LONG, TALL COBWOY CHRISTMAS by Carolyn
Brown (September 26, 2017; Forever Mass Market; $7.99; Happy, Texas Series Book
2)
A heartwarming
holiday read from USA Today bestselling author Carolyn Brown
Nash Lamont is a man
about as solitary as they come. That's exactly why ranch life in
middle-of-nowhere Happy, Texas suits him. So what the heck is he doing letting
a beautiful widow and her three rambunctious children temporarily move in? Before
he knows it, they're stringing Christmas lights and decorating the tree... and
he's having the time of his life. But after everything he's been through, Nash
knows this kind of happiness doesn't last.
Kasey Dawson thought
she'd never get over the death of her husband. Nash, with his strong hands and
infinite patience, is stirring something she hasn't felt in a long time. Kasey
knows the sexy cowboy isn't telling her everything about this past, though. And
she refuses to risk heartbreak all over again. But her kids have a plan of
their own: Nothing will keep them from having a real family again-even if it
takes a little help from Santa himself.
"Genuinely
sweet." --Publishers Weekly
Excerpt:
Padding
out of the room in her flannel pajama pants and an oversized faded shirt, Kasey
found Nash washing dishes and no kids in sight.
“Shhh…”
He put a finger over his lips. “They just now dropped off for naps. If they
hear your voice, they’ll wake up.”
She
frowned and pointed toward the dining room. “What is that?”
“Camping
out,” he explained.
A white
sheet had been draped over the dining room table, creating a tent. Underneath
were pillows, books and two sleeping children.
“They’re
camping and I’m watching out for bears and skunks,” he explained. “Hungry?”
“Starving.
I’m always nauseated at the onset of one of the headaches and afterwards so
hungry I could eat one of those bears if you catch it.” She caught a whiff of
Italian food. “You cooked?”
“Of
course,” he said. “Sit down right here and let me work on your neck. Lots of
headaches are stress related and come out of the neck.”
She
eased down into a chair and Nash went to work on her temples first, placing his
hands on her cheeks so that his thumbs worked on the spots between her eyebrows
and hair line. Making lazy circles and increasing the pressure every few
seconds, he kept up the massage for a good five minutes before moving around to
the back of the chair. He took her neck in his hands, heating her hormones to
the boiling point. Rolling it around in his hands, she could feel the tension
leaving her body by degrees. Then he began to massage her shoulders, digging
his fingers into the knots and dissolving them. The pain in her head dissolved
to half strength and her stomach grumbled.
“Now
for food. Sit right there and I will bring it to the table.”
Kasey
couldn’t remember the last time a man had waited on her. “God, this is amazing,” she said after taking
a bite of the spaghetti he put in front of her. “Did you make the sauce from
scratch?”
He
nodded. “Just like my cousin Amanda taught me. She married an Italian, and
she’s an amazing cook. After eating her marinara, that stuff you buy in a jar
at the grocery store is pretty bland.”
“You cook and watch kids, run a ranch—what can
you not do?” Kasey asked.
“I’m
not real good at talkin’ to most people,” he said.
“That’s
not what I see.” She almost groaned when she bit into a slab of garlic bread.
“Oh
yeah? And what do you see?”
“I see
a man who’s got some demons, but you talk to me just fine,” she told him
between bites.
“Well,
you’re special,” he replied softly.
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About the
Author
Carolyn Brown is a New York Times and USA
Today bestselling romance author and RITA® Finalist who has sold more
than 3 million books. She presently writes both women's fiction and cowboy
romance. She has also written historical single title, historical series,
contemporary single title, and contemporary series. She lives in southern
Oklahoma with her husband, a former English teacher, who is not allowed to read
her books until they are published. They have three children and enough
grandchildren to keep them young. For a complete listing of her books (series
in order) check out her website at CarolynLBrown.com.
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