A two-for-one today, Readers! In the interest of staying cool, today’s Teaser Tuesday picks up with a sweet treat where our Sunday Snippet left off.  🙂

And I’m still doing all my traveling on the Internet Highway this week. If you have a chance, swing by MM Jaye’s blog for a peek at my brand-new romantic idea. There’s also an exclusive excerpt from Cowboy in Charge in which my heroine gets marital advice from a seventysomething matchmaking grandpa. 😉

Here’s the post with the Romantic Idea.

And below is your Teaser Tuesday:

When she turned her attention to the baby, Jason studied her. Layne’s cheeks looked nearly as red as the cherry on his banana split. The color might have come from the cold outside or from flu symptoms she was hiding. He didn’t know. But when she shivered again, he knew he couldn’t attribute it to ice cream. She hadn’t had any. “Are you sure you’re not cold?”

She shook her head. “And I didn’t sidestep your question. I’m just following a logical train of thought. We would probably have hung out at SugarPie’s more often if she hadn’t been so strict about all of us watching our manners.”

“She sure hasn’t let up any in that regard. When I went to get lunch, she gave me a piece of her mind. In that sweet Southern way of hers, of course.”

“Really? About what?”

“About us. Or to be more accurate, about me.” She didn’t respond, but all that bright color drained from her cheeks. “About the way I’d left you. She doesn’t think too kindly of me for that. And I just ran into Mitch Weston at the Cantina, and he tells me your brother doesn’t have me too high on his list of favorites, either.”

“Did you expect either of them would?”

Not wanting—or not able—to admit the truth to her, he stabbed at his ice cream with his spoon.

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Thanks for reading – and don’t forget to drop in at MM Jaye’s blog for another “taste” of Cowboy in Charge.

Here’s that link.

All my best,

Barbara