Chapter 31 “You may be out of the sling, but you still have to take it easy,” Willow informs Aiden, who just rolls his eyes. “Don’t you sass me, young man p> “With my face p> “Yes, with your face.” She grabs said face and kisses his cheek, making him

Chapter 30 My heart is going to burst out of my body. Jesus, I can’t calm down. My boy is on a gurney, moaning in pain, and there’s nothing they can do for him until we get to the hospital. “His blood pressure is good,” the EMT named Sandy says.

Chapter 29 “Good morning,” I say, answering the call from Gideon as Aiden points his horse toward the fence. I love seeing my kid on his horse. He’s a fucking natural. “You’re not going to like this,” Gid says in my ear, and I let out a gusty breath. “It’s

Chapter 28 I’ve gotten used to getting up at the ass crack of dawn. Actually, it’s before the ass crack of dawn because the sun isn’t even up yet. But Dusty’s already in the kitchen, making us all breakfast. He makes us breakfast every day. We offer to take turns,

Chapter 27 All my voice work is done for the day, since I wrapped up a project, and then I took a couple of hours to prep the next. I haven’t turned my phone on today. I was worried that I’d get more photos, and I don’t think my mental

Chapter 26 The sun is already up. Usually, I’d be out at the barn by now, checking in with my guys and getting to work. But I texted Dusty and told him I’d see them after lunch. Last night was about reassuring Willow. Loving her, and making her feel safe

Chapter 25 Willow turns her screen my way, and I frown, sure that I’m not seeing what my brain tells me I’m seeing. “What is this?” she asks again, her voice full of hurt. Not anger. Hurt. And that sets me on edge, because someone has hurt my girl. “May

Chapter 24 “Just so you’re aware, the house won’t come with a fridge,” I say to Susan, my real estate agent. I can’t believe that not only am I moving Aiden and myself to the ranch, but I’m also selling my house. I won’t need it anymore, and I don’t

Chapter 23 The majority of this day has been a clusterfuck. I had to put a cow down this morning. Something attacked her in the night, and she was a fucking mess, suffering in the pasture. I’m glad neither of the younger kids saw her. That’s some shit you don’t

Chapter 22 “Hey, Shawn, how are you p> I lean back in my chair and push my fingers through my hair, happy to hear from my friend. I loved being in Seattle for a few days, but the week that we’ve been home has been so productive, and I’m completely

Chapter 21 It’s three in the morning, and I can’t sleep. Willow is warm and naked and dreaming peacefully next to me, and I don’t want to wake her, so I ease out of bed, careful not to disturb her. I’m restless. And my brain won’t stop moving. So I

Chapter 20 Ryker James, my man, the one who makes me laugh and sigh and turns me on with just a look, had a dress delivered to the penthouse. For me. It was waiting on the bed in the primary suite when I got home after the scrimmage. He bought

Chapter 19 Patterson. My fist connects with his nose, sending blood down his chin, as we push him against the opposite wall. “You motherfucker,” Gideon growls as he puts pressure on Patterson’s windpipe. “You fucked with the wrong girl p> “You touched what’s mine,” I add and slap him across

Chapter 18 Ryker was right. They shut Sport down for the team to celebrate Ryker’s retirement tonight. The place is packed full of anyone and everyone associated with the team, and the press was absolutely not invited. I love that the guys can let loose a little bit and enjoy

Chapter 17 “This doesn’t look like it does on TV,” Aiden says with a frown as he looks out onto the ice. “That’s because this isn’t where we play games.” I pat him on the shoulder and pull Willow into my side as I show them around the Blizzard Iceplex.

Chapter 16 Last night’s wind blew so many trees down over my fence line, and cows got out, got lost in the woods, and it’s been a goddamn clusterfuck all day. “More storms blowing in,” Spike says, lifting his chin at the clouds on the horizon. “Yeah, I know.” I

Chapter 15 He held me all night. Made love to me, distracted me with spine-tingling kisses, and then simply wrapped those strong arms around me and held me. Despite several more storms blowing through, I slept relatively well and didn’t freak out. If I’d been alone, I never would have

Chapter 14 With my voice work all wrapped up for the day, I save the audio files for the Mafia romance I’m currently working on and then shut everything down securely and move to my desk so I can check email and social media. I always save the admin work

Chapter 13 I don’t know if I’ve ever had such an immediate, visceral reaction as I did when I walked into this room and saw my girl in my jersey and nothing else, her hair wet, smelling like shampoo and Willow. It was like a punch to the fucking gut

Chapter 12 Ryker grins against my mouth. Grins, in that cocky way he does. His hands are on my ass, pulling me against him, and I can feel his hard cock as he nestles it against my cleft and leans in to kiss me some more. What started out as