the furbabies, or slurping down a pot of coffee (Yes! A whole pot!) so she can get in her daily word count, she enjoys reading and watching movies - romances usually.
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