A Very Tempting Texan (novella)
()
About this ebook
Things are heating up in Royal, Texas, in this prequel novella by USA TODAY bestselling author Janice Maynard…
Rory Fentress was the town bad boy who made good. Now a successful businessman and an honorary member of the elite Texas Cattleman's Club, he needs a permanent home in Royal, Texas, to run for state senate–and he's got his eye on the ranch run by his former lover.
Shannon Morrison ended her steamy affair with Rory, afraid he's only using her to get the ranch. But she'll never give up her family's hard–won legacy–even if Rory is more tempting than ever.
Rory knows what he wants, and he wants Shannon. He's determined to change her mind about their future–and the best place to do that is between the sheets….
Janice Maynard
In 2002 Janice Maynard left a career as an elementary teacher to pursue writing full-time. Her first love is creating sexy, character-driven, contemporary romance. She has written for Kensington and NAL, and is very happy to be part of the Harlequin family--a lifelong dream. Janice and her husband live in the shadow of the Great Smoky Mountains. They love to hike and travel. Visit her at www.JaniceMaynard.com.
Read more from Janice Maynard
Stranded with the Rancher Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBillionaire Boss, Holiday Baby Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Triplets for the Texan Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beneath the Stetson Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5For Baby's Sake Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Untameable Texan Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHis Heir, Her Secret Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMinding Her Boss's Business Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCourting the Cowboy Boss Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Very Tempting Texan Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A Billionaire for Christmas Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Secret Child & the Cowboy CEO Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAfter Hours Seduction Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Billionaire's Borrowed Baby Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBombshell for the Black Sheep Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Upstairs Downstairs Temptation Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSecrets of a Playboy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Contract Seduction Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Blame It on Christmas Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOn Temporary Terms Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsReturn of the Rancher: A stuck together Western romance Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to A Very Tempting Texan (novella)
Titles in the series (7)
The Lone Star Cinderella Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5To Tame A Cowboy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIt Happened One Night Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBeneath The Stetson Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5What A Rancher Wants Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Texas Renegade Returns Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Very Tempting Texan (novella) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related ebooks
A Scandal So Sweet Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Terms Of A Texas Marriage Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Bachelor's Surrender: A Love So Sweet Novel, #3 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBeneath The Stetson Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Texas Renegade Returns Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAn Heir of His Own: A steamy Western romance Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Decent Proposal Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Her Texas New Year's Wish Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Convenient Texas Wedding Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHow to Handle a Heartbreaker: An opposites attract, older man romance Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAfter Hours Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5From Feuding to Falling: An enemies to lovers, faking it romance Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPlaying By The Baby Rules Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTrapped with the Maverick Millionaire Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Catch Me Now Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Redeeming the CEO Cowboy: A Sexy Western Contemporary Romance Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Yours to Keep Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSingle Dad's Holiday Wedding Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5One Night In Weaver... Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5To Tame A Cowboy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNot The Boss's Baby Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Best Laid Wedding Plans: A sassy opposites attract romance Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLove Me, Cowgirl Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fortune Found Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bayside's Most Unexpected Bride Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Her Maverick M.D. Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Falling for the Baldasseri Prince Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Renegade Billionaire Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Heart of Caleb Jackson Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Cowgirls Don't Cry Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Contemporary Romance For You
Wildfire: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It Starts with Us: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It Ends with Us: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dirty Thirty Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Icebreaker: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Spanish Love Deception: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Intense: Erotic Short Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All Your Perfects: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wallbanger Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ruin Me Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Scandalized Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Ugly Love: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Swear on This Life: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beautiful Disaster: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Under the Roses Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Beautiful Bastard Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Animal Farm Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Maybe Someday Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Before We Were Strangers: A Love Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Confess: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The American Roommate Experiment: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Heart Bones: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Finding Cinderella: A Novella Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Maybe Now: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hopeless Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Slammed: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This Girl: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5November 9: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Maybe Not: A Novella Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wicked Villain Shorts: Wicked Villains, #7 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for A Very Tempting Texan (novella)
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
A Very Tempting Texan (novella) - Janice Maynard
One
Shannon Morrison scrunched down in the driver’s seat and pulled her ball cap low over her eyes, hands clenched on the steering wheel. She was parked at the curb of the local mercantile where she had recently purchased two new pairs of work gloves, a washing machine hose and a half dozen potted begonias to brighten up the front porch of the home that had been in her family for six generations—the Bar None Ranch.
Across the street and down the block, in front of the courthouse, stood a man she wanted to avoid at all cost. Rory Fentress. Hometown bad boy made good. A guy who happened to live hundreds of miles away in Austin.
As a rebellious eighteen-year-old kid, he had kicked the dust of Royal, Texas, off his feet and headed out to make his fortune. Little more than a dozen years later, he was wealthy, powerful and even more good-looking than he’d been as a wiry high school kid.
Unfortunately for Shannon, she knew exactly what the adult Rory looked like naked.
Her skin tingled. The mental image was impossible to shake. Especially since she returned there again and again in her dreams on a nightly basis. She should be over him by now. After all, she had been the one to call a halt to their madness some weeks ago. It wasn’t as if he had dumped her. Theirs was an incendiary affair that had burned hot and bright, leaving ashes in its wake. And all because she had been introduced to a man she now knew to be her own personal Kryptonite.
One hundred and eighty days ago, give or take—not that Shannon was counting—Rory had returned to Royal intent on mending fences with his past and proving that he was now a man and not an angry teenager. The town had welcomed him with open arms. Even in a state as big as Texas, Rory had managed to become a household name after being named Austin’s most eligible bachelor. After graduating from law school with honors, he had founded a financial consulting firm that rocketed to success like an expensive Fourth of July firework. The man had money, good looks and charm. Who could resist him? Certainly not the old-timers in Royal who saw a chance to put their town center stage on the political map. Rory made no secret of his ambitions.
The incumbent state senator in Austin was deeply entrenched, so Rory had decided to run from the district of his birth. Once elected, rumor had it that the next goal would be a governor’s race by the time he was forty.
It wasn’t long before Rory’s visits to Royal became monthly and then bi-weekly. His popularity grew. It was no surprise to anyone when the final seal of approval was offered and accepted. The Texas Cattleman’s Club inducted the sinfully handsome and sexy Rory Fentress into its hallowed ranks as an honorary member.
Shannon was still a little miffed about that. It had taken a veritable earthquake of change to orchestrate the inclusion of women in the esteemed membership of the TCC. Shannon herself was one of the first four female members, and she had received an invitation only because her late father had been a wealthy, powerful fixture in Royal. And because Shannon was keeping his ranching legacy alive. But Rory, who had been a hell-raiser for most of his misspent youth, had been ushered in with typical good ol’ boy
enthusiasm.
All a man had to do was reinvent himself, and suddenly all his past sins were forgotten. At least that’s how it seemed to Shannon.
Now...barely able to peer over the dashboard given her current position, she eyed him from a safe distance. Much as she would a dangerous bull. Because on his last trip to Royal, Rory had spent three days and nights with her, most of them in bed.
They had met six months ago during his first week back home, introduced by mutual friends. Soon, Rory was pursuing