Today’s Teaser Tuesday post continues the celebration of my first-sale anniversary. If this is your first visit to The Daille-y News, you can find the previous snippets from this scene here:
Part one – Teaser Tuesday
Part two – Snippet Sunday
And if you’re up to speed, here’s part three. Sarah is still trying to deal with the fact her young son is in trouble with the new sheriff in town – AKA her former childhood sweetheart…
She kept a reassuring arm around him but shifted him to her side so they could face the enemy together.
Normally, she had a healthy respect for the law. But this was Tanner Jones, and that made all the difference. “What happened, Kevin?”
Tanner whipped a leather-covered notebook out of his pocket. As he started toward them, her son trembled against her.
“Nothing happened, Mom!”
Tanner snorted. “You call defacing a sheriff’s car nothing?”
“Oh, Kevin. You didn’t.”
The bell over the front door rang again, and Kevin’s friend Billy poked his head into the room. “Hey, Kev, what happened to ya? The bus is late and Mom told Gary he had to drive us to school and he’s yelling to hurry up.”
Kevin slipped from her encircling arm and looked at her with pleading eyes.
She nodded. “You go to school, and I’ll speak with Deputy Jones. Be prepared, though. We’ll talk about this when you get home.”
“Wait a minute—” Tanner began.
Her son bolted, sneakers pounding across the wooden floor, down a side aisle and through the front door, which he slammed shut behind him.
The bell jangled so hard, she thought it might fly off and break a window.
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The Sheriff’s Son and Court Me, Cowboy, another story set in the same small town of Dillon, Texas, were my first two published books. They can still be found at some retailers and are available in e-book format at all your favorite e-tailers.
The Sheriff’s Son
FYI – These books were published originally in the Harlequin American Romance line. I’m still writing for that line, which – as of this July – had a name change to Harlequin Western Romance.
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And come back again to visit, as I’ll have lots of exciting news to announce here in upcoming weeks!
All my best,
Barbara
