ZANE
Kellan Anderson is in hillbilly hell – or at least that’s what it feels like. After enduring endless accounts of abuse from her now ex-boyfriend, Kellan makes a run for her life and finds herself in cowboy country. Leaving her fancy clothes and expensive lifestyle behind her, she trades in her high heels for cowboy boots and changes her name to Andi Ford. With her painful past threatening to catch up with her, hiding out in this small town seems easy enough – until one blonde hair, blue eyed cowboy steps in the picture.
Zane McKade has sworn off women, determining that they are all liars and cheats – including the new waitress at the local bar. After a rather unpleasant first encounter with the beautiful brunette, Zane’s radar is set to high as he believes this woman is not who she claims to be. When his intimidation methods fail to break through Andi’s barrier he decides to turn on the charm to get her to tell the truth. But Zane’s plan begins to backfire as the more time he spends charming Andi, the more he finds himself breaking his own rules and falling for her.
The McKades of Texas Book 1
ISBN-10: 0985275219
ISBN-13: 978-0-9852752-1-1
Publication Date: August 7, 2012
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Kellan saw the man coming her way
and a nervous feeling began to grow in the pit of her stomach. She hadn’t
noticed it when he rode up, but he was incredibly
good looking. The man had to be a least six two, with long muscular legs
leading up to narrow hips that angled into a very masculine
upper body. He looked like an athlete. He looked…solid. And although his pale
blue shirt was soaked with sweat, it somehow added to his overall appeal. He
stopped at her table and glared at her. Only then did she realize that this man
was not coming over for friendly chit-chat and her mood shifted.
“Is that your red sports car out
there?” Zane asked, tilting his head and jerking his thumb towards the parking
lot.
“Yes,” Kellan told him. What’s
it to you? She stared up at him, waiting for him to continue. But when
he just stared back, his deep blue eyes shooting daggers at her, she decided
enough was enough. “Is there something I can help you with?”
Zane’s jaw flexed. “You could have
four miles ago.”
“What?” She was utterly confused as
to what mileage had to do with his apparent anger towards her.
“I don’t look familiar to you?” He
stared at her, his eyebrows coming together in frustration.
She looked the man over from head to
toe. “No, I’m sorry you don’t.”
Zane let out an exasperated sigh.
“How about now?” He raised his arms above his head and waved them just like he
had done when he was trying to flag her down.
He looked completely ridiculous and
she fought back the urge to laugh at him. But the more she looked at him she
realized that he did look strangely familiar. Oh my… He was the man on the side of the road next to the pickup
truck just outside of town.
“Oh,” Kellan said. “Yes, I do
remember you now. I’m sorry I didn’t recognize you with your shirt on.” She
loaded her voice with sarcasm and crossed her arms over her chest. If he was
going to have an attitude with her, then she was going to give it right back.
Zane’s eyes narrowed. “Well, would
you care to explain why you just blew past me like that?”
Kellan laughed, quietly as to not
draw attention. “Why did I blow past you? Hmm, let me think. Um, maybe it has
to do with the fact that you were partially naked and in the middle of
nowhere.”
Well damn. He hadn’t thought about
that. He’d been all riled up thinking that some guy just
ignored him. Now, thinking about it from her perspective, he could see why she
didn’t pull over to help him. As it was though, his built up anger from
everything that had transpired today got the best of him and he continued with
his rant.
“I was not half
naked,” he said, his voice low as he briefly glanced around the room to see if
anyone could hear them speaking.
“Look, cowboy.” She said
the word as though it were an insult and not an affirmation of what he
obviously was. “I’m sorry you’re having a bad day, but don’t come over here and
take it out on me. I had a good reason for not stopping earlier and I’m not
going to apologize for looking after my own safety. You could’ve been a
murderer for all I knew.”
Zane knew that he should just man up
and walk away, but he just couldn’t do that now after her snarky “cowboy”
remark. Why’d she have to go and say it like that anyway?
“Look, princess,” he
said with the same tone she had used. “This ain’t Hollywood. Take your
sunglasses off. You’re inside and you look like a damn fool.”
Kellan’s jaw fell in disbelief.
Zane smiled, feeling triumphant that
he got in the last word. He turned and started to walk away from her.
“Screw you, cowboy!” she
yelled after him, saying the word exactly as she had before. “And that horse
you rode in on.”
And—Whoops!—now everyone in the diner had turned to look at them.
Zane turned around to face her with amusement on
his face. “Very original, princess.”
And Coming Soon!
Norah: The McKades of Texas, Book 2
Luke: The McKades of Texas, Book 3
