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A deal with a devilishly sexy cowboy…
Self-help guru Bethany Grace has returned home to clean up the now-decrepit family ranch after her father's death. Rather than just set the whole place ablaze (her first choice), she settles for a nice symbolic little blaze outside…until things get out of hand!
Cowboy Nash Bledsoe is working at the Last Chance Ranch next door when he sees the smoke. Bethany is the last person he expects—or wants—to see. How can he explain that she's indirectly responsible for ruining his life?
Still, there's an opportunity for Nash to buy the ranch if he can help restore it, and the two strike a deal. But there's a whole lot of chemistry in the fine print, and Nash is about to discover that where there's smoke, there's fire!
- Sales Rank: #301746 in eBooks
- Published on: 2013-06-01
- Released on: 2013-06-01
- Format: Kindle eBook
About the Author
New York Times bestselling author Vicki Lewis Thompson’s love affair with cowboys started with the Lone Ranger, continued through Maverick and took a turn south of the border with Zorro. Fortunately for her, she lives in the Arizona desert, where broad-shouldered, lean-hipped cowboys abound. Visit her website at www.vickilewisthompson.com.
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
When it came to mental health, Nash Bledsoe vastly preferred shoveling shit to lying on a therapist's couch. His newly minted ex-wife, Lindsay, felt differently and had told him numerous times he needed a shrink. But his final divorce papers had arrived from Sacramento late yesterday afternoon, and Lindsay no longer had any say-so about how he dealt with his emotions.
Now that they were officially divorced, he'd never again have to hear Lindsay quote her favorite self-help guru, Bethany Grace: Happiness Is a Choice. He shuddered. God, how he'd come to hate that phrase.
Well, damn it, today he chose to be mad as hell. And mucking out stalls was both productive and therapeutic. He wouldn't deny that he had plenty of issues, but fortunately the Last Chance barn had plenty of stalls.
"Better slow down before you hurt yourself, son."
Nash glanced up in midshovel. Emmett Sterling, the Last Chance's foreman, leaned in the doorway of the stall and chewed absently on a piece of straw. The guy looked more like a veteran cowboy than anyone Nash knew. Although he was past sixty, he had the lean body of a man much younger. His graying mustache gave him an Old West look that suited him.
"The exercise feels good," Nash said.
"I expect it does. Heard about the divorce papers arriving."
"Yep. I'm officially a free man." He didn't pretend to be surprised that Emmett knew. His mail was delivered to the bunkhouse, and his buddy Luke Griffin had been there when he'd opened the thick envelope.
Luke had worked at the Sacramento riding stables owned by Nash and Lindsay, but he'd lost his taste for the job when Nash had left. So Nash had put in a good word for him here at the Last Chance and Luke had hired on a couple months after Nash had. Last night Luke had joined him in polishing off a bottle of Wild Turkey, and several of the other hands had produced some twelve-packs and turned it into a party.
The divorce papers hadn't been a surprise. Lindsay had filed almost a year ago, and Nash had spent some time and money trying to get a fair shake. Turned out to have been a waste, and seeing the settlement spelled out in black and white had brought back all his suppressed rage. He tossed the shovelful of manure into the wheelbarrow and went back for more.
"I remember being as angry as you are right now. It'll pass," Emmett said.
Nash dumped more manure into the wheelbarrow. "Especially if I keep shoveling." He'd forgotten that Emmett's wife had divorced him twenty-some years ago. Now Emmett was seeing Pam Mulholland, who owned a bed-and-breakfast on the main road into town.
Pam was part of the Chance family through her late sister, Nicole O'Leary, mother of Nick Chance. A wealthy divorcee with no children, Pam had moved to the Jackson Hole area to be near her nephew. And she'd soon fallen head over heels for Emmett Sterling.
But Emmett was dragging his feet about marrying her because she was loaded and Emmett was not. Nash could relate. Lindsay's money had been a ticking time bomb—one he'd foolishly deemed unimportant when he'd asked her to share his life.
"I hate to interfere with your plan to work until you drop," Emmett said, "but one of the hands spotted a column of smoke over at the Triple G. I need someone to check it out, and I'm afraid you're nominated."
