Melting Megan: a Cowboy Fairytales spin-off (Triple H Brides Book 5) by Lacy Williams

Author:Lacy Williams [Williams, Lacy]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Lacy Williams Books LLC
Published: 2017-10-07T04:00:00+00:00

The cowboy was playing dirty.

There was no way she was getting on a horse. But she couldn't say no to a dare.

And he'd dared her good.

"Fine," she whispered through trembling lips.

He smiled, though it wasn’t smug. In fact, it seemed almost as if he were... proud of her. He tapped beneath her chin with one finger.

One of the horses blew, and it seemed to startle him out of the moment. His eyes were shadowed as he backed away.

Megan buckled the helmet as she followed the trio to the corral and the three horses that waited there. When they'd driven up, she'd stupidly thought that he meant to ride with the kids.

Not her.

She'd wanted to call the whole thing off the entire drive out, but every time she'd glanced in the rearview mirror, she'd seen Brady’s face. She hadn’t seen this level of happiness since before Emma's death. Ever since she’d told them about the riding lessons, he'd been steadier at home. Maybe this was what they needed.

Even though she had serious reservations, she couldn't take this away from him. Surely the cowboy wouldn't put her kids in danger.

She'd been reassured when he'd handed out the helmets. Until he dropped one in her hand.

The corral had two rails and the cowboy ducked through the open middle, motioning for the kids to follow.

Megan hung back.

"Coming, doc?" Dan asked.

She sighed and slipped between the rails.

Up close, the horses were even bigger than she'd expected. They all had reins draped over the corral railing. Were they even tied off?

"This is Tad," Dan said to Brady. He rubbed the neck of a huge blond horse with a dark mane and socks. "He's a buckskin."

He was huge, almost twice Brady's height.

Megan wanted to call her nephew back. The words stuck in her throat as Brady held out one hand. The horse didn't move at first. Dan whispered something to Brady that she couldn't hear. The boy was as still as a statue.

Several moments passed. And then the horse took a cautious sniff of Brady's hand. She watched as Dan helped Brady feed the animal a carrot, gave him some additional instructions, and then took Julianne's hand in his big one to introduce her to Peanut.

"She's so pretty," Julianne whispered. The horse was white with big brown splotches. Or maybe brown with big white splotches.

"She's what's called a pinto."

Julianne wrinkled her nose. "Like the bean?"

"Just like that, kid."

The mare snuffled Julianne's T-shirt.

Before she was ready, the cowboy strode toward Megan.

His eyes took her measure, and apparently she wasn't telegraphing her terror adequately, because he took her elbow and walked her over to the huge brown beast that remained without a rider.

"Relax," he whispered. "What's the worst that could happen? You fall off. And get back on."

"Lots of things could happen if I fall off," she said. Were her teeth chattering? She eyed the horse standing still at the railing.

"A twisted ankle. Sprained ankle. Broken ankle. Sprained wrist. Broken wrist. Concussion. Spinal cord injury."

She tore her eyes from the horse and looked at the cowboy.

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