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Blurb
In small Texas towns, strangers come and go...
Left in a Stetson hat, on the steps of the local bed and breakfast, Avery Callimer came into the world on a wing and a prayer. Raised by loving adoptive parents, she's never lacked for love...only the knowledge of her past.
By day she works the Inn, but by night...Avery comes alive as lead singer in a band. Life was good...stable, until new guests blew into town.
Some strangers come with secrets and lies.
Lucas Bennett is one such stranger. Drifting from one mess to another has left him jaded. Doesn't matter the dramas are never his doing. Giving it one last shot to make a fresh start lands him Harmony's Echo, Texas and smack dab in front of the tantalizing Avery.
Despite his best efforts to ignore the burn Avery's ignited within, he's intent to keep his distance. Secrets have followed him. Secrets he doesn't want Avery to know. Each time they're near the other things heat up like a brushfire on a dry Texas prairie. But maybe, after the dust settles and the smoke clears, love can bloom with a fresh start.
Left in a Stetson hat, on the steps of the local bed and breakfast, Avery Callimer came into the world on a wing and a prayer. Raised by loving adoptive parents, she's never lacked for love...only the knowledge of her past.
By day she works the Inn, but by night...Avery comes alive as lead singer in a band. Life was good...stable, until new guests blew into town.
Some strangers come with secrets and lies.
Lucas Bennett is one such stranger. Drifting from one mess to another has left him jaded. Doesn't matter the dramas are never his doing. Giving it one last shot to make a fresh start lands him Harmony's Echo, Texas and smack dab in front of the tantalizing Avery.
Despite his best efforts to ignore the burn Avery's ignited within, he's intent to keep his distance. Secrets have followed him. Secrets he doesn't want Avery to know. Each time they're near the other things heat up like a brushfire on a dry Texas prairie. But maybe, after the dust settles and the smoke clears, love can bloom with a fresh start.
Excerpt
Cool,
crisp air greeted them as Avery and Lucas exited the inn. Not too bad of a night weather wise. Nearby, a twig snapped. Avery jumped.
“What was that?”
“Probably
an animal,” Lucas guessed. “A little
jumpy tonight?”
Avery’s
mind went back to that text from earlier.
“Maybe a little bit.” She wasn’t
fully sure why. A combination of stress
and lack of sleep, maybe.
“I’ll
protect you from the big bad wolf,” Lucas teased.
“Oh? So what if you’re the big bad wolf? Who’ll protect me from you?”
Lucas
halted. “You think I’m the wolf, eh?”
“Well,
you haven’t proved that you aren’t yet,” Avery shot back. God how he riled her. She hated how much she enjoyed it sometimes.
“I’m
guessing you like the wolves then, because you liked this before.” Lucas reached for her, and his lips met
hers. Avery’s heart melted. She wrapped herself into Lucas, leaning into
his kisses. He tasted sensational. Each kiss drove her further over the edge.
“Lucas.” Avery groaned. She went in for another kiss, but a strange
sound startled her, and she pulled away from him. “Do you hear that? If it’s an animal, it’s nearby.”
Lucas
whipped his head to stare in the direction.
“I don’t know. Maybe we’d better
go, get away from whatever it is.” Lucas
put his arm around Avery and pulled her close.
They strolled to the house, his arm around her the entire time.
Once
they got in front of the house, Avery wasn’t ready to let him go. “Do you want to come in for awhile?” It wasn’t just that she longed for
Lucas. The strange sensation that
someone was near, watching, the fact that her parents weren’t home ... she just
didn’t want to be alone.
“Is
that such a good idea?” Lucas asked.
“I
don’t want to be alone, Lucas,” Avery pleaded.
“Okay
then.” He squeezed her hand. That must have been all the convincing he
needed.
Avery
fumbled with the keys and got the door unlocked. Once inside, she felt a little safer. She closed the door behind Lucas and flicked
on the light.
“You’re
so jumpy. What’s going on, Avery?” Lucas
asked gently, brushing back loose stands of her hair that had fallen over her
left eye.
She
swallowed. “I just- I got a strange text
earlier. I keep feeling like I’m being
watched. Mom and Dad aren’t here. I may be overreacting, but I’m afraid.”
Lucas
frowned. “A text?”
Avery
pulled her phone from her purse, searched for the text and handed it to Lucas.
“What’s
that supposed to mean?” he scowled, handing her the phone back.
“I
wish I knew. It came out of
nowhere. It may even be a wrong number,
but for some reason, it’s got me a bit freaked out.”
“I
can understand that. You’ve got a few
new people in your life lately.”
“That
includes you.”
“Do
you trust me, Avery?” Lucas challenged.
He
hesitated. “You can trust me.”
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AUTHOR
BIO:
Nikki Lynn Barrett lives in Arizona with her husband and
son. She's an avid reader, a dreamer, and loves everything about books. She
runs a book blog, an online used bookstore, and writes various genres of
romance. Nikki can also be found outside with her camera when a storm is near,
snapping photo after photo. Her dreams of becoming a writer started when she
was young, when she started writing books in one subject notebooks by the fifth
grade. The Secret Santa Wishing Well is her debut book. You can visit Nikki's
site at: www.nikkilynnbarrett.blogspot.com for more information. She is working
on her next book. Nikki would love to hear from readers. Email her at nikkilynnbarrett@yahoo.com
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Thank you so much for spotlighting Baby Stetson!
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