“One way or another,
we’re going to make a baby.”
When his best friend vows to become a single mother, Tommy Talbot is torn. Country music’s baddest bachelor wants to help Sophie Cardinale—as long as commitment isn’t in the cards and they have fun in the process. But crossing the line from friends to lovers to conceive becomes a dangerous game...especially since Tommy never plays by the rules.
SHERI WHITEFEATHER is an award-winning, bestselling author. She lives in Southern California and enjoys shopping in vintage stores and visiting art galleries and museums. She is known for incorporating Native American elements into her books and has two grown children who are tribally enrolled members of the Muscogee Creek Nation.
Visit her website at www.sheriwhitefeather.com.
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Nashville Rebel
Sheri WhiteFeather
ISBN: 978-1-474-07701-9
NASHVILLE REBEL
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Contents
Sophie Cardinale couldn’t do it anymore.
She couldn’t be Tommy Talbot’s tour manager, living her life on the road with nothing except the sound of Tommy’s music roaring in her ears. She needed to put down roots, to get a desk job, to have a baby. At thirty-four, her biological clock wasn’t just ticking; it was on the verge of exploding. She’d been thinking about this for the past year, day in and day out. It never, ever left her mind. But she hadn’t told Tommy yet. He wasn’t just her gorgeous, wild, pain-in-the-ass boss; he was also her closest and dearest childhood friend.
Sophie’s father had worked for Kirby Talbot, Tommy’s country-music-legend dad. Her dad had been Kirby’s guitar tech up until the day he’d passed away, a little over two years ago. Sophie had never known her mom. She’d developed postpartum preeclampsia a month after she’d given birth to Sophie and had died as a result. Mom had been the love of Dad’s life. He’d talked about her all the time, reminiscing about how sweet and beautiful she was. Her parents had met on the road, in the mid-1970s, when turquoise jewelry and leather vests reigned supreme. At the time, Mom worked for Kirby Talbot, too, as his wardrobe mistress. They got married, and Sophie had been born a decade later. Kirby had adored both of her