Tetons by Morning by Lucy Kubash

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Tetons by Morning picks up where Chance’s Return, North Star Legacy book one, leaves off.

After a whirlwind summer romance, Casey Girard marries ex-rodeo champ Chance McCord and settles at the North Star, his family’s Wyoming ranch. Certain their love will last forever, she secretly harbors fear he will return to the rodeo circuit.

Chance never wanted the responsibility of running the ranch. When circumstances force him into that role, he must protect the North Star Legacy, as well as keep his promises to Casey. Loving and protecting her and his stepson are what matter most in his life.

But when their tragic pasts come back to haunt them, their love is tested to the limit. How will a summer romance survive the depths of winter?

Excerpt

A moment later, Chance and the wind burst through the kitchen door. As always happened, his presence filled the room, and this morning, the pungent scent of lodgepole pine and saddle leather clung to his rugged physique. His broad shoulders filled out the fleece-lined denim jacket as well as the faded jeans fit his long legs.

At the sight of her handsome, dark-haired husband, Casey’s heart beat a little faster. She’d wondered where he’d gotten off to so early today. Now she knew. He was out riding.

“Casey, you won’t believe what I found.” He crossed the kitchen, his boot steps heavy on the floor.

He stopped, pivoted, and saw her. His jaw tensed.

“Casey, honey, what’s wrong?” He moved to stand in front of her and, with one chilly hand, lifted her chin.

His gaze flicked to the wall phone. “You were talking to your parents, weren’t you? Isn’t it a little early?” He pushed back his cowboy hat and scanned her face.

No sense in avoiding his question. In his uncanny way, Chance recognized the problem. She lifted her gaze to meet his deep-blue eyes. “You forget it’s two hours later in Michigan. Daddy still goes out to oversee the milking. I just thought…I’d see how they’re doing.”

“So you called them?”

Casey nodded. “Last time we talked, he wasn’t feeling well. I got…worried.” Tears welled in her eyes. She struggled not to let them fall.

Chance sighed and drew her against his chest, holding her close.

She slipped her arms around his middle and pressed her face into his jacket, breathing in the scent of autumn and the mountains. The scent soothed her a little, but a raw sadness still dwelled in her heart.

He stroked her hair with one hand. “I thought you decided not to talk to them for a while.”

“They’re my parents and my son’s grandparents.”

She muffled her voice against his jacket. “I can’t just pretend they don’t exist.”

“Nor should you, but I don’t like seeing my wife cry, which seems to happen whenever you have a conversation with them.” He hesitated, took in a deep breath, and let it out slowly. His hand stilled in her hair.

“Are you sorry?”

Puzzled, Casey lifted her face. “For what?”

“Marrying me. Not taking more time to think about it. Do you wish…?”

She leaned back, taking in his rugged appearance.

The past months had been an adjustment in learning to live with Chance and his family. The long Wyoming winter still stretched ahead, but the love that dwelled in her heart only grew stronger every day. “Not for a minute. This is my life now. You’re my life. Never doubt that.” To prove what she said, Casey drew his head down and kissed him. She played her lips over his, evoking his soft groan. He tasted cold, like the wind, but his lips warmed as she deepened the kiss. His embrace could drive out every sensible thought from her head.

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A Hello from the Heroine

Hi, my name is Casey McCord, and I’m the heroine of Tetons by Morning. My young son, Jamie, and I came to Wyoming to visit my late husband’s aunt, and we ended up staying for the summer when I took on a job of cooking for the North Star Ranch. While I loved the beauty of the valley of Jackson Hole and the majestic Grand Teton Mountains, I didn’t intend to stay. I especially didn’t expect to fall for rodeo cowboy, Chance McCord, the prodigal son of the North Star. But I did fall in love, and I married him, and that is where the story Tetons by Morning begins.

Coming from a small farm in Michigan didn’t quite prepare me for life on a working ranch that also welcomes visitors to the valley. I wasn’t sure if I would ever fit in, but when you’re in love, you find a way. Chance and I have had our share of trials in the first year of our marriage; we are about as far apart in personality as two people can be. But the attraction between us is passionate and cannot be denied. I’m not ashamed to say, just looking at him sends my heartbeat into overdrive.

I hope you’ll want to find out more about Chance and myself, the North Star Ranch, and all the people who live there by picking up a copy of Tetons by Morning, North Star Legacy book two. And if you would like to find out how it all began, that story is told in Chance’s Return, North Star Legacy, book one. I’m also happy to say a third book, Fire in the Heart, North Star Legacy book three, is in the works.

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