"Glad to." Nash was grateful to have a job and was committed to doing anything the foreman asked of him. He laid the shovel across the load in the wheelbarrow. "Just leave me some stalls to muck out, okay?"
"That can be arranged."
Emmett and Nash walked out of the barn, their booted feet making hollow sounds on the wooden floor. "It's bad enough that Hank Grace had to drink himself to death," Emmett said. "I hate to think of someone trespassing and starting a fire because nobody's around to stop them."
"Nobody's there?"
"Far as I know. Hank sold off the animals months ago. From what I heard, he abandoned the place and checked himself into a hospital in Jackson. Died there a week ago. Don't know what's supposed to happen with the property."
Nash had been gone long enough that his memory was cloudy when it came to some of the residents of this area. "Wasn't there a daughter?" He vaguely remembered that she'd been several years behind him in school.
"Yeah, but she turned into a city girl and wasn't around much. I doubt she's the one lighting a fire over there. Doesn't fit. Could be kids having a campout, but it's still trespassing, and I never like seeing unexplained smoke. Untended fires can spread." Emmett handed Nash a set of keys. "Take the Ford F-150. There's a fire extinguisher behind the seat. I'd rather not bring the sheriff into it if we don't have to, but you have your cell phone, right?"
"Yes."
"Call the law or the fire department if you can't handle it, but I'm hoping it's nothing too drastic."
"Probably isn't. School's out. Stuff happens."
"That's my thought. Thanks, Nash."
"You're welcome. See you soon." Nash tugged his hat a little lower over his eyes to block the glare of the bright June sunshine. He could see the smoke rising about five miles away.
Maybe this break would help rid his mind of depressing thoughts. He'd failed to create a happy marriage, and he wasn't used to failure. But at least his family and friends hadn't witnessed the debacle firsthand. He'd grown up in Jackson Hole, but he'd spent the past ten years in Sacramento, nine of them married to Lindsay.
He should have known when she'd asked him to sign a prenup nine years ago that no matter how hard he worked, he would never have been considered an equal partner in that riding stable. Her parents had constantly reminded him that they'd bankrolled the business and bought Nash and Lindsay a home, to boot.
Lindsay had never called them on that, either, and his relationship with her had started unraveling after the first year. Good thing his old friend Jack Chance had given him a job last fall. Nash had literally come out of the marriage with nothing but his truck, which needed a valve job.
He'd put that off because he seldom drove anywhere on personal business and he had use of the ranch vehicles when Emmett needed something done, like now. Food and lodging were part of the job. That allowed Nash to invest most of his salary, and thanks to a good financial adviser in Jackson, his savings were growing nicely. Eventually he'd have enough for a down payment on his own place.
The tan ranch truck was parked near the two-story main house. As he walked the short distance, he rolled his shoulders to ease the tension that had settled the moment he'd opened the envelope from Sacramento. He hated to think his life was spiraling downward, but sometimes it felt that way, especially when he compared his situation to Jack Chance's.
Jack was technically his boss, although he would never pull rank. They'd been friends since high school, where they'd been in the same graduating class and had played on the same football team. But now their situations were totally different.
Jack's dad had died several years ago in a rollover, leaving his three sons and his wife as joint owners of this valuable operation. The Last Chance bred paints and trained them as cutting horses. As the oldest son, Jack ran the daily operation in partnership with his mother, Sarah. Middle brother Nick was a vet with his own practice, but he made sure all the animals on the ranch stayed healthy. Gabe was the competitor who rode the Last Chance horses and showcased the ones offered for sale.
Sarah and her fiance, Pete Beckett, lived in the main house, but each of the sons had staked out a parcel of ranch land and had built homes for themselves and their wives. No doubt about it—the Chance brothers had been blessed with good fortune. Nash didn't begrudge them any of it, but he longed for that kind of financial and emotional stability.
He was working to build up a nest egg now, but finding the right person to love would have to come later. He wasn't about to hook up with a woman until he had resources. He'd learned his lesson on that score. He'd already made one big mistake, and he wasn't planning to make another.
