Description
Brodie’s
Gamble, Book Two, MacLarens of Boundary Mountain Historical Western Romance
Series
“Every
book of Shirleen's never fails to draw me in and make it impossible to put down
until I devour it!”
Brodie
MacLaren has a dream. He yearns to wear the star—bring the
guilty to justice and protect those who are innocent. In his mind, guilty means
guilty, even when it includes a beautiful woman who sets his body on edge.
Maggie
King
lives a nightmare, wanting nothing more than to survive each day and recapture
the life stolen from her. Each day she wakes and prays for escape. Taking the
one chance she may ever have, Maggie lashes out, unprepared for the rising
panic as the man people believe to be her husband lies motionless at her feet.
Deciding
innocence and guilt isn’t his job.
Brodie’s orderly, black and white world spins as her
story of kidnapping and abuse unfold. The fact nothing adds up as well as his
growing attraction to Maggie cause doubts the stoic lawman can’t afford to embrace.
Can
a lifetime of believing in absolute right and wrong change in a heartbeat?
Maggie has traded one form of captivity for another.
Thoughts of escape consume her, even as feelings for the handsome, unyielding
lawman grow.
As events unfold, Brodie must fight more than his attraction.
Someone is after Maggie—a real threat who is out to silence her.
He’s challenged on all fronts—until he takes a gamble
that could change his life or destroy his heart.
Brodie’s Gamble, book two in the MacLarens of
Boundary Mountain historical western romance series, is a full-length novel
with an HEA.
Excerpt
“How old were you when you met Stoddard?” He
hadn’t meant to ask the question, didn’t need to know more about her than he
already did. Maggie’s age didn’t matter. It only mattered that he held her as a
suspect in a murder.
“Eighteen. I’m twenty now.” She spoke with a
staid calmness, as if detached, speaking of someone else. “I wish I could tell
you the time flew by, but that would be a lie.” This time, her voice held the
bitterness he expected. Closing her eyes to still the moisture beginning to
pool, she sucked in a deep breath.
He didn’t know what triggered his quick
response—her shaky voice, the tremble of her body, or the tears she couldn’t
hide—but he reached out, wrapping his arms around her and drawing her close.
Splaying his hands across her back, he rested his chin on top of her head as
she settled her cheek against his chest.
“Shhh, lass. He can no longer hurt you.”
Brodie’s heart pounded, his chest tightening at the same time he tried to
provide her comfort. He couldn’t imagine the horrors she’d been through. If
Arnie weren’t already dead, it would’ve taken all the strength Brodie possessed
to not kill the man himself. Feeling the tears soak through his shirt, he drew
back, lifting her chin with a finger.
“You must try to believe it will be all
right, Maggie.”
Her glassy blue eyes stared up at him as the
faintest sliver of hope crossed her face. A hope he could encourage or dash
with a rash word or careless gesture.
“Do you truly think it will work out for me?”
Bio
Shirleen Davies
writes romance—historical, contemporary, and romantic suspense. She grew up in
Southern California, attended Oregon State University, and has degrees from San
Diego State University and the University of Maryland. During the day she provides
consulting services to small and mid-sized businesses. But her real passion is
writing emotionally charged stories of flawed people who find redemption
through love and acceptance. She now
lives with her husband in a beautiful town in northern Arizona.
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