Claim Me Cowbear (Curvy Bear B&B Book 2)
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Her fingers trembled as he slid the ring onto her finger. The moment it slipped into place, she rushed forward to hug him. He stood and twirled her around in a circle. After setting her down, he cradled her head in his hands and gave her a searing kiss. As she melted against him, her heart burst with joy. When he finally broke away, she gasped for breath.
“Oh, there’s one more thing,” he said.
“I don’t need anything else,” she said. “As long as I have you, I have everything I could ever want.”
“I love you so much,” he murmured before capturing her lips again. The slow slide of his tongue across the seam of her mouth sent quivering tendrils of heat straight to her sex. She leaned into him, luxuriating in their passion.
“I love you too,” she whispered.
“I have something else for you,” he said.
“Mmm… is it in your pants?” she asked in a seductive tone.
“No,” he laughed. “It’s too big to fit in my pants.”
“I don’t know… you’ve managed to stuff something else in there that I didn’t think would fit.”
“Since when did you get so dirty?” he grinned.
“You bring it out of me.”
“And I’m a happier man for it.” He pulled a keyring out of his back pocket. A single key slid around the loop. “Now before I tell you what this goes to, I want you to know that if you don’t like it, we can pick a different one. I just wanted to surprise you.” He handed her the key.
“What does it unlock?” she asked.
“The front door of our new ranch.”
“What?” she gasped.
“I finally figured out what I want to do with my life. I want to be a cowboy.”
“Oh my God, you bought us a house?” Flabbergasted, she could only look from the keyring to him and back.
“It’s actually across the lake from the Curvy Bear B&B,” he said. “I love the lake and it’s where we met, so it seemed like the perfect place to settle down and have a family.”
Tears flooded her eyes, and this time she couldn’t hold them back. She choked out a sob.
“Honey, what’s wrong? We don’t have to move there if you don’t like it.” He wrapped her in a warm embrace. “I can buy us something else, or we could live in your house.”
“No, it’s not that,” she sniffed. “I just can’t believe I’m going to have my own family.”
After being bounced through the foster care system, she’d felt completely alone her entire life. But now she’d never feel the crushing weight of loneliness again. She tried to smile, but hiccupped instead.
“Honey, you’re my family,” he said. “And I swear that I’ll do everything in my power to make you the happiest woman alive.”
As she leaned back to look up at him, he wiped tears from her cheeks.
“I love you so much,” she said.
“I love you too.” He sealed his promise of everlasting love with a kiss. “Now, are you ready to get out of the cold and go see our ranch?”
“Yes.” She took his hand, and together they strolled down the snowy path through the woods toward a lifetime of love.
~ The End ~
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~ ~ Don’t Miss the Other Books in the Curvy Bear Ranch Collection ~ ~
The Cowbear’s Secret Christmas Baby (Curvy Bear Ranch, Book 1)
The Cowbear’s Curvy Christmas (Curvy Bear Ranch, Book 2)
The Cowbear’s Christmas Shotgun Wedding (Curvy Bear Ranch, Book 3)
The Cowbear’s Christmas Bride (Curvy Bear Ranch, Book 4)
The Cowbear’s Curvy Valentine (Curvy Bear Ranch, Book 5)
The Cowbear’s Mail Order Valentine (Curvy Bear Ranch, Book 6)
The Cowbear’s Summer of Love (Curvy Bear Ranch, Book 7)
The Cowbear’s Secret Christmas Baby (Curvy Bear Ranch, Book 1)
Sexy cowboy Brady Grant belongs in Rachel’s past. But after a final round of chemotherapy fails to cure her son’s leukemia, she’s forced to hunt down the man who broke her heart. Her only hope of saving her son is to convince his father to undergo a dangerous operation. But before she can ask for his help, she must reveal the secret she’s been hiding for four years. Brady’s stunned by Rachel’s deception, but he can’t contain his bear’s carnal response to the BBW’s seductive curves. While he struggles to forgive her secret, he must risk his own life to save his son’s.
Excerpt
Rachel whispered, “You should go.”
When he didn’t immediately respond, butterflies beat furiously in her belly. His breath came fast and hard. His eyes glimmered with unspoken desire. Close enough to see the wash of stubble on his cheeks, she flicked her tongue out to wet her lips and, in doing so, made a huge mistake.
In an instant, Brady wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her to him. His lips slashed across hers in a demanding kiss that stole her breath. Even if she’d wanted to fight him, she couldn’t. She knew, without a doubt, that she’d awakened the beast lurking inside him—his bear.
His tongue slid between hers, eliciting a gasp from deep within her chest. All thoughts of fighting him vanished as he claimed her mouth. She wrapped her arms around his neck and drew him down to deepen the kiss. It had been so long since she’d kissed someone that the overwhelming rush of pleasure made her half-faint with wanton need.
He broke away long enough to gasp. “Which room?”
“Two-fifteen.”
He scooped her into his arms as if she were lighter than a feather. When they reached the door, she yanked the keycard out of her jeans and jammed it into the lock. The second it clicked open, he kicked the door with his boot. He carried her inside and kicked the door closed behind him.
She couldn’t look at anything but the twin dark pools of desire in his eyes. The pure, masculine scent of erotic need rolled off of him in waves. She inhaled deeply, drawing in his essence.
After setting her down, he cupped her face with his palms. “If you want me to stop…”
She shook her head, unable to make her lips move. This was crazy, but she couldn’t think about the consequences now. She needed him, wanted him, and wouldn’t stop until she had him.
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