Climbing into the dusty ranch truck, he started the engine and backed the vehicle around. The long and tortuous dirt road that connected the ranch to a paved two-lane highway was always a challenge, but at least today it was dry. Jack's dad had deliberately left the road unpaved to discourage trespassers, and his sons had decided to honor that tradition.
A little bit of grading wouldn't hurt, though, Nash thought as the truck bounced over the hardened ruts. The ranch had a tractor and a blade, but apparently using it on the road would be considered sacrilegious. Nash wondered how often Jack had to replace the shocks in his trucks because of these ruts.
After a bone-jolting drive, Nash reached the two upright poles and massive crossbeam that marked the entrance to the Last Chance. To the left, about ten miles away, was the little town of Shoshone. It supplied many of the basics, like food, gas and a great bar, the Spirits and Spurs, owned by Jack's wife, Josie. But for anything fancy, people had to drive nearly an hour into the city of Jackson.
Nash took a right toward the Triple G, a much smaller spread than the Last Chance. As Nash recalled, the Graces had kept to themselves—not a common thing around here, but it happened. Not all country folk were social.
Grace. He'd likely always cringe when he heard that last name now. His marriage had probably been doomed from the first day, since Lindsay's wealthy parents had never approved of him. But when Lindsay had started reading those motivational books by Bethany Grace, the game had changed dramatically. She'd used Bethany Grace's mantra, Happiness Is a Choice, as a response to every fight they'd had.
When Lindsay had insisted he read the then-current bestseller, Living with Grace, he'd done his best. He'd made it through twenty pages. The woman obviously lived in a bubble and knew nothing about actual relationships. But Lindsay thought Bethany Grace was a genius and that Happiness Is a Choice solved every issue.
Meanwhile Lindsay had consistently ignored his input regarding the business and had reminded him in many subtle ways that because she had the money, he was little more than a stable boy. It had been death by a thousand cuts. And the more angry and miserable he'd become, the more often she'd chirped that mantra: Happiness Is a Choice.
He was so lost in thought that he nearly missed the turnoff to the Triple G. The weathered sign was small and low to the ground. At the last minute he noticed it and took the turn too fast. He sent up a rooster tail of dust and avoided taking out the pathetic little sign by inches. A good thing, too. His mission involved protecting property, not destroying it.
If he'd thought the Last Chance road was poorly maintained, it was a superhighway compared to this collection of potholes. He slowed down in an effort to save the truck's alignment. Any teenage trespassers who'd braved this road might be sorry when the deep ruts did a number on their precious first car, or worse yet, screwed up the family SUV.
Because he had to concentrate on the miserable road in front of him, he couldn't take stock of what was causing the smoke. The stench reached him long before he arrived on the scene. Finally he pulled into the weed-infested clearing surrounded by a collection of dilapidated buildings that made up the Triple G Ranch. Then he put on the brakes and stared.
In the bare dirt area that constituted the ranch's front yard, a leather recliner was on fire. Even more curious, a dark-haired woman dressed in heels, a short beige skirt and a matching jacket stood watching it, butane lighter in hand. She seemed to be the only person around, and was most likely the citified daughter.
A red SUV was parked beside the house, a fairly safe distance from the blazing chair unless a spark caught the weeds on fire. If Nash were to guess, he'd say she'd arrived in that vehicle, but he couldn't imagine her motivation for setting the chair on fire.
That had to be deliberate. And difficult. Those chairs were usually treated with flame retardants, which explained the god-awful smell. Gasoline had probably been involved. Sure enough, he spotted a can lying about twenty feet away from her.
She gave him a cursory glance before returning her attention to the chair. The flames had died down, leaving a blackened, smoldering mess. She seemed to have it in for the chair, but if she intended to destroy it completely, she'd have to douse it with more gasoline and relight the fire or run over it with that shiny red SUV. Both options made Nash wince.
He decided to intervene before she proceeded to do either of those things. Emmett had asked him to check things out, so he'd do that. In the process he hoped to satisfy his curiosity, because this recliner-torching was the damnedest thing he'd ever seen and he wanted to know the reason behind it.
Climbing out of the truck, he tried not to breathe too deeply. No telling what toxic crap was in that smoke. She should smother the fire for environmental reasons, if nothing else.
