ABOUT THE BOOK
I’ve been the wicked witch of King’s Creek since I was eight years old, from my angry red hair down to my ball-busting boots. With a mean drunk for a daddy who left nothing but insults and unpaid bills in his wake, was there ever any other fate? Now his passing has left me one bad turn from losing my land to the neighbors my family’s been feuding with for generations.
So of course it’s Dawson King who comes to my rescue in the middle of a snowstorm. But I don’t care how good he looks in a pair of Wranglers, or how much he spoils my horse, or how great of a cook he is. The Kings already have everything—money, looks, and charm. Dawson’s not getting my heart too.
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I’m living my dream, I admit it. I took over the family ranch from my dad and grew it into the envy of Montana. I have the best views, the best employees, and the respect of the entire town. The only thing I don’t have is someone to share my dream with. So when my neighbor breaks her leg and nearly freezes to death, I all but kidnap her back to my place to recover.
We grew up less than a mile apart, but we couldn’t be in more different places now. Bristol’s had nothing but pride for so long, it’s hard to get close to her—and I want to get very close. I don’t care if the whole town loves me, I’m only interested in earning the love of one woman. But for a guy who’s got the world at his feet, Bristol’s heart might be out of my reach.
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I curled my hand around hers. “I got what I wanted tonight.” I soothed the flash of hurt in her eyes with a kiss. “This isn’t quid pro quo. I’ve been wanting to hold you for so long. I’m fine. Just like this.”
“You’re fine?” She couldn’t sound like she believed me less.
“I have a lot of plans for us, Bristol. Don’t get me wrong. I’m a guy and you’re my sexy neighbor.”
“I didn’t see a King calling me that.”
“You’re hot as fuck. I’ll prove it as often as you want me to. But tonight, I’d like to stay here, like this.”
“We’re still dressed.”
I leaned up and pulled back the covers. She wiggled around until she was under them. I stood and waited. She had to be sure.
She pulled back the other side and my smile grew wide. Yes.
By the time I shut the light off in the living room and got back to the side of the bed, she’d tugged off her shirt and put my old one on and wriggled out of her pants. “There. That’s better.” She eyed my chest. “Feel free to do the same.”
“Aw, honey, if I start taking stuff off, I don’t know if I’ll quit.” I dropped my pants. My shirt hung over the worst of my obnoxious erection.
I slid between the cool sheets until I was close enough to wrap her in my arms. “Night, Bristol.”
“Night, Dawson.”
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AUTHOR BIO
Marie Johnston writes paranormal and contemporary
romance. She also works as a medical laboratory scientist and has worked as a
public health microbiologist. Depending on the
situation, she can be oddly unconcerned about germs or weirdly
phobic. Marie’s been a volunteer EMT, a college instructor, a security
guard, a phlebotomist, a hotel clerk, and a coffee pourer in a bingo hall.
All fodder for a writer!! She has a husband, four kids, and even more cats.
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This is book 4 in the series and easily stands alone. This is Dawson and Bristol's story and its an enemies to love storyline that I absolutely loved. It is also a small town romance that takes place in King's Creek.
This story revolves around the town of King's Creek where both Dawson and Bristol grew up. At one time Bristol was beloved by Dawson's mother, Sarah even though the two families had hated each other over a bad land deal between the grandparents. However when Dawson's mother Sarah is murdered by a man who worked for Bristol's drunk of father, she also became the most hated woman in King's Creek, yes at age 8.
Sarah in her will created a trust fund for each of her sons. They each have to marry by age 29 and if they stay married for one year on their 30th birthday they will receive a million dollars. But if they don't the money will go to Bristol or her father. Meanwhile all the sons up to Dawson have married by age 29 and so now the pressure is on him.
Meanwhile things for Bristol have been pretty awful. Her father was a drunk and a very sick man and he lived in squalor while she stayed in an RV. They lived with no money and ranched but had pretty much no money coming in. In addition the entire town hated her father and her as well and blamed her for the death of Sarah.
In the story Bristol is two years younger than Dawson. Which means when she was 8, he was ten when his mother was murdered. Now at age 28, she is 26 and her father has just died. So she pretty much has a cow, a dog, a horse and thats it, the entire town hates her. Until one night she has an accident and her dog saves her and Dawson ends up feeling like he has to help her until she recovers.
And thats when these two start learning who the other is and face both of their pasts. I honestly felt the hate to love for each other happened a bit fast but I also liked they both could look past what happened in the past that they both had no part in.
But Dawson has an evil grandmother and so he has some big decisions to make about his future and Bristol's. I loved seeing the King family help out both Dawson and Bristol. It was also great to see Bristol start to open her heart up to both Dawson and also make some friends in the town.
This was a wonderful story and I loved that we saw a bit more of Kate and Aiden in this story and I cannot wait for their story next.
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