Love on the Risky Side
by Mariah
Ankenman
GENRE: Contemporary Romance
BLURB:
Falsely accused of
the murder of her best friend, Kayla Jenkins is on the run for her life. She
ends up lost in dark, snowy woods off some backcountry road in the middle of
nowhere. Frightened and colder than she’s ever been in her life, she almost
thinks she’s hallucinating when a warrior on a white steed saves her.
In all his years as
the sheriff of Peak Town, Colorado, Jake Ryder has never come across a
half-frozen woman alone in the woods. She’s terrified…and lying to him, yet
something about her calls to him on a primal level.
Even with her trust
of law enforcement lower than the harsh temperature, Kayla finds it difficult
to keep her secrets hidden from the kind and far too handsome sheriff. But as
her faith in Ryder grows, she not only risks the real murderer finding her, but
losing the one thing she has searched for her whole life and only just
found…love.
Excerpt:
“My name is Jake Ryder, but most
folks call me Ryder.” When she didn’t return the introduction, he continued.
“Can I ask how you came to be all the way out here in the middle of the night?”
Giving a guarded glance from the
horse back to him, she simply said, “Got lost.”
And they say women were chatty.
Hell, he had a pet parrot as a kid that talked more than this woman. Not a
problem. As sheriff, he was used to interrogating uncooperative suspects. Not
that she was a suspect, yet.
“Got lost...” He looked her over.
Big, red, winter coat, long dark slacks and—were those high heels? “…shopping?”
Honestly, who the hell wears heels
in the woods?
She scowled, wrapping her arms
around herself. “My car ran off the road. I—I got out to find help. Wandered
off the road and got lost.”
Something about her story smelled
like Wind Chaser’s stall after feeding time. “Why didn’t you call Triple A?”
Her gaze darted to the side. “Cell
died.”
Yeah, and I’m the King of England.
“You need a ride back to your car?”
Her eyes widened. “On that thing?”
“Her name is Wind Chaser, and yes.
Did you think I had a car hidden in the trees?”
Her jaw clenched at his sarcasm.
Well, excuse him. It was dark, cold, and the last thing he wanted to do was be
out here trying to pull a story out of Ms. Lying-Crazy-Lady.
AUTHOR Bio
and Links:
RWA®
Golden Heart® Nominated author Mariah Ankenman began writing at the tender age
of five. Her first book “George and the Green Glob” received high praise from
her mother. Many years, and green glob stories later, Mariah received a
playwriting degree from the University of Wyoming. After a few years in
Hollywood, working in “the biz,” she came home to the beautiful Rocky
Mountains. When she’s not writing Mariah loves to read, crochet, and play her
ukulele. She loves to hear from readers.
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5 comments:
Thank you for hosting!
Thank you for hosting!Love the excerpt!
Sounds Incredible!
I do like the sound of this.
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