At the metallic sound of the truck door closing, she looked at him again. This time she held his gaze as he walked toward her. She'd seemed pulled-together and neat at first, but the closer he came, the more that impression shifted.
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[BOOK REVIEW] I Cross my Heart (Sons of Chance # 10)
By Lila @Someone Else's Stories
My view
This is not my first rodeo at the Last Chance Ranch and once again the author did not disappoint. As is her style, this book can be read as a stand alone with enough information to learn about other characters, but without the need to read other books in the series to have a better understanding of the current book events.
The relationship between Nash and Bethany is steamy from the beginning (no pun intended). Both characters are lovable and worth the time. Their relationship was initiated by Bethany, but Nash takes control of the situation within the minute and leads them to the start of a simple, but great relationship.
We have the opportunity to see a lot of the characters from other books take part of this installment. My only complain is related to Bethany's mentor. The character was not well develop and felt as taken directly from current social media. Therefore, making the book ending not as unique as it could had been.
What I liked the most
I love the interactions between Bethany and Nash. They worked great together.
I wanted more of
I wanted a different ending for the book. Maybe a little more original.
Who should read it
Anyone looking for a good cowboy story could read this book without the need to read any previous one in the series.
Rate
4 out of 5
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Sweet romance with a nice twist on the self-help book
By Kathy Davie
Tenth in the Sons of Chance western romance. The couple focus is on Bethany Grace and Nash Bledsoe and set near Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
My Take
It's a sweet romance with little depth or tension, making this an easy and cozy read; a cute story with a nice twist on the self-help book. Well, nice for the reader; not so nice for Nash. Although he did eventually got the best end of the deal.
I did enjoy this. It's such a positive statement by both protagonists as they each heal, and their lives evolve to encompass what each of them truly wants. An excellent example of changing the life patterns one grows up with. It certainly helped that they are surrounded by supportive and loving people.
"Your books made my life a living hell."
It's a perversion of what Bethany's books are about, and I do like that Bethany recognized and explained how wrong Lindsay was.
It was sweet that Nash brought up the coercion aspects of sex and sale after Bethany brought up the same viewpoint, although from a different angle. It did however smack too much of too angelic a stance. It does present both characters as very decent people.
The Story
It's Bethany's need to purge her anger at her father that brings Nash running to the Triple G ranch where Nash discovers she's the author of so much of his unhappiness.
All Bethany wants to do is get rid of the ranch, but it's sorry state could have a negative impact on her own reputation. But exposing that same sorry state to a contractor who might talk...well, that could be disastrous as well.
Lucky for her that Nash is so intent on building up his own nest egg.
The Characters
Bethany Grace is a self-help guru forced to come home and deal with the family ranch when her chronically unhappy father, Hank Grace, drank himself to death. Opal Knightly (a thin disguise for Oprah) is the host of a popular TV talk show and Bethany's friend with the opportunity of a lifetime.
Nash Bledsoe (he appeared in the epilogue of Feels Like Home (Sons of Chance, 9)) has found refuge at Last Chance and much prefers shoveling manure to sitting on a therapist's couch shoveling it metaphysically. Lindsay is his rich ex-wife who never hesitated to shovel home that she's the one with the money. I am so hoping that Thompson does another story with Lindsay getting her just desert! What a cow! His mom, Lucy, runs the Lickity Split, an ice cream parlor, and last fall she married Ronald Hutchinson, owner of the Shoshone Feed Store. Nash's sister, Katrina, is engaged to Langford "Hutch" Hutchinson, Jack's and Nash's friend in high school.
Jack Chance (his wife, Josie, owns the Spirits and Spurs, a bar in Shoshone), his brothers, Nicholas (married to Dominique) and Gabe (his wife, Morgan, is a realtor), and their mother, Sarah Chance (she's engaged to Pete Beckett), own the ranch (Jonathan died a few years ago). Jack runs the ranch while Nick is a vet with his own practice, and Gabe competes in the arena, riding Last Chance horses, showcasing the ones that are for sale.
