The Divine Creek Ranch Collection Volume 4
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The Divine Creek Ranch Collection,
Volume 4
In Their Divine Doctor, A Holiday Ménage, Emma has dedicated her life to healing. Duke and Gage have dedicated their lives to helping others. Fearing that life is passing them by, the trio embarks on a “bucket list” quest, igniting passion along the way. When danger strikes, will Emma pay the ultimate price for loving them both?
In Divine Phoenix, fleeing a sadistic ex-husband, Lily barrels into Clay’s life from the distant past. Clay discovers his muse in her gentle, giving spirit. Del returns to Divine, traumatized from a lengthy deployment, trying to move on. As they forge a future, will their love be enough when Lily’s past comes calling?
In Sparks Fly! A Divine Creek July 4th Family Reunion, Divine’s town librarian, Jayne Sheridan, and local tattoo artist, Seth Carter, are in Grace Warner’s matchmaking crosshairs. Grace’s sheltered cousin Jayne wants to embrace her fantasies. Seth believes life experience is overrated. Add in a Divine Creek Fourth of July Family Reunion and what happens? Sparks fly!
Genre: Contemporary, Ménage a Trois/Quatre, Western/Cowboys
Length: 225,428 words
THE DIVINE CREEK RANCH
COLLECTION,
VOLUME 4
Their Divine Doctor, A Holiday Ménage
Divine Phoenix
Sparks Fly! A Divine Creek July 4th
Family Reunion
Heather Rainier

Siren Publishing, Inc.
www.SirenPublishing.com
A SIREN PUBLISHING BOOK
THE DIVINE CREEK RANCH COLLECTION, VOLUME 4
Their Divine Doctor, A Holiday Ménage
Divine Phoenix
Sparks Fly! A Divine Creek July 4th Family Reunion
Copyright © 2017 by Heather Rainier
ISBN: 978-1-64010-766-3
First Publication: November 2017
Their Divine Doctor, A Holiday Ménage
Divine Phoenix
Sparks Fly! A Divine Creek July 4th Family Reunion
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DEDICATIONS
Their Divine Doctor, A Holiday Ménage
To my husband, who continues to inspire me with his acceptance, perseverance, and love.
Divine Phoenix
To the man of my dreams, my husband.
And to You, the woman who believed a man when he told you that you weren’t worth much. He was wrong. You’re worth everything. Rise from the ashes, baby.
Sparks Fly! A Divine Creek July 4th Family Reunion
To the man who wrote the book on making sparks fly…my precious, loving husband.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Their Divine Doctor, A Holiday Ménage
Thank you to every reader who has taken the time to e-mail me or interact with me on Facebook and share what my books have meant to them.
For her invaluable help with this manuscript and my crazy life as a writer, for her organizational skills and meticulous attention to detail, and for her tireless encouragement, I thank Dawn Gore Meador. Thank you also to my sweet Siren sisters, Corinne Davies, for her friendship and critique of this manuscript, and Sophie Oak, for her irreverent humor and unfailing friendship.
Thank you to the Righteous Perverts, that band of naughty, kinky, and funny cheerleaders. This loyal band of readers, ranters, and authors has made this adventure in writing a fun ride.
Thank you to my friends and family members who have encouraged and supported me.
I am very grateful to Diana DeBalko and Siren Publishing for their hard work and encouragement. Words just can’t adequately express how grateful I am for the opportunity.
Divine Phoenix
I am blessed with the best, most supportive readers on the planet. This book was written for all the women (and men) who e-mail me or interact with me on Facebook. If I’m there to “build a network” at all, it’s a network of readers because I do love talking with you.
This book never would’ve been possible if it were not for some late-night chats with friends, especially Luna Wildwood and Corinne Davies.
Thank you to the readers and authors that populate Righteous Perverts. A girl never had a more creative, unique, naughty, talented, supportive group to back her. Between the chat room and the private Facebook group, you really keep me in stitches. Thanks especially to D.H. Johnson for professional input.
My family and friends have been so supportive. Sometimes it must seem like I fall off the face of the planet, but they are always there when I come back to Earth. Thanks especially to my girls.
I owe a debt of gratitude to my critique partner, Corinne Davies, who understands doubt and other demons late in the night.
