ARC giveaway-readers!
By Vivian Arend
Four weeks until Rocky Mountain Angel comes out. Here’s a chance to win an advance copy. Book four in the Six Pack Ranch is more of tear jerker–be warned. First chapter is also here if you’d like.
Rocky Mountain Angel
Six Pack Ranch, Book 4
Sometimes even Angels must learn to fly…
Allison Parker needs a convincing excuse to come home to Rocky Mountain House. A hopelessly romantic reason that won’t let her mother suspect the truth—that Allison has discovered Mom is keeping a terrible secret from the family.
Gabe Coleman is struggling with two of the roughest parts of ranching: dealing with his bull-headed mule of a father, and making enough to pay the bills. When his old friend Allison offers to help him develop his ideas for organic ranching—in trade for pretending to be her fiancé—it sounds like the perfect set-up.
Yet the deception leads them in an unexpected direction, where their shared daily hells are erased by nights of heavenly distraction. It’s not supposed to be real, but once the gates are opened, there’s no denying they’ve found in each other a little bit of Paradise.
To break free of the past and face the future, though, will take more than temporary pleasures. It’ll take putting their hearts on the line.
Warning: Tortured hero with a guardian-angel complex, grief-stricken heroine willing to sacrifice everything for family. Break out the tissues, this trip to the ranch is a heartbreaker on the way to the HEA.
She’d meant it as a taunt. A bit of a payback for the mind-numbing impact of his kiss a couple days earlier.
But when their lips touched, joking was off the agenda. Now? She just wanted.
This habit she had of jumping in with two feet had gotten her in trouble before, and maybe this time it would as well, but with her fingers tangled in his hair she didn’t care.
She traced his lips with her tongue, tasting him slowly. He wasn’t moving. Not toward her, not away, so she leaned in a little harder and dipped a little deeper. Mmm, something about kissing him in the outdoors made it that much better. It was right, mixing the scents of the country with the taste of him, his firm lips moving against hers.
He must have finally given in, because his hands were on her hips. Not dragging her tighter, but at least not pushing her away. The gentle squeeze of pressure proved he was there willingly, and she concentrated on enjoying the kiss more.
She was up on tiptoe, breathing through her nose. The masculine scent of his soap and skin filled her head. His tongue brushed hers. A far cry from the passionate and overwhelming exchange they’d had at the start of the week. Somehow, it was just as perfect. Allison tugged him closer yet and he followed her lead. Bending over her, and allowing her to rest on her heels instead of straining to reach him.
His hands hadn’t moved.
The kisses stayed soft. Exploratory. When she would have offered more, an extraordinary sound escaped him, and this time he did pull back. Not far, only enough to rest his head on her shoulder and take a shaky breath.
She ran her fingers through his hair, the thick texture soft and yet firm against her palms.
It was reassuring and peaceful. The edge of sexual attraction there but dim enough all she felt was his presence. A comfort and an anchor.
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Pre-order Rocky Mountain Angel, coming November 20: Amazon | Barnes & Noble
Two ebook copies will be given away Saturday. International winners okay. Leave a comment on my blog for your chance to win!
Fedora
Oct 25, 201212:22 pm
Wow, Vivian! And four weeks?? Aiyi… Plenty of time for me to get a couple boxes of tissues ready
Lucy Felthouse
Oct 25, 201212:25 pm
Wow, congrats on the sixth book in your series, that’s some going!
I’d love to win a copy, so please count me in
jennifer mathis
Oct 25, 201212:35 pm
im waiting to read this … 4 weeks * sigh* thats a lifetime ( well to a butterfly maybe;)
meandi09@yahoo.com
ClaudiaGC
Oct 25, 201212:38 pm
I can’t wait for the next book in this series! Beth and Daniel’s story is my favourite so far. Maybe I have new favs after this one.
And the cover is yummy!
Thank you for the giveaway.
Lisa Guertin
Oct 25, 201212:54 pm
Love your Six Pack Ranch series. I hate having to wait for 4 long weeks, but it will be worth it once I get to read your book.
Elizabeth H.
Oct 25, 20121:06 pm
I’d love to win! Thank you for the chance!
ehaney578 at aol dot com
Heather Coulter
Oct 25, 20121:06 pm
WoW…Congrats on the 4th installment; hopefully there are tons more to come! Would love the opportunity to Win this.
Kim
Oct 25, 20121:10 pm
I haven’t read anything by you, yet. I would love to read and review this.
Tammy
Oct 25, 20121:54 pm
Hi Vivian. Thanks. I would love to win a copy. I have been counting down the days for the release.
leigh
Oct 25, 20122:07 pm
Can’t wait to keep reading the Rocky Mountain series!
Christina
Oct 25, 20122:23 pm
Wow! Can’t wait for this book, been waiting awhile for it:)
elaing8
Oct 25, 20123:08 pm
I can’t wait to read Gabe’s story.Thanks for a chance to win an ARC.
liz martin
Oct 25, 20123:26 pm
Can’t wait! Love the Coleman men!
Ellie F
Oct 25, 20123:28 pm
This one’s going to be amazing as per usual. I can not wait.
Susan T.
Oct 25, 20124:29 pm
Congrats on your 4th book. I have it on my TBR and can’t wait to read. Thanks.
Timitra
Oct 25, 20124:50 pm
Oooh I would love to win a copy of Rocky Mountain Angel, thanks for the opportunity Vivian!
taccb_1981@yahoo.com
Kathy
Oct 25, 20125:46 pm
Loving this series!! Can’t wait for the next book! I plan on it being a late birthday present to myself!!
Cathy
Oct 25, 20125:53 pm
Oh, so excited only 4 weeks to go. I need a good read, I am going crazy without a book in hand.
Colleen C.
Oct 25, 20125:58 pm
Sounds like another great read from you… Thanks for the chance to win an ARC of the book!
jennifer beck
Oct 25, 20127:41 pm
cant wait i love your books!!!!
jeanette8042
Oct 25, 20127:55 pm
I love this series! Thanks for the giveaway.
Alexandrea Ward
Oct 25, 20128:35 pm
Very cool giveaway! Congrats on your next book coming out soon.
Christina Garner
Oct 25, 201210:49 pm
I would love to win this book! I have read all the others in this series and LOVE them!!
Alyssa Armstrong
Oct 26, 201212:53 am
I can’t wait and hope to win!!!!
Ann Q
Oct 26, 20124:57 am
It just goes to show that when you start something, you do not know where it will lead you.
Lisa J
Oct 26, 20125:57 am
Congrats on your next best seller. I love everything you write and can’t wait for this one.
Becky McGraw
Oct 26, 201210:18 am
I’ve read the entire Six Pack Ranch series to date and love, love, love it! When people ask for recommendations on great contemp western romance series on GoodReads, yours is the first I recommend!
I’m looking forward to book four in the series and would very much like to be an ARC reader/reviewer. Thanks for the great reads…
Zeneida
Oct 26, 20121:46 pm
I have read all the books of this series and can’t wait to keep reading about them. This books sounds and reads great.
:Love to be enter in the contest. Thanks.
zeneida
zeneidaypaco@comcast.net
Joanne B
Oct 26, 20123:06 pm
Wow! Congrats. Only four weeks. That’s exciting. This series is fantastic. Loved the first three books.
Tete
Oct 26, 20129:16 pm
Love this series. Can’t wait for it to come out.
Nancy Gilliland
Oct 26, 20129:24 pm
Can I cheat and say…this one was worth the wait!!!!! Folks are going to love this one, and wait until they see….nope, not going there, Viv! You taught me how to tease, and I’m going to be good now. Do not worry, it is a smash hit in the wings.