Emmett Sterling is the Last Chance foreman; he's seeing Pam Mulholland, who owns a B&B. Pam is Nicole O'Leary's sister and moved to Jackson Hole to be near her nephew. Emily is Emmett's daughter and training to take over from her dad when he retires; she's married to Clay. Luke Griffin is Nash's friend and used to work for Nash and Lindsey at their Sacramento riding stables. Now he works as a ranch hand along with Jeb and Danny. Mary Lou Sims is the Last Chance cook; last summer she married Watkins, one of the ranch hands.
The Last Chance Youth Program
The program is Pete's idea, a second chance for kids from troubled situations. Eddie and Ace are two of the eight boys.
The runaway wife, Diana, married again and had two more sons: Wyatt and Rafe of whom Jack's recently learned. And pulled into the family. Wyatt owns an adventure trekking company and is married to Olivia. Rafe is engaged to Meg.
Naomi Perkins has applied for a grant to observe eagles and their chicks---the set-up for Wild at Heart (Sons of Chance, 11).
Real News 24/7 is a rumor-mongering TV show intrigued by the rumors of the famous Bethany Grace's father dying alone and in poverty.
Nicholas Jonathan O'Leary is Jonathan Chance and Nicole O'Leary's child deposited at five months old on the Last Chance Ranch doorstep. Seems Jonathan (senior) wasn't himself after his wife Diana left him and their young son Jack, and he forgot that essential condom. Now Jonathan is married to Sarah and they're expecting baby Gabriel in a few months. It's Archie's idea to call the three boys the Sons of Chance.
The Cover
The cover is generic with a shirtless cowboy in jeans and a hat, gripping what looks like a brown jacket as individual stalks of grass wave in front of him.
I'm thinking the title, I Cross My Heart, is Nash's desire for both the Triple G and Bethany.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Sweet, fun story! Still has some heat!
By Tina Marie Reiter
I Cross My Heart is the tenth book in the Sons of Chance series by Vicki Lewis Thompson. I confess I've not read any other book in this series and it didn't hurt the story at all. There were some references to characters that made me assume their story has been told, but no inside jokes or message that I felt were missing. I will definitely be reading more of this series!
Nash Bledsoe's divorce is final and he's ready to move forward and not look back. It grates on him that he feels like a failure, but you can only do so much with a wife that uses her wealth to make you feel inferior. He definitely won't miss hearing her quote her favorite self-help author. If he never hears "happiness is a choice" again it will be too soon. He has a great job working on his friend's ranch. They make him feel like family and not just a hired hand, now if he can just one day own a place of his own life will be perfect. Until then, he will just keep doing what he's doing. Currently, that is checking out the situation at the neighboring ranch. The foreman saw smoke coming from the property and fire is never anything to play around with, especially when the owner of that ranch just passed on and no one known to be their. What he finds when he gets there is nothing short of entertainment at it's best and he has no idea how much his life is about to change because of it.
"You're beautiful, but I admit I've been with beautiful women before. There's something about you - the way you move, the way you smell, the sound of your voice - the total package jacks me up something fierce."
Bethany Grace is home to clean up her childhood home. Her father has finally drunk himself to death and Bethany has a heap of anger. Taking it out on his old recliner seemed like such a good idea. Dragging it out of the house and lighting fire to it was very cathartic, but now she's left with a heavy, disgusting mess in the front yard and a hot cowboy looking at her like she's lost her mind. Could life get any better? Oh yea, it can. Turns out that he not only knows who she is, but her books were used to make his life hell. She quickly discovers that he's not the type to hold it against her and they begin talking about her plans for the property. Hiring Nash to help fix the buildings is one of the smartest decisions she's ever made, but falling in love with him isn't. She has a life and career waiting for her. She just has to tie up these ends and get back to it. It's not going to be easy to leave their hot, sexy nights, but it will be impossible to leave without a broken heart.
His tongue did things to her mouth that, if employed elsewhere on her body, would be illegal in some states. She hoped he was into breaking a law or two.
This was such a fun, sweet story. It really outlines the best of what a small community has to offer and how good humanity can be. I loved the fun, sexy, hot adventures that Nash and Bethany share, but I equally love the wonderful friends and family they have between them.
I would like to thank NetGalley.com for the loan of this book in exchange for my honest review.
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