If readers find my stories to be polished and well developed, my characters lovable and so real they could almost touch them, it’s because I have the best editor on the planet. Thanks, Caroline Acebo, for sticking with me, even when I’m sure you wanted to pound your head against the desk.
Thank you to my mentor and publisher, Diana DeBalko. Your intuitive guidance and wisdom as I began this journey were a priceless gift I was blessed to receive. Your late-night phone calls and words of advice have kept me on the right path, and I’m more grateful than words can adequately express. It’s ironic for a writer to say that, but you know where my heart is coming from.
Sparks Fly! A Divine Creek July 4th Family Reunion
Thank you to my hero and my publisher, Diana DeBalko. You continue to amaze and inspire me.
Thank you to my brilliant editor, Caroline Acebo. You take the rough manuscript I turn in and make it shine. The smileys mean more than you might think.
Thank you, Lena, Erin, Kelley, Kristen and Kathryn and the rest of the talented Siren-BookStrand staff. You are a pleasure to work with, every one of you.
Thank you, Christi F., you were right…you were right.
Thank you, my dear friend and critique partner, Corinne Davies, for encouragement and laughter late at night, and to Stormy for your thorough, meticulous skills as a beta reader.
Thank you, Righteous Perverts, for the fun, the laughter, and all the support. A writer never had a better group to hang out with. You’re all peaches!
Thanks so much to Rana, and the energetic dynamos known as the Divine Divas. “Pimpage” never looked so divine!
Most importantly, thank you to my readers and fans who e-mail me and interact with me on Facebook and Twitter and come to conventions. Your support makes this “job” an absolute joy.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Heather Rainier lives and writes in South Central Texas. Her stories offer up the content of her fantasies, with autobiographical humor, triumph,
and tragedy mixed in. With great pride, Heather writes erotic romances exclusively for Siren Publishing under their Ménage Everlasting and Everlasting Classic imprints.
Heather’s love of romance fiction began as a teenager when her mom gave her copies of Kathleen Woodiwiss’s The Flame and the Flower and Bertrice Small’s Skye O’Malley. To this day she’s pretty sure that was her mom’s version of the “birds and the bees” talk.
Heather writes the type of novel she loves to read: more erotic and edgy than the mainstream, with plenty of sweet romance mixed in and a happily ever after guaranteed. Heather’s favorite type of hero is the gentle, lovable giant, but readers will discover a wide variety of heroes and alphas on the pages of her novels, from nearly perfect to very flawed. Heather hopes that readers relate to her heroines and the challenges and dilemmas they face head-on.
Heather believes that life doesn’t always present love to us in neat little sanitized packages. Sometimes we have to seize the day, live life with no regrets, forget the past, never give up, learn to trust, and dare to live, even in outrageous circumstances. Those themes are woven throughout her Divine Creek Ranch Collection, which debuted in November of 2010.
When not happily typing at her keyboard, Heather is usually busy corralling her kids, volunteering at local schools, or loving on her smokin’ hot husband, who thankfully loves to cook.
For all titles by Heather Rainier, please visit
www.bookstrand.com/heather-rainier
Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedications
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Their Divine Doctor, A Holiday Menage Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Epilogue
Divine Phoenix Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
Chapter Thirty-Two
Epilogue
Sparks Fly! A Divine Creek July 4th Family Reunion Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Landmarks
Cover
Divine Creek Ranch 9
Their Divine Doctor, A Holiday Ménage
Emma Guthrie has been playing it safe all her life, watching friends marry and have families. She’s dedicated her life to healing others and now it’s time to heal herself.
Duke Rivers and Gage Randall are intrigued by the blushing doctor, whom they’ve observed in the past making a naughty sex toy purchase. Fate brings them together when Emma treats Gage for an arrow wound to the buttocks. When she moves in upstairs, they decide it’s time to take a chance.
The socially awkward threesome discovers a mutual need to stop allowing life to pass them by, and they embark on a quest to accomplish each item on their “bucket list” together. From the treetops of the North Georgia Mountains to the frozen Canadian Northwest Territories and points in between, they chase their dreams as danger closes in at home. Will Emma pay the ultimate price for loving them both?
