The Barons Of Texas: Tess
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHTTess Baron knew she was in trouble the second she laid eyes on the mysterious - and oh-so-sexy - stranger. Why had Nick Trejo suddenly appeared, asking her for a private meeting? And what was it about Nick that made Tess long to be in his arms… ?Nick was on a quest to discover his family's fortune, and he wasn't going to let some beautiful heiress stand in his way - even if he was falling in love with her. Or could the treasure he'd been searching for his entire life be less precious than the treasure he'd just found - Tess's love?The Barons of Texas: Meet the Baron sisters - Tess, Jill and Kit. Inheriting the family fortune is easy. But what about falling in love?
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She Loved Nick.
The idea astounded her. She didn’t even know how to love, perhaps because she’d never been truly loved. Yet there was no doubt. She was definitely in love with Nick.
Right from the first, the signs had been there—all of them in big, bright, red neon letters. How could she have missed them?
There was the way he’d mesmerized her on the night of her birthday and the way her body had melted against his when they’d danced. There was the way she’d so easily acquiesced to the idea of flying to some unknown destination for dinner and the stunning fact that she’d turned down Des’s offer for her.
Drops of rain began to fall. She didn’t care.
The rain was cool. Her skin was hot. She wanted Nick.
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FAYRENE PRESTON
published her first book in 1981 and has been publishing steadily ever since. The Barons of Texas: Tess is her first novel for Silhouette Books, and she is delighted to be on board. Fayrene lives in north Texas and is the mother of two grown sons. She claims her greatest achievement in life is turning out two wonderful human beings. She is also proud to announce the arrival of her first grandchild: a beautiful baby girl. Now she has even more to be thankful for.
This book is dedicated
with many, many thanks to:
R. G. Font, Ph.D., CPG, PG,
EurGeol President, Geoscience Data Management
Tall, lean and bronzed, the man stood at the edge of the terrace watching her, just as he had for the last fifteen minutes. Tess Baron tried to ignore him and focus instead on her party guests, but she found it virtually impossible.
Something about his stillness compelled her attention. It was like lightning caught in a bottle, an electric tension that would be safe only as long as it was contained. And he didn’t strike her as the type of man to contain his energies for long.
This was her birthday party. She knew everyone here. Everyone, that was, except him.
She skimmed the crowd, wondering who had brought him, but everyone was either dancing or mixing. No one looked as if they’d brought a guest, then forgotten him. Besides, she reflected ruefully, it would be impossible to forget him.
Behind him, the sun was slowly setting into the Gulf of Mexico, its great orange ball searing the water with its heat as it dipped lower and lower. Silhouetted against the elemental tableau, with the sun surrounding him, the man looked larger than life—a sun god.
At that moment she wouldn’t have bet money against the possibility that he had lassoed the sun down from the sky.
She exhaled a long breath, reminded herself that she didn’t have a quixotic bone in her body, and forced her focus elsewhere. At least everything else about her party was going well.
A warm breeze from off the Gulf waters somehow matched the band’s sensual bossa nova beat. Icy margaritas and long neck beers were being served, along with mounds of jumbo Gulf shrimp and oysters harvested fresh that day. Out on the lawn, barbecued cabrito turned on a spit.
He ate or drank nothing, though she’d seen waiters offering him his preference of drinks.
“Happy birthday, Tess.”
The voice of a longtime friend snapped her mind back to her party. “Thanks, Becca.” She kissed the cheek of the pretty young woman, then reached up to hug Becca’s college sweetheart and husband, Mel Grant. “I’m so glad you two could come.”
