Hi, Readers!

Since we’re all dealing with the summer heat, your Teaser Tuesday clip from Cowboy in Charge is set at an ice cream parlor. Unfortunately for Jason and Layne, their visit does nothing to help them cool off:

“Don’t be so silly,” she snapped.

“Then don’t be so *** stubborn,” he shot back. “These past few days at your apartment, you were willing enough to take my help. But now we’re out in public, something’s different?”

“That has nothing to do with it.”

“Then, what has?”

“This.” She gestured with her free hand and shook her head in annoyance, but kept her voice down, probably thinking of Shay in the back room. “I’ve already thanked you for your help, but you know I wouldn’t have accepted it if I could have found someone else. And I can’t take this…this assumption you can just step into my life—our lives—and act like you’ve always been here. Like you never left.”

“I’m not assuming anything, just going day by day. And being there for you, the way I have been for nearly a week now. I haven’t done anything to make you think you can’t trust me.”

“But how do I know I can? You can’t buy a person’s trust with some groceries and an ice cream cone. At least, not mine.”

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Have a great day – and keep cool! 🙂

All my best,

Barbara