Falling for the Hometown Girl by Shelli Stevens

Author:Shelli Stevens
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tule Publishing
Published: 2017-05-01T16:00:00+00:00

“Why did we decide to go to a cattle ranch again?” Lance groaned, shifting on his horse.

Hunter grinned. He’d been enjoying the horseback rides more than he figured he would, and they were gearing up for the cattle drive in the morning. Which, he’d been told, meant moving the cattle to summer grazing grounds.

While he was pretty sure he could handle it, Lance and Dan were going to have a hell of a time doing the drive if they were already sore after a half-hour of riding today.

Hunter’s only disappointment in the ride today was that Katie wasn’t leading it this time. Wyatt was. And the fishing expedition earlier, that had been with one of the ranch hands.

He knew he couldn’t really be all that disappointed, though, because he’d had her all to himself on their morning hike.

The memory of the hike—and the way she’d felt in his arms—heated his blood a notch and had him shifting in the saddle.

Dinner was in less than an hour and he was looking forward to it for more reasons than just the food. He wanted to see her again, even if it was surrounded by a bunch of mostly men.

“Let’s head on back,” Wyatt called out from up ahead, turning his horse around on the widened part of the trail.

“You guys did great.” Claire, who’d come riding with the group too, smiled at them all.

Hunter gave a brief smile in return. She seemed nice enough, though not a Marietta native. It always struck him as odd that someone would willingly move to Marietta. Especially if they’d ever lived in a big city, which he suspected she had.

Too many people got stuck in a small town and were miserable because of it. His mother, he’d always sensed, was one of them.

Was love to blame? It only seemed likely.

Turning his horse to follow the golden couple in front of him, he hardened his resolve to never fall that hard for a woman.

“I’m not sure I’ll be up for tomorrow.” Lance shifted on his horse as he came abreast Hunter.

Hunter gave him an amused glance. “Take some ibuprofen and soak in the tub tonight. You’ll be fine.”

“I don’t know. My balls hurt.”

Now there was something Hunter could’ve gone the rest of his life knowing. He grimaced and shook his head.

“And I’m getting kind of tired of all this outdoors shit.”

Just like Hunter had predicted he would, and had said as much, but Lance had denied it.

A quick glance back at Dan showed the man to be as miserable as his cousin.

“Let’s try and get through the cattle drive tomorrow and see how you feel after that. I think once you’re caught up in it, it’ll be a rush.”

“Hell, I even have mosquito bites or something. I just figured it’d be a lot of getting drunk around a bonfire. Dancing naked under the stars. Screwing the cowgirls we meet at cheesy small town bars.” Lance’s scowl deepened. “But there’s been entirely too much... exercise.”

Hunter laughed, while at the same time hoping Claire and Wyatt couldn’t hear Lance’s awful words.

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