Lovett,
Texas Novella
By: Rachel Gibson
Releasing January 20th, 2015
Avon Romance
Blurb
In
New York Times bestselling author Rachel Gibson's newest novella, Vince Haven
and Sadie Hollowell are headed to the altar, and all their friends are headed
to Lovett, Texas, to join them for the party of the year.
But
Becca Ramsey doesn't have time for all that. Fresh out of beauty school,
Becca's all business … and the last thing she needs is bad boy Nate Parrish
anywhere in her life.
In
the past, Nate was trouble. He's been trying to repair his reputation—heck,
he's even got just one girlfriend. The problem is, she isn't Becca. Now Nate's
in a whole lot of hot water. He needs to get Becca from "I won't" to
"I do" … but how can he do that when she won't even say "I
might"?
Rebecca Ramsey unplugged the iPod, then leaned beneath the raised hood. She cupped her hands around her mouth and yelled, “Hello!”
A hollow thud like someone thumped a watermelon came from beneath the car mingled with the sound of tools hitting concrete.
Becca wrinkled her nose and whispered, “Ouch.” She straightened to the sound of a painful moan and a few “goddamn its.” Then two greasy hands reached from beneath and grabbed the shiny bumper. Under the smudges of grease, the head of a Chinese dragon breathed fire across the back of his hand. Squeaky little wheels rolled the rest of him from under the car. Long legs and a spiky belt led to a dirt-smudged white T-shirt over a flat belly. Next came hard forearms and balls of muscular shoulders. The rest of the dragon tattoo wrapped up his arm, and the tail disappeared under the T-shirt sleeve. His square chin and jaw were covered in dark stubble, and a frown pulled at the corners of his mouth. Then eyes the color of a clear Texas sky slid into view and stared up at her. Angry blue eyes beneath dark slashes of brows and surrounded by dark lashes. An even angrier red mark on his forehead seemed to turn redder by the second.
Despite the furious scowl and horrible welt, hideous spiky belt and tacky tattoo, he was so ridiculously hot, Becca felt her insides melt. He rubbed a greasy hand across the welt on his forehead. “Can I do something for you?”
“Yes.” She’d met guys like him before. Guys who looked good in anything from tight T-shirts and jeans to aSunday suit and tie. Guys who looked at a girl and took her breath away. She’d always been a sucker for guys like him. Hot guys with cool names like Tucker or Slade or Toby Ray. Or, in this case, Nathan Parrish.
Author Info
Rachel Gibson lives in Idaho with her husband, three kids,
two cats and a dog of mysterious origin. She began her fiction career at age
16, when she ran her car into the side of a hill, retrieved the bumper, and
drove to a parking lot, where she strategically scattered the car’s broken
glass all about. She told her parents she’d been the victim of a hit and run
and they believed her. She’s been making up stories ever since, although she
gets paid better for them nowadays.
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Thanks to Rachel Gibson, Edelweiss and Tasty Book Tours for the opportunity to read and review this story. This is the first story that I read in this particular series, but it was enough that made me want to read others in the series. I am a fan of Rachel's other books, so I wanted to give this one a chance. It is probably better to read the prior books, but I am the type of person that enjoys reading the books in order. Please make sure you understand that this is a novella and is a quick read.
Weddings have a tendency to bring people together that may not have thought about being together previously. This story is no different. When Becca comes to town to help with the wedding event, she is all business and wants to keep it that way. What she doesn't anticipate is Nathan Parrish. Nathan wasn't expecting to meet Becca and he wasn't anticipating feeling the way he does about Becca. Watching these two fall for each other and then work through difficulties that they have was fun to read.
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