Series: Seven Tine Ranch Romance, #2
by Carmen Peone
Release date: October 3rd, 2023
Genres: Adult, Contemporary,
Blurb:
A Road Trip to Redemption
Rita Runninghorse is about to marry the wrong guy. She has to get away from him. Now. She flees to a guest ranch in Eastern Washington State that offers a safe haven for women in need only to find the owner on a month-long speaking tour.
Robert Elliot has one thing on his mind: bronc riding. The Indian National Finals Rodeo is within reach, and he’s not about to let anything ruin his chances of going pro. Not even the woman he finds asleep in the stall of their rankest horse.
When Rita’s fiancé discovers where she’s hiding out, she takes Robert’s offer to go with him on the road and prays her fiancé gives up the hunt. Saddled together, Rita and Robert must rely on each other as they go on the road to keep her alive.
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Excerpt:
Blizzard lowered his head and pawed the cedar bedding. Puffs of steam rolled from his nostrils. A movement caught Robert’s attention. “Whoa, boy.” He dropped the hay in the wooden feeder and turned to face a squirming form under a thin blanket. “What the heck?”
A sharp scream erupted and a hand emerged, brandishing a knife. The colt stomped and charged Robert, then backed away. “Whoa, boy.” He held out his hands.
A woman crawled from under the blanket. The right side of her face shone dark and swollen, and a cracked bottom lip protruded. She stood a few inches shorter than Robert, bundled in a teal down jacket, red knit hat, and thick work gloves. Worn cowboy boots fi t her small feet, and a disheveled, single braid snaked down her torso.
She gave him what seemed like a look of recognition and said, “I’m here to see Sydney Hardy.”
“Move out of there quiet and easy like. Blizzard’s rank. Unpredictable.” When she stood without moving, he added,
“And put that knife away before you hurt yourself.”
“Rank? Why, he’s been nothing but a gentleman. Hardly knew he was around.” While she scratched Blizzard’s nose,
he dropped his head and took a step toward her. “In fact, I thought he was a pony.”
“For crying out loud. He’s had us buffaloed from the get-go.” Robert took a step toward the stud colt and jumped back when he bit at him and pawed at the cedar-scented wood chips covering the ground of his soiled paddock. Lousy stud.
Posse whined and trotted over to the woman. She knelt and scooped him up, and he became a red ball of wiggles.
“What a cutie. What’s his name?”
“What’s your name, and what are you doing here?” How had such a beautiful mess of a woman ended up in his barn? She glanced down and fiddled with her Leatherman. “I’m . . . uh. . . . Is Ms. Hardy around? I mean is she available?” Her face pinked.
Was she one of the abused women his sister held an open room for? Yeah, there was a vacant room, but Syd was
gone. And he wasn’t about to babysit for her. That was her wheelhouse. He turned to the barn’s alleyway. “I . . . um . . .” He rubbed his forehead.
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AUTHOR BIO:
Carmen Peone is an award-winning author who has lived in Northeast Washington and on the Colville Confederated Indian Reservation since 1988. She had worked with a Tribal Elder, Marguerite Ensminger, for three years learning the Arrow Lakes Language and various cultural traditions. She owns and trains her horses and competes in local Extreme Challenge and Mountain Trail competitions. With a degree in psychology, the thought of writing never entered her mind, until she married her husband and they moved to the reservation after college. With the love of history and western-woman lifestyle, she brings stories of hope, family, relationships, and faith to her novels.
These books were a labor of love, especially the second edition of the True to Heart Trilogy.
Thank you to my cover model, Shayna Palmanteer of the Colville Confederated Tribes, for your willingness to be a part of this adventure. Visit my website for information on the workbooks that go along with my young adult books at https://carmenpeone.com/books/
http://carmenpeone.com
Healing, Hope, Horses
These books were a labor of love, especially the second edition of the True to Heart Trilogy.
Thank you to my cover model, Shayna Palmanteer of the Colville Confederated Tribes, for your willingness to be a part of this adventure. Visit my website for information on the workbooks that go along with my young adult books at https://carmenpeone.com/books/
http://carmenpeone.com
Healing, Hope, Horses
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