On the wrong side of thirsty, Austin Montgomery is ready to settle
down. Unfortunately, his inked sleeves and scruffy beard isn't the
suave business appearance some women crave. Only finding a woman who
can deal with his job, as a tattoo artist and owner of Montgomery Ink,
his seven meddling siblings, and his own gruff attitude won't be easy.
Finding a man is the last thing on Sierra Elder's mind. A recent
transplant to Denver, her focus is on opening her own boutique. Wanting
to cover up scars that run deeper than her flesh, she finds in Austin a
man that truly gets to her - in more ways than one.
Although wary, they embark on a slow, tempestuous burn of a
relationship. When blasts from both their pasts intrude on their
present, however, it will take more than a promise of what could be to
keep them together.
New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan never
thought she'd be a writer. Not really. No, she loved math and science
and even went on to graduate school in chemistry. Yes, she read as a
kid and devoured teen fiction and Harry Potter, but it wasn't until
someone handed her a romance book in her late teens that she realized
that there was something out there just for her. When another author
suggested she use the voices in her head for good and not evil, The
Redwood Pack and all her other stories were born.
Carrie Ann is a bestselling author of over twenty novels and novellas
and has so much more on her mind (and on her spreadsheets *grins*) that
she isn't planning on giving up her dream anytime soon.
Austin frowned, moving toward her. She forced herself not to
take a step back. She wouldn’t run. Not anymore. But she didn’t know if she
could keep up the denial if he got any closer.
He ended up standing right in front of her, so close she
could feel the heat of his body. The act reminded her of her dream of Jason,
and she held back a shudder. It wouldn’t do her any good to compare the two
men. Her past and her…whatever this would end up being.
His hand came up so he gripped her chin. He searched her face,
and she just stared up at him, unsure of what to do or say next. He hadn’t
spoken, and it threw her for a loop.
“Okay, Sierra,” he said finally, his voice low, deep. So
deep it went straight to her core, and she had to keep from sighing. Again. “If
you don’t feel like you’re ready to ride yet, then we won’t.”
She let out the breath she wasn’t aware she’d been holding.
“Thanks, Austin. I’m sure we’ll see each other around then.” What was she
doing? That hadn’t been the plan. Or had it? Honestly, she didn’t even know
what her plan was anymore. She wanted him, she was clear on that much, but she
wasn’t sure she could handle more. This wishy-washy thought process wasn’t
doing her any favors. She needed to buck up and either give in fully or step
back.
Taking half steps would only hurt her in the end. Didn’t she
know that? Hadn’t she lived that?
“Oh really? I don’t think so. That’s not how this is going
to play, Legs.”
“Excuse me?” The ice was back in her voice, but she
didn’t know how to control it, not when he was so large and…Austin around her.
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