A Naughty Little Christmas (Cowboys, Cops, and Kilts: 8 Seasonally Seductive Romances from Bestselling Authors)

by Randi Alexander

  “Tough luck, Jay.” His friend Rance smacked him on the back, stirring up a cloud of dirt. “Chicken Foot is a tricky bastard.”

  “It ain’t the horse, it’s the rider.” He hadn’t won an event in months. He rarely hung on for eight seconds. “My head isn’t in the right place anymore.”

  “Bro, don’t jinx yourself.” Rance’s green eyes locked on his. He was big into superstition, and it was working for him. He was getting close to Jayden’s brother, Boone, in the bull riding rankings. “Walk it off.”

  How many times had he heard that in the five months since his rides had turned bad on him? He jerked off his chaps and stuffed them in his gear bag along with his gloves, vest, and spurs. “I’m gonna get a drink. Come with me?”

  “I can’t, buddy. I’m in the short go.” The riders with the best times in the first round faced off in the final round for the win.

  He punched Rance on the arm. “Good luck. I’ll be cheering for you from the first bar I find.”

  “Thanks.” Rance pulled off his hat and scratched his head, ruffling his black hair. “I’ll meet you for a drink after.”

  Jayden stuffed his gear bag into a locker and secured it. How long had it been since he’d made it to a short go? Too fucking long. His fist connected with the metal door.

  “Hey, you’ve got another chance tomorrow. Concentrate on that.” Rance settled his hat low on his head and walked away.

  The two-day rodeo at the Old West Casino in Las Vegas drew some of the best riders. If Jayden didn’t pull it together and win tomorrow, he’d drop off the bottom of the ranking charts. His pro rodeo career would be over. His credibility to teach bareback riding would be gone. Yeah, his mind wasn’t in the right place. Instead of being set on winning, hollow desperation rode shotgun in his head.

  Brushing the dirt out of his hair and off his jeans and his unlucky green “lucky shirt,” he walked out of the arena into the casino. Poker would take his mind off his troubles. It was the day before Saint Patrick’s Day, and he was half Irish. Things should be going in his favor.

  He dusted off his brown cowboy hat and set it on his head the way the buckle bunnies liked it, with his curls showing a little around the edges. Maybe finding a sweetie to spend the night with would help him feel luckier.

  The poker room was packed, and he put his name on the waiting list for seven card stud. It’d be a while before a spot opened up. He wandered to the snack bar and had a couple tacos and a beer, then found a comfortable seat at a video poker machine.

  “Might as well practice.” He pulled a twenty out of his wallet and slid it into the machine. It pinged and chirped a welcome. “Dollar poker. Crap.” He’d thought it was quarters. What the hell. It was only twenty bucks. He played the maximum, five dollars, and won a few hands.

  After he ordered a beer from the cocktail waitress, he looked around the casino. Both his brother Boone and their friend Dallas had met their women here, under very lucky circumstances.

  The two of them had pooled their winnings and were in the process of starting a rodeo school where they lived in Reno. Jayden was supposed to be part of the school, but he had no money to fund his piece of the partnership, and was quickly losing his credibility as an expert. No lucky circumstances for him.

  The woman he’d met at the casino on Valentine’s Day had turned out to be pretty darn unlucky for him personally—if he remembered correctly. It had been a wild night, what he recalled of it. Had they really gotten…? He pushed the scary memory back again, deep behind the beer fog he’d drunken himself into that night. Right now, he just didn’t have the willpower to deal with the bad decision he’d made.

  His beer came and he focused on his machine, pressing the maximum button as he took a sip from the red plastic cup. Three aces with a five and a seven. Now this was getting interesting.

  “Jayden!” A female voice called from a distance.

  He glanced around. A buckle bunny? He spotted Stormie Thompson. “Oh man.” It was her, his unlucky charm from February.

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  Randi Alexander is published with The Wild Rose Press Cowboy Kink line and with Cleis Press. When she’s not dreaming of, or writing about, kinky cowboys, she’s biking trails along remote rivers, snorkeling the Gulf of Mexico, or practicing her drumming in hopes of someday forming a tropical-rock band.

