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Calm, rational – NOT #snippetsunday #MFRWauthor #contemporaryromance

Barbara White Daille Posted on September 18, 2016 by Barbara White DailleSeptember 18, 2016

This snippet continues the opening scene from The Sheriff’s Son, in which bookstore owner and single mom Sarah has had two disasters concerning her seven-year-old son hit her at once.

To read the beginning of the scene first, click here for the Teaser Tuesday.

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And here’s Sarah:

Half of her wanted to scream at Tanner to let her son go; the other half wanted to behave like a calm, rational human being who understood the importance of law and order.

Well, she’d never been rational around Tanner before.

“Put him down this instant.”

He laughed.  “C’mon, Sarah, I outgrew that tone in grade school with Mrs. G.”  He lifted an eyebrow.  “Don’t you think you ought to hear what happened first?”

“No.  First, I think you ought to unhand my son.”  Her voice wobbled.  She took a deep breath.  She had to be strong for Kevin.  They had no one else but each other.  “Let him go, then we’ll talk.”

To her relief, Tanner shrugged and released his hold on the T-shirt.  Kevin’s heels dropped to the floor.

“Mom!”  He rushed across the room to wrap his arms around her waist and bury his face against her.

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You can find out more about Sarah and Tanner and Kevin (as well as about the second Dillon novel, Court Me, Cowboy) at all your favorite e-tailers.

The Sheriff's Son

The Sheriff’s Son

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And for those of you new to the blog and/or my books, please note Harlequin American Romance has a new name to reflect the cowboy and Western themes of the line.  That new name is:  Harlequin Western Romance.

Thanks for reading.  Have a wonderful week!

All my best,

Barbara

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