Ross by Jennifer Ashley

Author:Jennifer Ashley
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-946455-28-4
Publisher: JA / AG Publishing

Callie entered the office of AGCT Enterprises on the opposite side of the square from Ross’s apartment the next morning, keeping a ten o’clock appointment with Karen Marvin.

A receptionist, the younger sister of a girl Callie had known in school, greeted her in a small but pristine foyer softened with potted plants and a gigantic fresh-flower arrangement. Changing that every day or so probably kept the town’s one florist’s shop in business.

Though Callie had only met Karen in passing, she’d heard much about her. Karen, originally from California, had come to Riverbend, during the time Callie had been living in Dallas, to help her ex-husband’s Houston development company buy up land. But Karen had quickly fallen in love with Riverbend and decided instead to assist locals, with the aid of the Campbells, to fend off developers by helping them pay their mortgages or build up small businesses. That she’d destroyed her ex-husband’s plans to turn Riverbend into a cookie-cutter suburban community in the process had been a bonus.

Karen’s office was a mix of big-city sleekness softened by small-town touches, like a polished wood desk and bookcases similar to the ones in Ross’s apartment.

Karen held out a slim hand to shake, a diamond bracelet winking on her wrist. She wore a pale linen suit against the heat and had her blond hair in a French braid. Her smile was businesslike tinged with warmth.

“How are you?” she asked, her accent that of a transplant from another state who’d picked up a slight drawl. “Ross has told me all about you.” She squeezed Callie’s hand before she released it. “The Campbell boys sure are hot, aren’t they?”

Callie raised her brows. She agreed, but it wasn’t what she’d expected the manager of a charity to say.

“Don’t mind my frankness, honey,” Karen said, waving her to a seat. “I see no need to hide the truth about men. Those Campbells are gorgeous, and you know it.”

“Well, yes.” Callie flashed a smile and sat, nervous about her upcoming spiel. She wasn’t certain where to begin.

A hard knock sounded on the door, and Tyler Campbell entered. “Hey, Callie,” he said. “I asked Karen if I could sit in. I want to know all about this ranch idea.”

Tyler, a year older than Callie, had been considered the wildest Campbell. Right after high school his longtime girlfriend had been killed, and he’d gone through a series of short-term affairs, gaining him the reputation as a skirt chaser. Callie had figured that much of his recklessness with women came from grief.

Recently, he’d married a young woman from Dallas who’d already had a kid, and now Jess was expecting Tyler’s child, any day now. The change in Tyler was amazing—the wildness had turned into a deep happiness, Callie could see from his warm smile and calm gaze.

Tyler, whose easygoing ways appealed to everyone, did the PR work for the Circle C training ranch and kept happy those hiring the brothers as stunt riders. Callie understood from his mother that Tyler now did the same for AGCT Enterprises, their new nonprofit.

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