  Other Books by Randi Alexander

  Chase and Seduction - Country music superstar/actor Chase Tanner has yet to be denied anything—and he’s never wanted anything or anyone more than gorgeous screenplay writer Reno Linden. So when the film they are working on is finally finished, Chase decides to turn up the volume on seducing Reno.

  Reno Linden lived a quiet, rural life until she was thrust into the Hollywood scene when her book was adapted to film. Chase Tanner is larger than life, sinfully sexy and hell-bent on getting her into bed. Skittish after a failed wedding engagement, Reno risks the plunge into Chase’s arms, and is surprised that her good girl self can keep up with bad boy Chase.

  Though Chase returns to his cowboy roots often, and Reno cherishes the time spent with him on his ranch, the two find their careers pulling them in different directions. Will their attraction survive the glitz and stress of fame?

  Cowboy 6 Pack - Six Smokin’ Hot Cowboy Novels by Six of Today’s Hottest Cowboy Authors

  Cowboy Heat - Hell Yeah! Series, Book 1 by Sable Hunter – Aron McCoy has sworn off women - except for sex. When Libby Fontaine arrives at Aron's Tebow Ranch, she is determined to cram a lifetime of living into a few short months. The doctor has told her she can't count on her remission from leukemia being a permanent one. Their attraction to one another is instantaneous and overwhelming. But when Aron finds out Libby is innocent - he backs off. He has nothing to offer a girl who deserves white lace and promises. Then Aron catches Libby pleasuring herself in his stock tank and hears her cry out his name - and the heat is on.

  Cowboy Jackpot: Christmas - Cowboy Jackpot Series, Book 1 by Randi Alexander – Award Winning Novella. A lucky first kiss in front of a Las Vegas slot machine pays off big for bull rider Boone Hancock and college student Gigi Colberg-Staub. An intense attraction develops, they spend a hot night in each other’s arms, but a mistaken communication sends Gigi storming out of Boone’s life. He recognizes his deep feelings for her, but is it too late to win her back?

  Her Fated Cowboy - Harland County Series, Book 1 by Donna Michaels – Unruly cowboys and the women who tame them. Widower and software CEO, Cole McCall fills his days with computer codes and his free time working the family’s cattle ranch. Blaming himself for his wife’s death, he’s become hard and bitter. When L.A. cop Jordan Masters Ryan, his visiting former neighbor, sets out to delete the firewall around his heart, he discovers there’s no protection against the Jordan virus. Though she understands his pain and reawakens his soul, will it be enough for Cole to overcome his past and embrace their fated hearts?

  Ride Of Her Life - The Buckle Bunnies Series, Book 1 by Paige Tyler – This ride lasts a lot longer than eight seconds.

  Barrel rider Daisy Hollins has run into bronc riders Sawyer Jones and Beau Monroe quite a few times on the rodeo circuit. She’s flirted with them, but things have never gone any further than that. However, when she runs into the two hot cowboys in the hotel bar at the Rod
eo Finals in Las Vegas, there’s a different vibe in the air. When the flirting starts this time, it doesn't stop, and Daisy goes upstairs with both of them for a completely different kind of rodeo ride.

  Sex Ed Cowboy Style - Ugly Stick Saloon Series, Book 1 by Myla Jackson – Kendall's 21, legal and ready to be more than friends with cowboy Ed Judson. To get his attention, she asks him to show her what makes a cowboy hot. Ed promised Kendall's brother he'd keep an eye on his little sister. Ed's certain Sex Education lessons aren't what big brother had in mind. He struggles to keep his word, while giving Kendall what she wants—Sex Ed.

  Cowboy Up - The Sweet Shop Series, Book 1 by Melissa Schroeder – Linda Wheeler is back in her little hometown after leaving Dallas flat broke. Her only choice is to work on the dude ranch she co-owns with her old crush Nicodemus McCabe. Nic had always tried to ignore his attraction to Linda but it is getting harder by the minute. Fudge and shared erotic dreams dissolve the barriers, but will they be able to take a chance on love or will old prejudices and fears cause them to lose everything?

