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    • Inspiration Strikes Again #2

      Posted at 12:09 pm by Mary J. McCoy-Dressel, on September 6, 2022

      Howdy, folks. Here is the follow-up excerpt I mentioned in the previous post. For those who missed it, I had intended to start book six in the Double Dutch Ranch Series: Love at First Sight in 2023. The excerpt I’m posting is to give you a look at Rob, who stars in the sixth book in the series. He appears in almost every book in the series and the spin off series.

      The setting for this series is my fictitious town of Canyon Junction in Arizona with the Sonoran Desert and Superstition Mountains as a backdrop. Check the link HERE if you want to know more about the series. Books are rated between a PG-13 and R rating by movie standards. Going forward, I intend to update all of my books to a PG-13 rating and below. My newest books are already there. Rob’s book will reflect the change too.

      The image in the graphic isn’t part of the book cover for Rob’s book.

      Set up: Nora and Tristan had a major argument, and she needed a ride home. Who better to call than a longtime friend.

      Like Rob’s long hair, so is this excerpt.

      Excerpt:

      This would kill her, but she’d have to ask for a ride. Who could she call? She took out her phone and called her old friend Rob Adams who recently opened Rob’s Place, a local sports bar in town. What choice did she have?

      He answered, “Rob’s Place.”

      “Rob? This is Nora Trinity.”

      “Nora, hey, hi. How’s it going, girl? Grab Tristan and come up for a drink on the house. We’re kind of slow tonight.”

      Nora dropped to the bed. The bar was noisy and didn’t sound slow at all. Glasses clinked and TVs blared in the background. “Can I ask a big favor?”

      “Huh? What’s wrong? Are you all right?”

      His voice held concern. They’d been good friends in school, but that was a long time ago. They’d run into each other in town a few times since she’d been back, and she and Tristan visited the last place he worked before opening his own bar, and the Grand Opening, but she had to ask. “I need a ride home. Please don’t ask me any questions.”

      “All right. Where are you?”

      Don’t cry now. Oh, should she be doing this? Maybe Tristan would have a change of heart when he returned… That didn’t matter. He needed time to think. She did, too. “I’m at the Double Dutch. Tristan’s section of the ranch.”

      “Is everything all right there?”

      “Not for me.”

      He must’ve been behind the bar because it sounded like he juggled beer glasses to patrons. “I’ll be right there.”

      “I’ll be waiting at the office. Thank you so much, Rob.”

      She looked up after disconnecting. Tristan waited at the door with his hands gripping the jamb. “I’m leaving. I had to call for a ride.”

      “I know. I came back to give you a lift.”

      He had removed his flannel shirt and looked so good standing there in a black t-shirt and black jeans. That shock of hair on his forehead needed to be brushed back. Would she ever be able to do it again? “I have a ride.”

      Photo by Brett Jordan on Pexels.com

      “I brought you here, I’ll take you home. Cancel your ride.”

      “No. I had to embarrass myself by asking, and I’m going through with it.” She stood and picked up her bag. He didn’t move out of the way. She peered at him eye to eye. “Let me pass.” Tristan turned enough to let her slip by. “You know where I live if you change your mind.” She strode down the hall and ran into Destiny at the top of the stairs. That was the last thing she’d wanted. Hold it together a little longer. “Hi, sweetheart. I’m going home now. I’ll see you later.”

      Destiny stomped. “No, Nora-Mom. You have to stay.” She looked up at Nora with wide eyes. “Why are you going? Can I go with you?”

      Tristan came over to take her hand. “You’re not going with her.”

      Nora knelt to hug her tightly. “I love you, Destiny.”

      “Nora, don’t go with your suitcase.” She cried. “Don’t go!”

      Nora rushed down the stairs. Destiny broke from her dad’s hand and ran down after her. “Nora, don’t go.” She took Nora’s hand.

      “Destiny, you can’t go with me, honey. I’m sorry.”

      Tristan came down the stairs to take her hand again, but she pulled away from him. “No, Daddy!” She ran upstairs and slammed her door.

      Nora peered at Tristan. As much as she tried not to cry, she couldn’t hold it back. Oh, God, oh, God. She rushed past Judy who no doubt came to see what was wrong with Destiny. No, she couldn’t face her. She hurried toward the office, closed the door, and locked it behind her so no one followed her in.

      Headlights shone through the front window. She rushed out and Rob pushed the door open in his truck, so she stuffed her bag and purse in ahead of her. Nora glanced toward the office door when she reached for her seat belt. Come on, Tristan, don’t let me go.

      “Where to, Red? Don’t you live out on the golf course?”

      “That’s right. Drive please.” Rob didn’t look clean-cut like he had during their high school days. Now, he had long hair and tattoos. It fit him though, and he was even more handsome all grown up.

      “Tristan’s a crazy asshole if he let you go that easily. Wanna go back to the bar for a drink?”

      Her stomach reminded her she hadn’t eaten, but she wasn’t sure if she could. There wasn’t much at home to eat, either. “Sure, I can’t promise to be good company right now. What’s your special tonight?”

      “I’ll make you one of my special burgers.”

      “I’d like that. Fries, too?”

      “The best in town.”

      “Thank you for giving me a ride.” She broke down and cried again to think of the future without Tristan and Destiny. “I can’t have a drink.”

      Rob put his hand on her shoulder as a friendly gesture. “Oh, I see. That’s okay. I have soda…and milk.”

      “Don’t mention it to anyone. No one but Tristan and I know.”

      “I won’t, but now that makes Tristan look like an even bigger asshole.”

      “He’s not to blame. It’s my fault for not trusting him.”

      End of excerpt.

      Oh, the joy of writing romance! ❤


      If you read this far, thank you so much.

      Happy Belated Labor Day to my fellow Americans.

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    • Small Towns and Cowboys

      Posted at 2:48 pm by Mary J. McCoy-Dressel, on February 12, 2016

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      Double Dutch Ranch Series Spin-Off.

      Small Towns and Cowboys

       

      Update: This book is now available. Whispers of Forever: Mending Christmas, Canyon Junction: Hearts in Love Series, Book #1.

      New Release, Mary J. McCoy-Dressel, western romance, small town romance, first love. second chancesA Double Dutch Ranch Series Spin Off Novel.

      Readers of my Double Dutch Ranch Series know my setting is a fictitious town called Canyon Junction in Arizona, though I’ve mentioned real surrounding towns in my books. Well, doggone! Guess what? Other people live in this town, so why not give them a book?

      In previous DD Ranch books, some of these characters have been mentioned briefly as friends of our ranchers–Tristan, Jase, and Dane Carlson. Some townspeople slated for future books will be new.

      I love my fictitious little town that sits at the base of the real Superstition Mountains, so needless to say, I can’t part with Canyon Junction and the people who live there.

      Here are the series books to date:

       

       

       

       


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