by Karen Anders
“What?”
“I always have been. You were so athletic, all the guys loved hanging out with you and you were so cool about it. Then you became a lawyer, then this kick-ass agent. Then, to top it off, you bring home that hunk of gorgeous man. Congratulations, sis. You’ve got it all.”
Her sister slipped out of the kitchen and Amber walked over to the connecting door to the garage. She watched Tristan listening to every word her dad said, nodding and smiling.
He was so different from the grump that had given her nothing but a hard time.
Her dad turned away and Tristan met her eyes.
She blew him a kiss and he caught it and brought it to his mouth.
Faith was a strange thing. It was believing when there wasn’t any proof. Steadfast and sure.
She mouthed I love you, and he smiled, mouthing it right back at her. Yeah, her sister was right. She did have it all.
Semper Fi, my Tristan, my marine, my soon-to-be husband.
My master defender.
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When horse trainer Greta Colton is wrongfully imprisoned, oilman Tyler Stanton gives her an alibi—and provides protection. But Tyler aims to safeguard more than Greta’s body. He’ll also have to lasso her heart...
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COLTONS OF OKLAHOMA continuity.
“If all this hadn’t happened, then you wouldn’t have known that you were about to marry the wrong man,” Tyler countered. “Not that I’m suggesting I’m the right man.”
She tilted her head slightly and looked at him curiously. “Why haven’t you married? You’re handsome and successful and I’m sure plenty of women would be happy to become Mrs. Tyler Stanton.”
“The women who want to be my wife aren’t the kind of woman I’d want for a wife. They want it for all the wrong reasons,” he replied. “I got close to marrying once, but it didn’t work out and since then I haven’t found the right woman. Besides, I work long hours and don’t have a lot of time to do the whole dating thing.”
“So you just invite emotionally vulnerable women to share your bed for the night and then move on to the next woman.” She stared at him boldly.
A small laugh escaped him. “You don’t appear to me to be an emotionally vulnerable woman and no, I don’t make a habit of inviting women into my bed. In fact, you’re the first who has gotten an official invitation.”
She eyed him dubiously.
He leaned closer to her, so close that if he wanted to, he could wrap her in his arms and take full possession of her lush lips with his. It was tempting. It was oh so tempting.
“It’s true, Greta,” he said and watched her eyes spark with gold and green hues. “I don’t invite women into my bed. I wait for them to invite me into theirs. But you’re different and the desire, the passion, I have for you is stronger than anything I’ve ever felt for any other woman.”
Her mouth trembled slightly and he continued, “In all of my life I’ve never been jealous of Mark, but when he hooked up with you, I was jealous of him for the first time. He had what I wanted...what I still want.”
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Her Master Defender
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