Genre: Contemporary, Ménage a Trois/Quatre, Western/Cowboys
Length: 55,407 words
THEIR DIVINE DOCTOR, A
HOLIDAY MENAGE
Divine Creek Ranch 9
HEATHER RAINIER
Copyright © 2017
Chapter One
Saturday in mid-August, a week before Maya Daire’s wedding…
With her phone at her ear, Emma Guthrie strolled along the rocky shoreline of Campbell Lake. She pulled her doctor’s coat closed with her other hand because the wind blowing off the water had a hint of a chill to it as the sun began to set. Unseasonably cool temperatures had reached this part of the state, and when she’d seen the forecast she’d decided it was a perfect weekend to go camping. So did half of Divine, Texas, if the campground full of tents and occupied cabins was a good indicator. Feeling a slight chill, she shifted her cell phone to her other ear and tucked her forearm beneath her breasts to keep the coat closed.
“Emma, we could really use your help with this quilt fundraiser,” her friend Jane Herbert said. Emma couldn’t sew to save her life. She’d gotten together with Jane on several occasions with this group but didn’t think it was a good fit. All they did was gossip. It didn’t escape her notice that all the women in the group hovered around the same age as her and were all single.
Searching for an excuse to get out of another dose of their negativity, Emma replied, “Jane, your friends seem nice but…”
With the know-it-all tone that Emma was usually able to ignore, Jane said, “Is this about that comment Tabitha made? She’s right, you know. When one woman steals three eligible bachelors in town it makes it harder for the rest of us—”
Emma cut her off, not wanting to hear the same rant again. “Not going there with you, Jane. The conversation deteriorated from Tabitha’s catty little remark into pure gossip.” Tabitha wouldn’t have stood a snowball’s chance in Hell of catching one of the Warner brothers for herself. “And in case you haven’t forgotten, Maya Daire may be coming on as my RN in September, and I don’t appreciate my employees being gossiped about in front of me.”
Jane let loose with a big, gusty sigh and replied, “I know. I’ll talk to her. You know it’s really her boss, Clay Cook, who she’s interested in anyway.”
Emma thought Clay was a big sweetheart and couldn’t imagine how his life would be if he were married to someone like Tabitha. Unfortunately, Emma had no choice but to decline when Grace had offered to set the two of them up. Emma treated Clay for allergies regularly, and she never dated her patients.
Jane broke into her thoughts, unable to let the invitation go unanswered. “Will you please come Tuesday night? Please?”
Hoping that some emergency would keep her at work, she said, “All right. But only because you’re my friend.”
Emma looked out over the water, glanced back at the activity in the campground, and felt completely alone. Lately, Emma felt more and more as though she were missing out on life. She kept busy with activities Jane presented them with in her off time, but she was growing increasingly lonely. Maybe it was because several of her friends had recently gotten married and started having kids. She felt like an old maid sometimes, like she was approaching her expiration date.
“I’ll always be your friend, Emma. Even when we’re old spinsters together,” Jane said affectionately. She’d said “when,” not “if,” and it caught Emma off guard. Was she that far into spinsterhood? She didn’t own any cats yet,
but she’d been thinking about it, at Jane’s suggestion. “Well, I’ve got to run. Mr. Snookums wants his din-din.”
Emma rolled her eyes. “Okay, talk to you later.”
Other people were walking along the shoreline, skipping flat stones across the water. For a second, she facetiously considered flinging her phone out over the water just to see how many times it would skip before it sank to the bottom but then slid it back into the pocket of her scrubs. She’d been hearing from Jane an awful lot lately.
“Spinsters,” she said with a snort. “Who said I wanted to be a spinster?” Jane made it sound like a good thing.
Emma knew if she kept on the way she was, that’s exactly how she’d wind up. Her life revolved around the clinic, and even though she had time in the evenings, she rarely went out unless it was with Jane.
When Emma thought about going out someplace on her own, like a nightclub, it made her feel squirmy and uncomfortable. What would she do with herself? What if no one talked to her? Worse yet, what if a man talked to her and she stuck her foot in her mouth? As a doctor, she could hold her own in a professional conversation, but when it came to social settings she was about as awkward as she could get.
Dressing up was another issue because there was only so much that could be done with her plain, pale exterior, and she never felt like she did a very good job applying makeup. Her pitiful efforts usually just left her feeling more self-conscious. Her scrubs and white coat had become her daily uniform regardless of where she had to go.