Can this lone wolf be tamed?
“Why aren’t you pushing me away?”
“Because you kiss like a dream.”
Ever since the accident that took his leg, oil tycoon Clint Rockwell doesn’t do relationships—he likes being alone. And he doesn’t need anyone’s pity. Then fast-talking reality star Fee Martinez sweeps into Royal, Texas, on to his ranch…and into his bed. It’s only for a night, and then two. Wanting more is impossible, but this goodbye might be the hardest thing he’s ever done…
JOSS WOOD loves books and travelling—especially to the wild places of southern Africa and, well, anywhere. She’s a wife, a mum to two teenagers and slave to two cats. After a career in local economic development, she now writes full-time. Joss is a member of Romance Writers of America and Romance Writers of South Africa.
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Rich, Rugged Rancher
Joss Wood
ISBN: 978-0-008-90407-4
RICH, RUGGED RANCHER
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Note to Readers
“So, have you bagged your cowboy yet?”
Seraphina Martinez whipped the rented convertible onto the open road leading to Blackwood Hollow Ranch and punched the accelerator, ignoring Lulu’s squeal of surprise at the sudden burst of speed.
“Slow down, Fee. I don’t want to die on a lonely road in