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Authors: Amanda McIntyre
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Aimee smiled, even more curious why it was she’d never heard any of them mentioned by her peers at school. Still, she supposed teachers and ranchers didn’t necessarily run in the same circles, unless of course they taught their children--which left a question burning in the mind of any red-blooded, single woman. Were any of them married? That was a question for her friend, Sally. “Thanks, Dusty.”
She waved a quick goodbye and hurried to her car. The snow had slowed to intermittent flakes by the time she climbed in and turned on the ignition to warm it up. She glanced at her watch and realized she had just enough time to get home and register for the online poetry class she promised Sally she’d take. Aside from her duties as the End of the Line’s elementary music teacher, Sally moonlighted as an online instructor through Billings Community College. She spotted the map on the seat, picked it up, and thought of Wyatt’s sincere concern for her safety. True, he hadn’t smiled much… at all, in fact, but his gaze was kind, if not tinged with a puzzling look that made her want to know more about what he’d been thinking. Still, in the entire time she was alone with him, she never felt threatened, as she had around Mr. Metallica in a public bar.
Aimee tucked the map into the console between the seats and eased her car out onto the main road. For as early as it was in the evening, she could’ve shot a cannon down the street. Like a scene from It’s A Wonderful Life, the store fronts were dark, in contrast to the festive holiday wreaths waving in the wintery challenge of the wind. Small white lights dotted the branches of the dwarf trees along the businesses, twinkling with each northerly breeze. A twinge of melancholy hit her. She missed not being at home with her parents, especially this time of year. She wondered at the wisdom in accepting a job in a place so remote that it was truly worthy of its name—End of the Line.
She glanced down at the map and remembered the encounter earlier with Wyatt Kinnison. An interesting man and a challenge if ever there was one, if what she’d heard about him was true at all. Then again, she’d never backed away from obstacles before. Maybe there was more to why she was there than she’d considered. After all, it was the season of miracles.
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Haunted by a tragic past Rein pours himself into creating his Uncle’s altruistic goal of making the Last Hope Ranch a haven for the hurt and lost. But a beautiful stranger in the form of a half-sister to the men he calls his brothers arrives and turns his world upside down, bringing with her unseen dangers, not only to his heart, but to the ranch and his family!
Liberty’s presence is a surprise to the family she’s never met and while she yearns to belong, she knows her presence is a reminder of their painful past. Fearless, she dives in, losing her heart to the ranch, to the community and to an unexpected summer fling that turns to love, only to find that her dangerous past is about to catch up to her and threaten everyone and everything she has come to love.
RENEGADE HEARTS, Book III
/July 10/2015
Dalton has the reputation as a good-timin’man. But this past year his life was upended. With both brothers now married, its’ enough to make this bachelor turn on his heel and run. Until the past waltzes back into town, looking more beautiful and less interested than when last they met. Dalton, usually on the run from relationships, finds himself trying to convince Angelique that he’s a keeper. And while her kisses imply her attraction, she’s holding something back and Dalton’s determined to find out her secret.
Angelique’s past is the topic of an afternoon talk show—caring for an alcoholic mother, involved in an abusive relationship that nearly cost her and her daughters lives. Fate offer her a second chance to turn things around, but when she returns to End of the Line, sparks fly between her and Dalton and threaten to reveal secrets that could change their lives forever.
Other Books by Amanda McIntyre:
Historical Erotic Thriller:
The Dark Seduction of Miss Jane
Historical/Erotic Romance:
The Pleasure Garden *
Winter’s Desire *
*Starred titles available in audio and international languages.
Contemporary Romance:
Ring in a Cowboy-New Year’s Contemporary Boxed set collection/12/28/15
Features Lost & Found by Amanda McIntyre
w/Victoria Vane, Kathleen Ball, Rhonda Lee Carver, Hildie McQueen, Donna Michaels, Lexi Post, Tori Scott, and Gem Sivad
Hot Hometown Hunks Boxed collection
/10/06/15
Features Unfinished Dreams by Amanda McIntyre
w/Charity Pineiro, Elisabeth Staab, Robyn Neeley, Christi Barth, Eliza Knight, and Kristin Miller
Stranger in Paradise /9/ 2015
Hot Western Nights Boxed Set collection
/9/3/15
First-in-series books feature: Rugged Hearts
w/ Lexi Post, Jory Strong, Desiree Holt, Ciana Stone, Amanda McIntyre
Contemporary Erotic Adult Fiction:
Private Party
Mirror, Mirror
Naughty Bits, Vol III
~ABOUT THE AUTHOR~
Amanda McIntyre’s passion is telling character-driven stories with a penchant for placing ordinary people placed in extraordinary situations. A bestselling author, her work is published internationally in print, E-book, and audio. She writes sizzling contemporary and erotic historical romance and believes no matter what, love will find a way. Learn more about her books at:
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Stranger in Paradise
Copyright 2015 Amanda McIntyre
Cover art & design Sahara Kelly and P&N Graphics
Editor Kristina Cook
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