LAUNCH DAY~ DESTINED TO SUCCEED ~PROLOGUE & GIVEAWAY
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Synopsis:
What would you do if what you worked your entire life to
build was suddenly destroyed?
Cade Walker is a cowboy Casanova. He’s cocky and he
doesn’t care who knows it. He was raised on Walker Ranch and was destined to
one day take it over. What he didn’t know was how soon that would happen. After
his parents are killed in a car accident he is thrust into becoming a
responsible adult. Well, sort of. Cade is always responsible when it comes to
business, but pleasure, now that’s a whole other story.
Suzanna Mallory is a red-headed spitfire, who also happens
to be Cade’s best friend. She has loved Cade since they met when they were nine
years old, but Cade just isn’t the type to get married and settle down. Suzanna
finds herself in an abusive marriage and the only thing that keeps her sane is
her daughter, Isabella, and working with Cade at Walker Ranch.
When a fire threatens to destroy the future of
Walker Ranch, Cade and Suzanna have to work together to save it.
What will this mean for her marriage or to the
feelings that she has for Cade?
And now that Cade thought he found love with Loralei
Harper, only to realize she didn’t feel the same way, is he ready to settle
down?
Is Cade Walker Destined to Succeed?
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~Prologue~
Six months ago
Cade~
That
was that. I wasn’t the daddy. I was so damn sure that baby was mine. I was
already picturing us on the ranch. Her ridin’ horses and me teaching her how to
be a real little cowgirl. Lor had shattered that dream, when she knocked on the
door that day.
I
could tell she had been cryin’. Her eyes were all red and her cheeks were tear
stained. I opened the door, and I just knew. I knew what she was about to tell
me.
“Hon,
it’s okay. I can tell by the look on your face, what you’re about to tell me.
I’ll be gettin’ outta your hair, now.” I started to turn and walk away. I
couldn’t help the tear that was streamin’ down my cheek. Damn, I wanted that
baby to be mine more than anything in this world. I knew I had lost her momma,
but I was hopin’…well, it didn’t matter what I was hopin’. It wasn’t gonna
happen now.
“Cade,
I’m so sorry. I know how much you wanted it to be yours.” She started to cry
again.
“Hon,
I know you’re happy that it ain’t mine, so quit your cryin’ and go on home to
asshat,” I said with a chuckle. I was tryin’ to tease her…to make her smile.
And she did. She gave me a very small, sad smile. Then she turned and walked
away. That was that.
Present
Goddamn,
I was tired. It had been a hell of a day on the ranch. It was birthin’ season
and we had the vet out all day. That was gonna cost a small fortune, but it was
worth it when you saw those new calves and foals bein’ brought into the world.
I was sore. I was gettin’ too old for this shit. All I had been able to think
about all day was gettin’ home, takin’ a shower, and crawlin’ into bed.
When
I walked around the front of my house, I saw Clay’s truck parked out front.
What the hell was he doin’ at my place. He was screwin’ up my plans.
I
walked in the living room, hung my Stetson on the hat rack, and that’s when I
heard it. That fuckin’ little bastard.
I
flung the door to my room wide open. There he was. Screwin’ that little blonde
hussy, Ana. What the fuck?
“Are
you fuckin’ kiddin’ me, right now?” I screamed as I ran toward the bed.
“Get
the fuck out, man. Can’t you see I’m a little busy?” He didn’t even stop what
he was doin’ to say that. I grabbed him by the hair of his head and pulled him
off of her.
“You.
Get the hell out.” Normally, I wouldn’t have talked to a woman like that. But
this chick was a pain in my ass. She was only screwin’ Clay to get to me. She
had tried everything in the world to hook up with me. It wasn’t gonna happen.
So, now she had moved on to him. I’m sure she was thinkin’ about me the whole
time. It was probably her idea to do it in my house, and my bed.
“Cade,
baby,” Ana said, biting her lip seductively. Then she curled her finger at me,
“Join us?”
“You
have got to be fuckin’ kiddin’ me…Can you not take a hint? I will never sleep
with you. You are not what I’m lookin’ for.” I was lookin’ for a wife. Not some
cheep ass floozy that just wanted to screw me to get my ranch. “Ya’ll have five
minutes to get your shit and get the fuck out of my house. Tick-tock.”
I
started toward the kitchen. I needed a beer. I grabbed a cold one out of the
fridge and took a seat at the table. All of a sudden, I heard the front door
slam and said a little thank you that they were gone. They weren’t. I looked up
and my cousin Cord was standin’ in the doorway.
“I
need one of those too. Had a hell of a day,” he said as he grabbed a beer out
of the fridge and took a seat across from me at the table.
“You
and your damn brother seem to think this is your house.”
“Well,
it kinda is, right? I mean you’re like our brother. Mi casa, su casa?” He
grinned and continued to suck down my beer.
“Why
was your day so hard? Have a hard time pickin’ out your tie?” I loved to give
him a hard time. He was the only one in our family that had a job. Meaning, he
didn’t work on the ranch. He was a lawyer. I always knew he would make
somethin’ of himself. Now that brother of his was a whole other story.
“Asshole.
I’m working on a big case. I’m gonna have to go to Dallas next week. Why don’t
you come with me? It’d be good for you to get away from the ranch for a bit.”
That
actually sounded great. I hadn’t had a vacation in years. This ranch meant
everything to me. Since my parents had died, I had worked my ass off to make it
the success it had become. And I trusted my farmhands. I knew they could handle
it if I was gone for a few days.
“How
long you gonna be gone?” I asked.
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