From USA TODAY bestselling author Yvonne Lindsay comes a Texas Cattlemanâs Club tale of big business, seduction and betrayal.
Ever since Sophie Beldonâs boss vanished, sheâs been working for Zach Lassiter. But Zachâs been acting mysteriously, and Sophie canât help wondering what heâs hiding. Could he be involved in the disappearance?
The trouble is Sophieâs had a red-hot yearning for Zach from the moment they met. So when she decides to seduce him to uncover his secrets, perhaps sheâs kidding herself about her reasons. Because the soul-searing passion she discovers in his arms has Sophie praying that her mistrust is unfounded.
âIf you had any questions, you could have asked me.
âInstead of snooping behind my back.â
âI thought you were hiding something to do with Alex,â Sophie explained.
âYou thought I was involved in Alexâs disappearance? You slept with me, thinking I might be responsible? I thought we had something special, but you were just using me, werenât you?â
âZach, Iâm sorry,â she said again.
âWhat were you planning to do? Seduce the information out of me?â
âYou were so secretive. I just started to get suspicious. And while it started with wanting to seduce information out of you, itâs not like that now. Please, Zach, please give meâusâanother chance.â
Dear Reader,
When I was invited to participate in the Texas Cattlemanâs Club continuity, I was both deeply honoured and scared witless! :-) What do I, here in New Zealand, know about Texas? The best form of research, Iâve always found, is to readâand what better to read than previous Texas Cattlemanâs Club books to give me the texture and flavor of the people and the country that makes up this enduring continuity.
A continuity is, by its very nature, a group effort. From the concept and the development of the stories that comes directly from our editorial team, to the authors who bring the characters, setting and plotlines to life, we become a like-minded community that strives toward a joint goalâbringing you, our readers, the stories you love to read, again and again.
In Something About the Bossâ¦, you will meet Sophie Beldon. Calm, capable, superefficient and totally unflappableâ¦until, due to her bossâs disappearance, sheâs forced to work with her biggest crushâher bossâs work partner, dark, sexy and secretive Zach Lassiter. Their work-based relationship soon flares into something bigger than either of them can anticipate, with threads that can weave them together and have the equal potential to tear them apart, forever.
I hope you love reading this installment in the Texas Cattlemanâs Club: The Missing Mogul, and I wish you happy reading ahead through the rest of the continuity!
Best wishes, always,
Yvonne Lindsay
New Zealand born, to Dutch immigrant parents, YVONNE LINDSAY became an avid romance reader at the age of thirteen. Now, married to her âblind dateâ and with two fabulous children, she remains a firm believer in the power of romance. Yvonne feels privileged to be able to bring to her readers the stories of her heart. In her spare time, when not writing, she can be found with her nose firmly in a book, reliving the power of love in all walks of life. She can be contacted via her website, www. yvonnelindsay.com.
This one is for the amazing team at Harlequin who, Iâm sure, often miss out on thanks for all you do in the foreground, the background and the playground. :-)
Special thanks and acknowledgment to Yvonne Lindsay for her contribution to Texas Cattlemanâs Club: The Missing Mogul miniseries.
One
Sophie flew into the office five minutes later than usual. It drove her crazy to be late, for any reason. Sheâd woken way past her usual time and had had to forgo her morning coffee and bagel in an attempt to make up for it. With a vague wave at their receptionist and the skeleton staff already working at their stations in the open-plan office behind reception, Sophie went through to the executive office suite, smoothing her short blond bob with one hand.
She flung a glance at Zachâs office doorâit was open. Darn. He was already here. Despite her best efforts, Zach Lassiter had beaten her into the office, again. Not good. Not when she was doing her best to keep everything running on an even keel, and certainly not when she needed to do some snooping in his office. He was hiding something, she just knew it.
She dropped her shoulder bag on the corner of her desk. The bag didnât quite make it, though, and it slid off the surface to fall silently onto the thick carpeting, its contents spilling at her feet.
âDamn!â The curse slipped from her lips and even now, though she hadnât lived under her motherâs roof in more than four years, she felt the quiet reproof of her motherâs gaze for dropping her standards so. They might have been poor, but her mother had always expected her to act like a lady.