SYNOPSIS:
Courtney Will always
dreamed of finding her Prince Charming and living happily ever after,
like in the fairy tales she read as a child. Her dreams were
shattered one fateful night when her prince turned out to be her
worst nightmare. Burying herself in her job as an editor, Courtney
tried to forget her past, and she lost hope of ever finding true
love.
Reed Moore’s past filled
his world with guilt and anger, and then a mistake in college
deepened these feelings. Fearing he will one day repeat his father’s
mistakes with the woman he loves, Reed has vowed to never give his
heart to anyone.
Reed and Courtney have
each spent years building walls to guard their hearts, so when their
feelings for one another explode into something unexpected, they
argue and throw hurtful words at each other in hopes of avoiding the
truth.
Will Reed end up being the
Prince Charming Courtney has dreamed of her entire life? Is Courtney
the woman who will help Reed move past the guilt and anger, so he can
embrace love?
Can their broken dreams
become their happily ever after?
Excerpt
Just then, Reed came flying out the
back door. “Motherfucking son of a bitch. I’m going to kill him!”
he yelled as he made his way to the ranch truck.
I jumped up and wiped the tears away.
“Whit, did Layton tell Reed?” I asked as I saw Reed picking up
the pace when he started jogging to the ranch truck. I took off after
him.
“Um…”
“Whit!”
“Okay, well, he called Reed and told
him to go fire Mitch,” Whitley said in a panicked voice.
“What? Oh my God! Okay…well,
listen, sweetheart, everything will be fine here! Enjoy your
honeymoon.”
“Wait! What? You can’t just end a
call like that, Courtney.”
After running and catching up, I stood
in front of the ranch truck. “Yeah, I can. I’ve got to go. Reed
seems really pissed.”
I hung up the phone and ran around to
the passenger side of the truck. I jumped in, and Reed hit the gas,
throwing me back into the seat.
“Jesus, Reed. Where in the hell are
you going?” I asked as I desperately tried to get the seat belt on.
I glanced at Reed while he was mumbling
something about killing Mitch for hurting me.
“Uh…Reed, can you put on your seat
belt?” I asked.
He snapped his head over to me. “What?”
He shook his head and pushed down on the gas.
I sat back and closed my eyes. Shit,
shit, shit! I shouldn’t have said anything. How stupid of me to
think that Layton wouldn’t tell Reed.
Layton had been looking for an excuse
to get rid of Mitch ever since he found out that Mitch had been in
contact with Layton’s father all those years and never told him.
By the time we pulled up to Mitch’s
place, my heart was beating a mile a minute. There was a Nissan
parked next to Mitch’s truck.
That must be her car.
“Fucking son of a bitch,” Reed
said.
I grabbed his arm. “Reed, please
don’t do this.”
He turned to look at me, and his eyes
were filled with tears. I sucked in a breath of air and let go of his
arm.
“He hurt you, Courtney. I really wish
you had told me last night. Now, stay in the truck, Court.”
He jumped out and took off. Before he
made it onto the porch, Mitch came out.
“Oh shit,” I whispered.
Mitch smiled at Reed and then looked at
me in the truck. “You get what you wished for last night?” Mitch
asked.
Wait, what in the hell does he mean
by that?
“You motherfucker,” Reed said as he
walked up to Mitch and punched the hell out of him.
I screamed and jumped out of the truck.
By the time I made it to the porch, Reed was on top of Mitch, beating
the shit out of him. Karen came running out, yelling for Reed to
stop. She came to a halt when she saw me. She put her hand up to her
mouth and then looked back at Reed on top of Mitch. I couldn’t
move. A part of me wanted Reed to beat the hell out of Mitch, and the
other part wanted him to stop.
AUTHOR BIO:
Who
is Kelly Elliott?
Really
I'm just a wife to a wonderful Texas cowboy who has a nack for making
me laugh almost daily and supports my crazy ideas and dreams for some
unknown reason...he claims it's because he loves me.....so I'll just
go with that one!
I'm also a mom to an amazing daughter who
constantly is asking me to make her something to eat while she has
her fingers moving like mad on her cell phone sending out what I'm
sure is another very important text message!
Oh...and I like
to sit down and write in my spare time!
I live in the Texas
hill country and one of my favorite things to do is go for hikes
around our property with my second favorite man, Gus....my chocolate
lab and my sweet girl Rose, our golden retriever. When I'm not
outside helping the hubby haul brush or move rocks or whatever fun
chore he has in store for me that day, you will find me inside
reading, writing or watching HGTV and soaking in a nice hot bubble
bath.....yeah that last one I just made up but it sure does sound
nice!!!
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