In Victoria Vane’s second Hot Cowboy Nights
book, ROUGH RIDER, readers’ hearts may in fact soften to the rough
and bitter Dirk Knowlton they met in Hot Cowboy Nights #1, Slow Hand.
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DIRK KNOWLTON ON TOUR – Second Chances
From ROUGH RIDER by Victoria Vane
Janice reached for the door.
“Wait,” he said, his hand coming over hers. “There’s
something more I gotta say. I was afraid I might not get another
chance.”
She turned to face him, leaning back against the door, arms crossed
over her chest. “Whatever it is had better be damned good.”
“What you asked me in the bunkhouse…I want my old life back. But
I know I can’t have it. I know there’s no going back.”
“No,” she whispered. “There’s no going back. Too many things
have changed. We’ve changed.”
He rubbed the back of his neck and exhaled. “I don’t know how to
go about this. I don’t know what you want from me, or how to give
it to you. I’m fucking clueless, Red, don’t you see? You have no
idea what you’d be getting into.” He was trying to warn her off
again but at the same time a flicker of hope seemed to light in his
eyes.
“Maybe I know better than you think,” she challenged.
She knew that if they got further involved, their entire relationship
would have to be rebuilt on a completely different foundation from
what they’d had before. But she was prepared for that.
“This has happened so damned fast. You gotta give me a little time
to learn the game. I don’t even know the rules.”
“I don’t know all the rules either.”
He reached out for her hand and pulled her in close. “I don’t
want you to go. Do you think we can maybe just try playing this thing
by ear?”
He looked so uncertain, so vulnerable.
She instantly relaxed against him. “Yeah,” she replied. “I
think we could maybe try that.”
He brushed his lips brusquely over hers. “You deserve a lot better
than me, Red. I can’t promise you I’ll be worth it, but I’ll
damn sure try.”
Rough
Rider
By
Victoria Vane
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Contemporary Western Romance
February 3, 2015
ISBN: 9781492601159
Two wary hearts …
Janice Combes has two loves, bucking bulls and
Dirk Knowlton. But Dirk only has eyes for a dazzling rodeo queen. How
can Janice ever compete while mired ankle-deep in manure? Exchanging
playful banter with Dirk is all Janice can expect—until the stormy
night he knocks on her door dripping wet and needing a place to
crash.
Different Dreams…
Dirk Knowlton is living the cowboy dream. Life
should be good—roping, branding, backing broncs, riding bulls, but
there's a void he can't seem to fill. After getting hung up by a
bull, he wonders if this is really the life he wants. Restless and
rebellious, he bolts…but there’s a certain cowgirl he can’t
forget.
When a battle-scarred Dirk returns to his
Montana ranch he's determined to hang on at any cost. Janice has come
back home to lick her own wounds. When old dreams turn to dust, can
two wary hearts take another chance on love?
Praise for Slow Hand by
Victoria Vane:
“A “red-hot cowboy tale...their sexual
chemistry crackles. Well-paced, scorching scenes and witty banter
move the story along while setting the stage for Wade’s war-hero
brother to find his own true love in the next installment.” –
Publishers Weekly
“SLOW HAND by Victoria Vane is delightful,
funny, page turning steamy sexy… I'm beginning to think Victoria
could write a phone book and make it sexy.” – Unwrapping
Romance
“PULL THE FIRE ALARM & STOCK UP ON FIRE
EXTINGUISHERS FOR THIS STEAMY ROMANCE!” – Avon Romance
Victoria Vane is a multiple
award-winning romance novelist and history junkie whose collective
works of fiction range from wildly comedic romps to emotionally
compelling erotic romance. Victoria also writes historical fiction as
Emery Lee and is the founder of Goodreads Romantic Historical Fiction
Lovers and the Romantic Historical Lovers book review blog.
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