  Her Cowboy Stud - Trace McGonagall’s quiet life on his Houston stud ranch is shaken up when gorgeous Macy Veralta arrives to claim an inheritance left to her in his uncle’s will. Trace sees her as just another gold digger, but he also can’t resist her curvy body. When she hints at being the perfect submissive to his Dom, he has to have her.

  Macy wouldn’t have been three months late to claim her inheritance if she’d known Trace was sin in jeans. The cowboy’s dominant bearing and the smoldering glint in his eyes send shivers to her toes and stirs images of being bound in his bed and disciplined at his hand. But could Trace’s perfect seduction be part of his plan to reclaim her inheritance?

  Turn Up the Heat - During the filming of the reality show America’s Newest Chef, finalist Mackenzie Jarvis falls desperately in lust with actress Gina Volto. Mackenzie’s never been with a woman, and her strict Wyoming upbringing has her questioning whether she can loosen up enough to live out her fantasy.

  When Gina shows Mackenzie how sensual their nights could be, Mackenzie ignores her doubts for one wild weekend. Monday morning, she returns home to her ranch, her horses, and her busy career as the owner and chef of a restaurant. But a week later Gina shows up at Mackenzie’s home. She’s come to Wyoming-for Mackenzie.

  Gina teaches Mackenzie the sweet pleasures of loving a woman, the naughty sting of a whip, and the seductive submission of bondage. But Gina admits she wants more than just a few days. Can conservative, family-valued Mackenzie ignore the plans she’s made for her life, and find her future in the tender arms of a woman?

  Cowboy Bad Boys - Randi Alexander has created ten male/ female (M/F) erotic romances starring sexy cowboys and the ladies in their lives. Each story combines the heart-pounding heat you expect from Randi, as well as the touching romance she does so well. Randi’s stories take you from an early summer High Country Ride in the Rockies, to a dangerous buck off a rodeo bull with a Hard Headed Cowboy.

  Body Heat – When a rancher and his gorgeous passenger are buried in his truck under an avalanche, they discover a sensual way to keep warm.

  Breakfast in Bed – A ranch foreman devises a plan to keep his woman from bolting out of his bed every time they’re through making love.

  Hard Headed Cowboy – When a rodeo bull rider needs a lift, his sexy equipment sponsor makes him a proposition.

  High Country Ride – Fulfilling her father’s last wishes, a city girl hires a hot cowboy to guide her into the Rockies.

  Kill Me or Kiss Me – With her life in danger, an exotic dancer has to trust a sexy cattle rustler to keep her alive.

  No Way Out – The town sheriff and the beautiful bank president he’s been lusting after are cornered by a killer.

  Private Lessons – When her girlfriends buy her a mechanical bull lesson with a real bull rider, a college girl gets a sensual ride from her high school crush.

  Stubborn Redhead – The rancher’s woman left him because of rumors of his cheating, but what will it take to make her believe his innocence?

  Takin’ a Chance – A barrel racer has one last opportunity to seduce the sexy rodeo bullfighter she’s fallen for.

  Where We Left Off – In desperate need of help, a country veterinarian contacts the man she’d loved but booted out of her life years ago.

  Banging the Cowboy (short story in the Cowboy Lust anthology) - Every Saturday for a year, Annie Paris has lusted after Rafe McCord from behind her drumset on stage at the honky tonk. The Big Cowboy, they call him, and rumors say he likes it rough in the bedroom. The thought of banging him makes Annie’s pussy tingle and cream.

  But Rafe is a one-night-stand kind of guy, and Annie couldn’t handle seeing him every Saturday, knowing she’d already had her one night with him. That there’d be no more.

  Tonight, something’s different. Rafe doesn’t leave with a woman. And he’s been staring at Annie since he came in the door. At closing time, he sets his longneck on the bar, and swaggers toward her, his gaze locked on hers, his smile pure sexual invitation. Annie’s slit contracts and her nipples harden. Oh God, if he asks her to his house for a rough ride on his big, hard cock, where would she find the strength to say “no”?

