Cerian Hebert

Good Morning!

It’s the day before Valentine’s Day, every romantic person’s favorite holiday. I hope everyone has a wonderful love-filled day!

I’m departing from That Kind of Magic this week and am going to post from my latest release SWEET AND WILD, my Contemporary Western Romance.

Quinn Emery is a true, dyed in the wool cowgirl, from the brim of her Stetson to the tips of her favorite old pair of Tony Lama’s. She’s returned from college, bent on raising Quarter Horses under the wide South Dakota sky and nothing is going to distract her from that goal. Not a narcissistic ex-boyfriend, her brother’s fantastically successful dude ranch or a her desire for a place to call her own.

Craig Lynch has come home too. Now a widower with a ten-year-old daughter, he has to reestablish a life as a rancher after traveling all over the world. Not such an easy task, but when he sees Quinn, he knows life is going to get much more complicated. Last he saw her she was ten, but now she’s an incredibly sexy woman and the attraction is too strong to ignore.

Falling in love, however, has more complications than either bargain for. A reluctant daughter, the jealousy of an ex-boyfriend, and the shadow of Craig’s late wife nearly destroy everything, but Craig is determined to convince Quinn that love can overcome anything.

Here’s my hook. Enjoy!

“You don’t like this place?”

“Jacob did a tremendous job with it. The house is gorgeous, and the new spa is heaven, but it’s not home anymore.” Quinn’s voice had dropped so low he had to dip his head to catch her words.

Doing so brought him mere inches away from the mouth he’d admired all day long. All she had to do was tilt her head slightly to the side and he’d be able to capture them.

Maybe the same thoughts and desires went through her mind too, because she turned her head, lifted her face enough for him to reach her lips with a light caress. That she put herself in this position was surely no accident. No, he felt her mouth open to his.

Who’d have thought this tough, strong-willed cowgirl could have such a gentle touch. The soft movement of her lips against his fueled a wildfire in his body and head. In the middle of the entire town of Falstad and the guests of Long Knife Creek wasn’t the place to explore these heady desires. He pulled away from her but, kept her tight in his arms.

I love first kisses. Of course the kisses to follow aren’t so gentle and sweet. Sweet and Wild is available for Kindles at AMAZON.

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