Hart, Anna - Stepbrother Cowboy 1 by Anna Hart

Author:Anna Hart [Hart, Anna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Anna Hart
Published: 2015-04-09T04:00:00+00:00

“So, are you the brother who rides bulls?” she asked.

“Yeah, I’m the crazy one. Although Drake used to compete too. Took a few too many spills. The doctor told him to quit or plan to be a vegetable by the time he’s forty.”

“And you?” she smiled my direction. Self-preservation told me to just keep my eyes on the road. Those lips were going to haunt my dreams tonight for sure.

“I guess I’m better at holding on,” I said. “Dad said you might stay a few months?”

She tucked her blonde hair behind her ear. “I hope you don’t mind.”

“Why should I mind? The house is bigger than a city. We’ll probably never cross paths.” Those words were more for me than her. “I’m usually out with the horses.” Her face lit up. “I take it you like horses.”

She nodded. “I’ve only ridden them at those crummy little rental places but— shit this is embarrassing.”

“After our first meeting at the airport, I think we’ve probably already gone past the embarrassment thing.”

“True.” She glanced at my shirt and was obviously holding back a laugh. “Anyhow, I used to walk around with this book under my arm, it was called The Album of Horses. I had every breed memorized. And now this tale gets even more humiliating. One day, my dad took me to this farm just to look at the horses. They were throwing out an old, faded halter. I pulled it out of the trash and nailed it to my wall. It was the closest I’d come to actually having a horse.” She covered her face to hide the blush. I noticed a chain of bruises around her wrist. “Oh god, how pathetic does that sound?” she asked.

“Not pathetic. Sweet.”

She looked at me with an ‘oh, come on’ expression. It was a damn cute look.

“All right, a little pathetic. Well, we’ve got thirty horses, so I’m sure you’ll get your fill of them during the visit.”

“I’m so excited about that.”

“Did your mom know about your obsession with horses?” I asked.

“When I was little,” her tone softened some, “and when she was still around, I used to carry a stuffed animal pony with me wherever I went. His name was Arrow, and he slept with me. She knew I was crazy about them.”

“Sorry but our horses sleep in the barn.” I’d never been fond of Linda but knowing that she’d been living on a ranch with dozens of horses and that she’d never invited McKenna out to stay, made her that much less likable.

McKenna reached for the radio. The bruises circled her thin arm. I took hold of her fingers. My first big mistake because the one touch caused every cell in my body to react. The second big mistake followed before I could stop the stupid ass half of me from coming out. Without putting a fucking ounce of thought into my head before speaking, I blurted something that was typically Luke Maverick. “Looks like you like it rough, huh?”

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