The Hottest Ticket in Town by Kimberly Van Meter

Author:Kimberly Van Meter
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarlequinUKLtd
Published: 2015-05-10T16:00:00+00:00

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LIKE ANTS SPILLING out of a colony, everyone and their grandmother came to sell their wares, socialize and have a good time at the Woodsville Harvest Festival.

Kane and Laci stepped out of the truck, and Kane prepared himself for a mildly unpleasant walk down memory lane until Laci caught his attention with a blinding smile and he momentarily forgot why he hadn’t wanted to come.

Maybe if she wasn’t so damn hot. The woman had cornered the market on sexy, and if there ever was a stereotypical country-girl look, Laci had nailed it. Cowboy boots, short white skirt and a cute blouse with her hair tied up in a bandanna, Laci looked like something out of one of her own music videos.

Kane paid for their tickets and, as they walked through the arched entryway and into the festival, he was immediately assaulted by memories. To a passing stranger, Woodsville was a place where the South lived and breathed in all its colorful splendor, pretty as a picture and just about as chock-full of Americana as one could get without landing on a movie set where everything was carefully placed and planned for effect. But Woodsville was the real deal. People didn’t lock their doors at night and it wasn’t unheard of to hear tell that a barn raising was happening, but it wasn’t all maple syrup and corn-husk dolls; there was an ugly side that he was well acquainted with. The poverty level was abysmal and those living under that federally recognized line of misery were often overlooked and forgotten because they were country folk who kept to themselves, which also meant that if there was abuse happening, of any sort, it would just keep on happening because there wasn’t anyone who was going to step in to stop it. And guess where Kane and his brother had landed on that line? On the messed-up side.

Laci, sensing the tension, curled her arm around his biceps and pressed herself closer to him. Just having her on his arm had a calming effect, but he wasn’t only on edge for himself—he was worried about someone recognizing Laci and causing a scene. He was no one but she was a bona fide country star. Sooner or later, if they kept pressing their luck, someone was going to recognize her. And then what? He didn’t like the idea of people clamoring around Laci as if it were their right to do so. Given his line of work, it should’ve come easier to him, but he didn’t care about his clients the way he cared about Laci. When he was working, it was all about the job. He wasn’t emotionally involved in the clients’ lives. And he sure as hell wasn’t sleeping with them.

“You’re rigid as an oak plank,” she teased. “What are you so afraid of? You’re a successful man with your own business and there’s no one here who can take that away from you. Just try to enjoy yourself.”

Laci knew of

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