He was her first love…
But some things she can’t forget
Busy small-town veterinarian Emily Fielding is finally ready to take on some help. The best man for the job, however, is Wes Marlow—who broke her heart in high school. Though Wes has a way with horses and a way of melting her resolve, Emily needs to keep things purely professional. Wes left her once—will he do it again? Because she can’t lose her heart a second time…
Heroes of Shelter Creek
Book 1: Reunited with the Cowboy
Book 2: After the Rodeo
Book 3: Her Surprise Cowboy
Book 4: Rescuing the Rancher
Book 5: Second Chance Cowboy
Excerpt
Emily scrubbed her palms across her
forehead in a useless attempt to get her brain to focus. Nope. Wasn’t going to
work. Between her lack of sleep and running into Wes this morning, she’d been
as scattered as these papers on her desk all day.
The phone call with her mother just
now hadn’t helped. Apparently, Wes had visited them today. He’d explained to
her parents that he’d run away to save his little brother. Then he’d raised him
on his own. All the years since Wes left, Emily had sustained herself with
anger and indignation. But how could she stay angry when he’d been off doing
something so heroic?
But she was angry. Maybe that made
her a bad person, but he could have sent a postcard. Even just a few words. I
had to help someone. I’m sorry. Anything would have been better than all
that silence. All those years of wondering...of worrying...of simply not
knowing.
This was ridiculous. Why was she
letting someone she hadn’t seen or heard from since high school steal any more
of her time and energy? There was so much work to get done. She glanced at the
empty coffee mug on her desk. Nope, that was a bad idea. It was six in the
evening, and coffee now would steal the sleep she so desperately needed
tonight.
The thought of sleep inspired a
jaw-aching yawn. Maybe she’d just go home and crawl into bed. She could come in
early tomorrow and deal with all this work, as long as there were no other
late-night emergencies on the horizon.
As if on cue, there was a knock on
the clinic door. Lily, the receptionist, and both the technicians had already
left for the day, so Emily pushed herself up from her chair and shuffled across
the waiting room to answer. In a small town like Shelter Creek, people didn’t
always make an appointment, especially if their animal needed emergency care.
Emily twisted the bolt on the door
and pulled it open.
Wes was standing on the doorstep,
cowboy hat in hand. Emily took a step back as some traitorous part of her heart
lit up at the sight of him. She straightened her shoulders. Whatever her heart
was up to, that was just muscle memory, nothing more. “Wes, what are you doing
here?”
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