WILDE THING
by Jannine
Gallant
GENRE: Contemporary Romance
BLURB:
The
Wilde brothers are addicted to the rush of adventure. But one of them is about
to learn no matter how often you look for danger, you don’t want danger finding
you.
For extreme skier
Tripp Wilde, pushing the limits is what he lives for. Unfortunately, the
inherent risk takes a toll on his body. After an injury sidelines him, he ends
up in the care of his little sister’s best friend, physical therapist Hannah
Ryder—who has grown up in all the right ways since they last met.
Hannah doesn’t mix
business with pleasure, even though she harbored a maddening crush on the
irresistible Tripp years before. So, while Tripp tries every slick maneuver he
knows to bed her, Hannah uses her own moves to keep the hotshot skier cooled
off while trying to control her own growing desire for him.
After the pair
witness what they think may be a murder on the slopes, along with the men
responsible, no one believes their story. But when a series of unlikely
accidents suggests they are being targeted, the two will have to trust in each
other like never before if they are going to survive.
EXCERPT:
When the door to his hospital room opened, Tripp didn’t bother to
glance up from the text he was trying to send one-handed. He fumbled the phone
and swore then tossed it down on the bed. “Damn it. This sucks. I feel like a
freaking invalid.”
“Problem?”
His chin came up as his gaze shot toward the doorway. Not Jake,
who’d left to get something to eat and promised to come back later to drive him
home. Hannah Ryder. His little sister’s old college roommate. Once in a while,
when he was actually home and not to the far corners of the world, he caught
sight of Hannah around town, but they’d never been anything but casual
acquaintances at best. From the way her golden eyes narrowed on him, Tripp got
the feeling she could take him or leave him…and would prefer the latter.
“I guess I wasn’t imagining you were on the hill this morning when
they hauled me out of the avalanche.”
“No, you weren’t.” She advanced into the room and stopped a yard
short of his bed. Hands tucked into the pockets of her down jacket, she
regarded him steadily. “How’re you feeling?”
Strong was the word that sprang to mind as he studied Hannah.
Those golden eyes reflected intelligence in their depths along with a mental
toughness. Model tall but without scrawny angles, this woman looked capable of
taking down any man stupid enough to mess with her without permission. Not that
he’d ever try.
Tripp let out a breath. “Uh, I’m feeling okay. A little loopy from
the pain meds. I imagine my shoulder will hurt like hell when they wear off.”
“Probably, but they’ll give you more drugs to manage any
discomfort. I ran into a friend on the nursing staff out in the hall and got
the basic facts. No fractures. That’s great.”
He scowled. “The dislocated shoulder is bad enough.”
“And only a mild concussion. You were extremely lucky. You could
easily have been killed.”
He rolled his eyes. “Aren’t you Miss Glass Half-full. Lucky would
have been not getting caught in the avalanche. Really lucky would have been
finishing my run before the cornice broke free.”
Her golden cat eyes darkened to the color of her tawny-brown hair
as she tucked a stray lock behind one ear. “I’ll report back to Eden that
you’re not going to drop dead anytime soon…unless one of the nurses gets fed up
with your bad mood and kills you.”
AUTHOR BIO:
Write
what you know. Jannine Gallant has taken this advice to heart, creating
characters from small towns and plots that unfold in the great outdoors. She
grew up in a tiny Northern California town and currently lives in beautiful
Lake Tahoe with her husband and two daughters. When she isn’t busy writing or
being a full time mom, Jannine hikes or snowshoes in the woods around her home.
Whether she’s writing contemporary, historical or romantic suspense, Jannine
brings the beauty of nature to her stories.
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