Love on the Risky Side
by Mariah
Ankenman
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GENRE: Contemporary Romance
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BLURB:
Falsely
accused of the murder of her best friend, Kayla Jenkins is on the run for her
life. She ends up lost in dark, snowy woods off some backcountry road in the
middle of nowhere. Frightened and colder than she’s ever been in her life, she
almost thinks she’s hallucinating when a warrior on a white steed saves her.
In all
his years as the sheriff of Peak Town, Colorado, Jake Ryder has never come
across a half-frozen woman alone in the woods. She’s terrified…and lying to
him, yet something about her calls to him on a primal level.
Even with
her trust of law enforcement lower than the harsh temperature, Kayla finds it
difficult to keep her secrets hidden from the kind and far too handsome
sheriff. But as her faith in Ryder grows, she not only risks the real murderer
finding her, but losing the one thing she has searched for her whole life and
only just found…love.
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EXCERPT:
“My name is Jake Ryder, but most folks call me
Ryder.” When she didn’t return the introduction, he continued. “Can I ask how
you came to be all the way out here in the middle of the night?”
Giving a guarded glance from the horse back to him,
she simply said, “Got lost.”
And they say women were chatty. Hell, he had a pet
parrot as a kid that talked more than this woman. Not a problem. As sheriff, he
was used to interrogating uncooperative suspects. Not that she was a suspect,
yet.
“Got lost...” He looked her over. Big, red, winter
coat, long dark slacks and—were those high heels? “…shopping?”
Honestly, who the hell wears heels in the woods?
She scowled, wrapping her arms around herself. “My
car ran off the road. I—I got out to find help. Wandered off the road and got
lost.”
Something about her story smelled like Wind
Chaser’s stall after feeding time. “Why didn’t you call Triple A?”
Her gaze darted to the side. “Cell died.”
Yeah, and I’m the King of England.
“You need a ride back to your car?”
Her eyes widened. “On that thing?”
“Her name is Wind Chaser, and yes. Did you think I
had a car hidden in the trees?”
Her jaw clenched at his sarcasm. Well, excuse him.
It was dark, cold, and the last thing he wanted to do was be out here trying to
pull a story out of Ms. Lying-Crazy-Lady.
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AUTHOR Bio and
Links:
RWA®
Golden Heart® Nominated author Mariah Ankenman began writing at the tender age
of five. Her first book “George and the Green Glob” received high praise from
her mother. Many years, and green glob stories later, Mariah received a
playwriting degree from the University of Wyoming. After a few years in
Hollywood, working in “the biz,” she came home to the beautiful Rocky
Mountains. When she’s not writing Mariah loves to read, crochet, and play her
ukulele. She loves to hear from readers.
Social
media:
Website:
www.mariahankenman.com
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/mariahkenmanauthor/
Twitter:
@MAsBooks
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ReplyDeleteGreat excerpt & I love the cover - thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Victoria. I had a lot of fun writing it. I also love the cover, the cover artist is so talented! Happy reading!
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