Snippet from Rocky Mountain Desire
By Vivian Arend
One of the comments I love to hear about the Six Pack Ranch series is how people enjoy the family interaction. The moments of revisiting with characters from the previous books, and teases into the upcoming lives.
Rocky Mountain Desire is no different. Here’s a snippet of a scene with Matt getting a bit of hell from Jaxi (Rocky Mountain Heat heroine, and now Matt’s sis-in-law)
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“You were too busy being a chickenshit.” Jaxi gave him a fuck you look, then went back to raking. Her shoulders moved easily under her coat as he watched her work for a minute.
“You know, you might be married to my brother and all, but I can still turn you over my knee and spank some sense into you.”
Just like he’d anticipated, that got a rise out of her. Jaxi carefully leaned her rake against the wall then turned to smile sweetly at him. “You and what army?”
Matt held up his hands pleadingly. “Come on, give me a break. Explain.”
Jaxi rolled her eyes. “Fine. Hope scares you to death, doesn’t she?”
“Bullshit.”
“Not bullshit. I’ve seen you, Matt. You go five miles out of your way to avoid the girl. Either you’re trying to avoid her to stop from jumping her bones, or she’s like the devil incarnate and you think associating with her will make her sister pop out of the woodwork to kick you to hell and back.”
Fuck. That one hurt. He might have even bent over a little to protect his gut from the impact. “Is there nothing sacred with you, Jaxi?”
“What? That I care enough about you to not let you hide? Helen hurt you badly. If I could have I would have scalped her, but she’s gone. You need to stop seeing her everywhere. Including associating Helen with her sister.”
“I’m not.”
Jaxi raised a brow. Deliberate-like, almost taunting him to protest again.
Was he? Was he really running that hard?
Jaxi went back to work, as if to let him think it through. Yeah, Helen had kicked him brutally. And he didn’t know what he’d do if he ever saw her again.
But Hope—between the scorching-hot attraction he’d felt last summer and his current strange stirrings inside every time she was around—was he avoiding her for the right reasons? And what were the right reasons?
He didn’t want to be involved with her. Didn’t want to be involved with anyone other than for no-strings sex. And that sure wasn’t something he wanted with Hope.
Liar.
Maila
Jan 25, 201212:17 pm
I can’t wait for this book!! I just did a re-read of the series over the weekend.
I felt horrible for Matt when Helen did what she did to him! I can’t wait to see him get his HEA.
Louise
Jan 25, 20121:29 pm
Jaxi rocks! I’m with Maila, can’t wait for Matt to be happy and loved!