RELEASE BLITZ WITH EXCERPT: West of Forever by Corinne Michaels
WEST OF FOREVER, an all-new fake dating, single-dad, cowboy romance from New York Times Bestselling Author, Corinne Michaels, is out now!
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My family would never be okay with me having feelings for our enemy…
Tristan Stone is off limits.
It doesn’t matter that the grumpy, single dad did nothing wrong. He’s a cowboy and his last name means I’m bound by blood to hate him. My family would never be okay with me having feelings for our enemy.
When he stops—in the pouring rain—because I have a flat tire, the last thing I expect is for him to help me.
I do my best to ignore the water sliding off his hat and how he fills out those jeans. My best, however, is not good enough. Each night I close my eyes and dream of a future we can never have. And after he defends me at the bar and we share a magical dance? It only gets worse.
I know I should forget about him, but when I find him alone one night, I offer up a no-strings attached relationship that we both promise to keep secret. Sidelong glances across property lines morph into clandestine meetings under the stars wrapped up in each other’s arms.
Never mind that our families will never approve or that he told me he can never love again, I crave him.
Soon our no feelings agreement is in tatters, and my heart belongs to that broken cowboy. Will he break it or will he defy them all and choose us instead?
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EXCERPT:
Chapter 1: Tristan
Sadie
I’m tracking your location and see you’re almost home.
I laugh once at the fact that she watches where I am all the freaking time. Kids.
My thumbs tap on the wheel of the truck as I focus on the road. It’s late, it’s raining, and I’m exhausted after driving six hours back from Wyoming, where I dropped off the eight horses we sold. Of course, five minutes after passing the border into Colorado, the rain started coming down. It hasn’t stopped—if anything, it’s only come down harder. Summer storms are really ruining plans as of late.
I turn off the familiar exit, winding to the left before coming to the one traffic light that sits at the edge of the boundary into my hometown of Infinity Ridge, and I finally feel some relief.
Home.
Almost.
Usually the views of the majestic Rocky Mountains that I can see with my eyes closed are like a welcome sign, but right now all I see is rain.
Lots of freaking rain.
I voice a text back to Sadie when I see it’s past ten already. I drove up to Wyoming yesterday, thinking it would be a quick drop-off, that I’d spend the night and be back on the road.
I am. You should be in bed. You have physical therapy tomorrow.
I can picture her rolling her eyes like all twelve-year-olds do when they think they’re twenty and can do what they want.
Lord knows my three sisters were always doing that whenever Mom or Dad tried to tell them what to do.
Sadie
I was waiting for you.
I’ll be home in twenty and then it’s lights out.
Sadie
Whatever you say, Daddy.
That’s a lie. I grab my coffee and toss the rest of it back, then see lights on the side of the road.
Only the vehicle is not all the way off to the side…
It’s still partially in the road.
I’m at a tight curve, and swerving into oncoming traffic could end in disaster.
Shit.
I hit the brakes, hoping the horse trailer doesn’t swing out and cause me to slide, but thankfully I have enough time that I come to a stop about five feet before I hit the truck.
The flashers are going, but with the rain I can’t see anything. Hopefully the driver is safe. I grab my jacket and get out of my truck, pulling my hat onto my head to give me a little relief from the downpour as I go to check on the stranded motorist.
I bang on the window, and the woman inside lowers it, already talking. “I’m so sorry. I know I’m in a bad spot, but I’m stuck in the mud and my tire…”
A light inside her truck turns on, and all I see is sable hair and the greenest eyes to ever exist. For a moment my heart, that organ that hasn’t worked right in years, starts to beat again. Then, as lightning stretches across the sky and recognition dawns, I realize who it is and let my heart go back to being dormant.
If I didn’t have bad luck, I’d have no luck.
Of course, the woman half pulled over with a flat tire is Lark Gatlin.
Lark, the most stunning, kind, and off-limits woman I know. There’s no way in hell I will ever be involved with anyone from her family. No thanks. I don’t need that kind of drama in my life. I have plenty between my daughter and my own family.
I tamp down the desire that always flows when I see her, and I glower, getting soaked. “Is flat,” I finish for her. Her wipers keep going, flicking water at me.
“It is. Thanks for stopping, Tristan, but I’ll be fine.”
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About Corinne Michaels:
Corinne Michaels is a New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of romance novels. Her stories are chock full of emotion, humor, and unrelenting love, and she enjoys putting her characters through intense heartbreak before finding a way to heal them through their struggles.
Corinne is a former Navy wife and happily married to the man of her dreams. She began her writing career after spending months away from her husband while he was deployed–reading and writing were her escapes from the loneliness. Corinne now lives in Virginia with her husband and is the emotional, witty, sarcastic, and fun-loving mom of two beautiful children.
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