The Stagecoach Bride

by Stephannie Beman

  “Because she had eyes only for me,” Jeremiah said, kissing her on the cheek. “She’s the most wonderful, thoughtful sister-in-law there is.”

  “I told you what she did to that man, Jere. You’d better keep your hands to yourself or you won’t have anything to share with your future wife.”

  “Now, Jeremiah, you know I only have eyes for Mic, but one of these days, we’ll get you a wife, and we’ll do it without you having to sneak up behind her and scare her.” She waited until he was standing steady. “Where do you want to go?”

  Jeremiah frowned, looking confused by the question. “Go?”

  Mic’s chuckle turned into a full belly laugh. “He wasn’t going anywhere. He was trying to prove that he didn’t need anyone to help him.”

  She sighed. “But you do need help. You were floundering around like a fish out of water just now.”

  “Was not,” Jeremiah said, stepping away from her with an indignant glare, ruining it when he stumbled against the table. “Dagnabit!”

  “I stand corrected. You’re more like a drunk bear.” Though she tried to sound serious, she burst out laughing and patted him on the shoulder. “Are you going to make me get the skillet or will you get back into bed and heal?”

  He glared at her. “I’ll have you know, I’ve been taking care of myself longer then you’ve been alive and I’ll go to bed when I please,” he glared at Mic, “and get up when I please. And when it pleases me to... Forget it, my leg is killing me.”

  Shaking his head, Mic strode across the room and grabbed his brother around the waist and laid his arm over his shoulder. “I’d hate to be a woman who gets in a fight with you. She’d not know if she was coming or going.”

  “Well,” she began, “if I get a chance to talk to her, I’ll tell her how to handle him.”

  She walked up to Mic, and making sure Jeremiah didn’t see it, she rubbed Mic’s behind then winked at him when he looked at her. She couldn’t help it. Every time she looked at her husband, he only got more attractive, and it was much too fun to see how far she could push him before he caved and made love to her.

  Mic grinned at her and winked.

  “Oh, please don’t. I can’t handle weeks trapped with you two giving each other those looks.” Jeremiah groaned, though his arm was thrown over his face and she doubted he’d seen anything.

  “If we leave you alone, do you promise to be good and stay in bed?” she asked him as she stepped closer to Mic so that her breasts pressed against his arm.

  “If it will get you two to stop, I swear that only a fire or the need for an outhouse will get me out of this bed.”

  “Well, that sounds reasonable to me,” she relented and took a step away from Mic. “And if nothing else, the sooner you heal, the sooner you can get back to doing whatever it is you do when you’re not here.”

  Mic grabbed her hand and pulled her from the house before Jeremiah could say anything. They moved quickly toward the path leading to the lake.

  She giggled as they rounded a bend in the path and hurried along with him, glad that they were finally alone. “You’re not going to take advantage of me out here, are you?” she asked, hoping he would.

  “You don’t have a hairpin in your pocket, do you?”

  Stopping him when they reached the lake, she wrapped her arms around his waist and kissed him, wiggling her body against his. “There’s nothing in my pockets. You’re perfectly safe.” Unable to resist teasing him, she shot him a seductive smile and brought her hand to the bulge in his pants and stroked it. “Alright. I lied. While I don’t have any hairpins on me, the truth is you’re in grave danger. I fully intend to have my way with you. And there’s no one around to protect you.” She unbuttoned his pants and slid her hand in so she could feel his bare skin. “I’m afraid you’re at my mercy.”

  With a smile, he challenged, “Do your worst.”

  “Oh, I will.” And without a single complaint from him, she proceeded to follow through on her promise.

  List of Romance Books by Ruth Ann Nordin

  Marriage By Scandal (Regencies)

  The Earl’s Inconvenient Wife

  A Most Unsuitable Earl

  His Reluctant Lady

  The Earl’s Scandalous Wife

  Standalone Regencies

  Her Counterfeit Husband

  Nebraska Historical Romance Series

  Her Heart’s Desire

  A Bride for Tom

  A Husband for Margaret

  Eye of the Beholder

  The Wrong Husband

  Shotgun Groom

  To Have and To Hold

  His Redeeming Bride

  Isaac’s Decision

  Second Chances Series (historical westerns)

  Kent Ashton’s Backstory (Prequel to Catching Kent)

  Catching Kent

  South Dakota Historical Romances

  Loving Eliza

  Bid for a Bride

  Bride of Second Chances

  Montana Historical Romances

  Mitch’s Win

  Boaz’s Wager (coming soon)

  Native American Romance Series (historical)

  Restoring Hope

  Brave Beginnings

  Bound by Honor, Bound by Love

  A Chance In Time (novella) – main characters show up in Restoring Hope and Bound by Honor, Bound by Love)

  Virginia Historical Romance Series

  An Unlikely Place for Love

  The Cold Wife

  An Inconvenient Marriage

  Romancing Adrienne

  Other Historical Western Romances

  Falling In Love With Her Husband

  Meant To Be

  Omaha Contemporary Romances

  With This Ring, I Thee Dread

  What Nathan Wants

  Florida Contemporary Romances

  Substitute Bride

  Across the Stars Series

  Suddenly a Bride

  Runaway Bride

  His Abducted Bride

  Co-Authored Books

  Wild Hearts Series

  The Stagecoach Bride by Ruth Ann Nordin and Stephannie Beman

  Romance Anthology Collection

  Bride by Arrangement by Ruth Ann Nordin and Janet Syas Nitsick

  List of Books by Stephannie Beman

  Children of Khaos Series

  An Angel in Tartarus

  Loving the Goddess of Love

  Love is Blind

  My Lord Hades

  Persephone (sex free version of My Lord Hades)

  Descendants of Edyn Series

  Keeping Mhairi

  Loving Khyrsolia

  Co-Authored Books

  Wild Hearts Series

  The Stagecoach Bride by Ruth Ann Nordin and Stephannie Beman

  Coming Soon in the Wild Hearts Series