The Lawman’s Christmas Proposal, the
latest book in the Hitching Post Hotel series by Barbara White Daille, releases
today in print and e-book formats!
From the cover of The
Lawman’s Christmas Proposal:
A husband for Christmas?
Mitch
Weston's back in Cowboy Creek, and self-proclaimed matchmaker Jed Garland has
his single granddaughter Andi on his mind. Mitch is a lawman, good with the
little ones and easy on the eyes. He and Andi were high school sweethearts, for
heaven's sake! Why can't they see they're perfect for each other?
Because
Andi already lost one husband to a dangerous job, and now she's all about
playing it safe, for her sake and her children's. Being a cop is everything to
Mitch. After discovering Jed's plan, Mitch and Andi come up with their own:
they'll pretend to get engaged and then break up due to irreconcilable
differences. Jed's got his work cut out for him—because this match needs
a Christmas miracle!
Excerpt:
At their first meeting in years, it’s soon evident that Mitch and Andi’s long-ago summer fling is definitely not a thing of the past:
She kissed Mitch as desperately as he kissed
her, without a thought for her tender lip or her obligations or anything but
how she’d always felt when he held her. He was broader now, sturdier, more
muscled…and an even better kisser.
Reluctantly, she pulled herself together,
resting her hands on his wide shoulders to anchor herself. No, to prepare
herself. Finally, she pushed away.
Her legs trembling, she went down the rest of
the steps, fighting the urge to raise her hand to her mouth. To touch the
warmth he had left against her lips. To hold back the words she would not and
couldn’t afford to say.
With unsteady hands, she smoothed her hair as
she attempted to catch her breath. “Are you crazy? It’s broad daylight and
we’re out here in the open and anyone could have seen us. I told you I don’t
want to fix you.” Liar. “So just what was that
supposed to prove?”
“I thought it might help speed the healing.”
“Of my lip?”
“No, my knee.” His chest rose, as if he were
struggling with his breathing, too. He gave her a crooked smile. “All right,
that was also to prove you haven’t forgotten me any more than I’ve forgotten
you.”
“Maybe I haven’t. They say you never forget
your—” first love
“—first kiss. But I’ve had other kisses since then.”
He whistled. “That’s cold, Andi.”
“That’s the truth.”
“All of it?”
She stiffened. “What do you mean?”
“C’mon, don’t play dumb with me.” His laugh
sounded strained. “You kissed me back just now.”
“Like I had a choice?”
“We always have choices.” For a moment, his
face hardened and his eyes looked bleak.
“I don’t think so. Not always.” He was
remembering their past. Good. She wouldn’t have to lay things out for him. And
hopefully, once she had finished here, she would never again have to face a
sneak attack on her pitifully weak defenses.
Find the book here:
About the Author:
Barbara
White Daille lives with her husband in the sunny
Southwest. Though they love the warm winters and the lizards in their front
yard, they haven’t gotten used to the scorpions in the bathroom.
Barbara’s new series, The Hitching Post Hotel, features a
matchmaking grandpa determined to see his three granddaughters wed. The series
began with The Cowboy’s Little Surprise
and A Rancher of Her Own, and The Lawman’s Christmas Proposal debuts today. Additional books
in the series will be coming up next year.
Find Barbara online here:
Website http://www.barbarawhitedaille.com
Blog http://www.barbarawhitedaille.com/blog
Newsletter http://www.barbarawhitedaille.com/newsletter
Twitter https://twitter.com/BarbaraWDaille
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Goodreads http://www.goodreads.com/BarbaraWhiteDaille
Amazon Author Page http://www.amazon.com/Barbara-White-Daille/e/B002J6B0QQ
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Thanks for celebrating my book birthday with me today, Tina!
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