  Double Her Fantasy - At a comic book convention, artist Megan Shore is amazed to find action movie hunk Garret McGatlin sharing the same elevator. Usually reclusive, she jumps on the rare opportunity and flirts shamelessly with the man who has starred in more than one of her sexy fantasies. He responds strong and seductive, and she agrees to meet him for a drink—in his suite. When she arrives, it's his rancher brother, Trey, who opens the door and unleashes Megan's cowboy fantasy. Both men pour on the charm, and she's uncertain which of them she desires more.

  The McGatlin brothers have shared many women, but Megan is an irresistible combination of brains, beauty, humor, and sensuality. They want her, need both of their cocks sliding deep inside her. Working together, they execute a potent seduction. When one hot night turns into an amazing week, the three-way relationship becomes emotionally charged. But some bad publicity sends a terrified Megan running, and Garret and Trey have to devise a way to make the headlines disappear. Can they pull off the impossible, or will they lose Megan forever?

  Coming Soon: Double Her Pleasure - the sequel to Double Her Fantasy

  FREE READ A Gentleman and a Cowboy - Storeowner Laci Monson can’t see that Finn Halliday is just the genuine cowboy she’s been looking for until he resorts to using borrowed duds to capture her attention. When things go wrong, will she be able to see the real man behind the clothes?

  *~*~*~*

  A Naughty Noelle

  The 19th Precinct, Book 1.5

  By Ann Bruce

  A Naughty Noelle

  The 19th Precinct, Book 1.5

  By Ann Bruce

  Two days to Christmas and Noelle Mason is in danger of becoming a New York City statistic when a walking cliché—tall, dark and unshaven—rushes in to rescue her. Thus, when he literally and painfully bumps into her just hours later, bleeding and with bad men chasing after him, she decides to return the favor.

  His cover blown by someone on the inside, Sergio Ramirez knows hospitals, the station house and even his home are off limits to him. As should be the woman determined to help him, but it’s snowing and cold outside, and Noelle’s so very willing to share her body heat and work with him to generate even more.

  Then the bad men catch up with him—and this time they have guns.

  Chapter One

  December 23

  Big, fat snowflakes drifted down from a gray, cloud-covered sky. Barely five o’clock and the sun had already settled for the night. The air was cold enough that the fluffy bits of ice didn’t melt when they landed on Noelle Mason’s unprotected head. Not that she noticed. Her eyes were staring dead ahead as she put one foot in front of the other, her footsteps sure and steady despite her lack of attention. Her ungloved hands were fisted and buried inside the pockets of her black
woolen pea coat. A long red scarf was wrapped loosely around her neck, keeping her skin warm from an external chill she couldn’t feel but knew was real.

  The scene she’d witnessed earlier dominated her thoughts, mercilessly replaying in an endless loop, leaving room for nothing else.

  A naked blonde with generous curves, on her knees, fellating the man who’d professed to love her, Noelle, and only her.

  God, she was such an idiot. No wonder Gil had tried so hard to persuade her to stay in Calgary for Christmas. Spend it with your family, sweetheart. I’m just going to work straight through to New Year’s.

  Ri-i-ight.

  She’d endured a four-and-a-half-hour flight to surprise him because she hadn’t wanted her workaholic fiancé to spend the holidays alone. Well, he’d apparently had the same idea. When she’d burst into the bedroom, it had actually taken Gil a good ten seconds to realize she’d been standing in the doorway, frozen in shock. Gil had choked out her name, his voice comically high-pitched. The blonde, too engrossed with what she was doing, hadn’t looked up.

  With only escape in mind, Noelle had backed out of the room, raced down the stairs and burst through the front door, leaving behind her suitcase.

  Now, she numbly wondered if there was anything in the suitcase she wouldn’t be able to do without. There was nothing in there that couldn’t be replaced. They were just—

  The scarf suddenly tightened around her throat, cutting off her air and sharply jerking her sideways into an alley with head-spinning speed. Noelle was too stunned to do more than mentally berate herself for walking the streets of New York aimlessly after sundown and grapple with her scarf, desperately trying to loosen it.