Under Texas Blue Skies
by Debra
Holt
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BLURB:
J.D.
Sterling, the sexy star of country music, had come back home to McKenna
Springs, Texas. Years before, he had left to chase his dream and had succeeded.
His life was almost perfect. Almost. He was still missing the part of his heart
he had left behind…Mandy Lawson.
Amanda Lawson had changed from the young, innocent Mandy…the teenager madly in love with the bad boy from the wrong side of the tracks. Heartbreak and tragedy would do that to a person. She was determined to keep her well-ordered, work-driven life on the successful path she had fought to achieve on her own. No singing cowboy with a devil’s smile in his green eyes and a sexy body in tight jeans was going to be allowed close enough to break her heart again.
Amanda Lawson had changed from the young, innocent Mandy…the teenager madly in love with the bad boy from the wrong side of the tracks. Heartbreak and tragedy would do that to a person. She was determined to keep her well-ordered, work-driven life on the successful path she had fought to achieve on her own. No singing cowboy with a devil’s smile in his green eyes and a sexy body in tight jeans was going to be allowed close enough to break her heart again.
EXCERPT:
“I have other business in town also,” Amanda spoke up. “I
don’t know why I was called out here but…”
“Because I want you.” Those jade green eyes pinned her to
her spot. J.D.’s choice of words knocked the air out of Amanda’s lungs for a
moment. Did he think that he could turn that look on her, along with that
famous half-grin that sent deep grooves down his cheeks and made fingers itch
to touch them and females swoon at his feet?
He was still the lying, no good cowboy who had played her for a fool and
then left her behind when the bright lights beckoned. He wanted her? Well, he'd
had her once, but never again.
Cold blue eyes pinned him. “People don’t always get what
they want, J.D. But sometimes they do get what they deserve.”
When Mandy stood looking at him with those blue eyes, where
once there had been the warmth of love glowing in them for him, there was now a
cool curtain, devoid of anything but a banked anger mixed with a dash of
indifference. For some reason, he felt he had been judged and found lacking in
her estimation. He definitely had to regroup. There was another battle ahead,
and he had fought many in his lifetime and won each of them. This would be the
most important one. Losing was not an option.
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Debra
Holt
Born
and raised in the Lone Star state of Texas, Debra grew up among horses,
cowboys, wide open spaces, and real Texas Rangers. Pride in her state and ancestry knows no
bounds and it is these heroes and heroines she loves to write about the
most. She also draws upon a variety of
life experiences including working with abused children, caring for baby
animals at a major zoo, and owning a wedding planning business (ah, romance!).
Debra’s real pride and joys, however, are
her son, an aspiring film actor, and a daughter with aspirations to join the
Federal Bureau of Investigation. (more story ideas!) When she isn’t busy writing about tall Texans
and feisty heroines, she can be found cheering on her Texas Tech Red Raiders,
or heading off on another cruise adventure.
She read her first romance...Janet Dailey's Fiesta San Antonio,
over thirty years ago and became hooked on the genre. Writing contemporary
western romances, is both her passion
and dream come true, and she hopes her books will bring smiles...and sighs...
to all who believe in happily-ever-after’s.
The Seymour Agency represents Debra and
she is soon to have two contemporary romances published by Spencer Hill/Tulip
Romance and Astraea Press. Debra invites you to visit her website at www.debraholtbooks.com.
She loves to hear from other aspiring authors or readers via email at debraholtbooks@gmail.com.
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ReplyDeleteI love cowboy stories and this one really sounds good.
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