The gun-shy cowboy...
A cowboyâs scars can last a lifetime. Ty Slaterâs cheerfulness is a carefully constructed armor. After losing his parents in a tragic accident, he was fostered at Thunder Mountain Ranch. Although Ty has learned how to survive, he hides a broken heart. He knows love leads to loss, so has vowed never to fall in love...
Unfortunately, Tyâs attraction to Whitney Jones is nothing short of a maelstrom, a desire that threatens his resolve. When sheâs stranded in Sheridan for the holidays, Ty realizes heâd better find Whitneyâs flaw, and fastâbecause his lust is too damn close to love. This red-hot cowboy is ready to bolt...unless Whitney shows him that some rides are definitely worth the risk.
Praise for Vicki Lewis Thompson
âThompson continues to do what she does best, tying together strong family values bound by blood and choice, interspersed with the more sizzling aspects of the relationship.â
âRT Book Reviews on Thunderstruck
âIntensely romantic and hot enough to singe...her Sons of Chance series never fails to leave me worked up from all the heat, and then sighing with pleasure at the happy endings!â
âWe Read Romance on Riding High
âVicki Lewis Thompson has compiled a tale of this terrific family, along with their friends and employees, to keep you glued to the page and ending with that warm and loving feeling.â
âFresh Fiction on Cowboys and Angels
âIf I had to use one word to describe Ambushed! it would be charming... Where the story shines and how it is elevated above others is the humor that is woven throughout.â
âDear Author
âThe chemistry between Molly and Ben is off the charts: their first kiss is one of the best Iâve ever read, and the sex is blistering and yet respectful, tender and loving.â
âFresh Fiction on A Last Chance Christmas
âCowboy Up is a sexy joy ride, balanced with good-natured humor and Thompsonâs keen eye for detail. Another sizzling romance from the RT Reviewersâ Choice award winner for best Blaze.â
âRT Book Reviews
Dear Reader,
Can you think of a better time to fall in love than Christmas? What could be more romantic than sparkling lights and glowing candles? Plus, if youâre lucky enough to live in cowboy country, winter prompts the guys to break out those sheepskin coats that make their shoulders look a mile wide. When they turn the collar up and tug the Stetson down against a cold wind, whatâs not to love?
My Christmas present to you this year is Ty Slater, who happens to own both a sheepskin coat and a Stetson. Youâre welcome. Ty canât wait for Christmas to arrive. After the holidays the promotional calendar for his foster parentsâ new project at Thunder Mountain Ranch flips over to January, and he will no longer be the shirtless cowboy whoâs decorated walls all over Wyoming since September. But Whitney Jones, whoâs been crushing on Tyâs calendar shot for weeks, isnât nearly so eager to turn the page. Maybe sheâll have to make do with Ty himself!
Iâm thrilled to welcome you back to Thunder Mountain for the holidays. Everyoneâs missed you! Rosie and Herb are looking forward to a festive season now that the financial crisis that threatened their ranch this summer is over. Even better, Cade and Damon are back to stay, and Tyâs come home for a visit. Thanks to Damonâs skill with a staple gun, multicolored lights are strung along the roofline. Cade just finished plowing the road so you wonât need four-wheel drive to make it up to the house. Come spend Christmas with the Thunder Mountain Brotherhood!
Festively yours,
A passion for travel has taken New York Times bestselling author VICKI LEWIS THOMPSON to Europe, Great Britain, the Greek isles, Australia and New Zealand. Sheâs visited most of North America and has her eye on South Americaâs rain forests. Africa, India and China beckon. But her first love is her home state of Arizona, with its deserts, mountains, sunsets andâlast but not leastâcowboys! The wide-open spaces and heroes on horseback influence everything she writes. Connect with her at vickilewisthompson.com, facebook.com/vickilewisthompson and twitter.com/vickilthompson.
For my mom, Randy Shutt, who taught me everything I know about making Christmas special.
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TY SLATER WAS BEAT, but the decorated streetlamps in Sheridanâs historic business district perked him up considerably. A large dose of caffeine would help even more. He parked in front of Rangeland Roasters, a family-owned coffee shop that had originated in Cheyenne but had recently expanded to a second location in Sheridan.
They brewed great coffee, and heâd meant to check out the new shop when heâd visited his foster parents back in August. So heâd try it out now, instead. He didnât want to arrive at Thunder Mountain Ranch for Thanksgiving weekend dragging ass. If he did, Rosie and Herb would fuss over him.