Taming the Country
Star by Margo Bond Collins
Blurb:
He'll do anything to
win her heart. She'll do anything to keep him away.
Country star Cole Grayson is in town, and Kylie Andrews is less
than thrilled. As if months of changing the radio station and tearing down his posters
weren’t bad enough, now she has to deal with a town of fans swarming toward the
man who deceived her the year before. But when Kylie’s eyes meet Cole’s again,
she can’t deny the electric chemistry that drew her to him the first time
around.
Cole Grayson is on a mission. Ever since Kylie left him, he hasn’t
been able to forget her sweet country smile. After writing a song just for her,
he sets off for her hometown to prove he’s not the player she thinks he is. But
as much as Cole can’t forget her, Kylie wonders if she can forgive him…
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Excerpt:
Kylie Andrews’s
Texas-themed gift shop, Cowbelles, sat on the very outer edge of Fort Worth’s
Stockyards District, not far from Jimmy’s Honky Tonk. And much to her dismay,
no matter how often she cleared it, the wall adjacent to her store remained
covered with announcements for local events.
Like, for example, concerts.
She stared at the latest layer of advertisements.
From the topmost poster, Cole Grayson stared out at her, leaning
against the edge of an old barn door, guitar at his feet. One booted foot was
kicked up against the wooden wall behind him. His dark-blond hair curled around
behind one ear and fell down across his eye on the other side. A cowboy hat
rested on the ground next to the guitar.
Her hand drifted up toward the image, hovering several inches from
the picture of his face. She glanced around. None of the other shopkeepers were
outside. No one was watching.
“Bastard,” she whispered to herself, and ripped the poster off the
wall.
At least, she tried to. It was thicker than she had expected,
attached more firmly, and it resisted her pull.
Chewing on her lip, she took another look around, dropped her bag
to the ground, and reached up to grasp the edge with both fists, jerking at it
in opposite directions. A tiny tear opened up along the side, and she yanked
harder. Finally, the poster ripped—right across Cole Grayson’s lying eyes.
She tugged at the image some more, glancing around surreptitiously
every few moments and dropping ragged pieces of paper on the ground at her
feet, until there was nothing left on the wall but a few fluttering strips.
Gathering the mutilated shreds together, she opened her bag and
shoved them inside until they overflowed, bright ribbons of color in the
morning light.
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About the Author
Margo Bond Collins is the author of contemporary romance, urban fantasy, and
paranormal mysteries. She has published a number of novels, including Taming the Country Star, Legally Undead,
Waking Up Dead, and Fairy, Texas.
She lives in Texas with her husband, their daughter, and several spoiled pets.
Although writing fiction is her first love, she also teaches college-level English
courses online. She enjoys reading romance and paranormal fiction of any genre
and spends most of
her free time daydreaming about heroes, monsters, cowboys, and villains, and
the strong women who love them. She currently writes for Entangled’s Red-Hot
Bliss line.
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Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/author/margobondcollins
Email: MargoBondCollins@gmail.com
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http://www.MargoBondCollins.net
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5-star reviews:
What a super story! Just as their romance was getting started,
events tore them apart. She wants a quiet hometown life, he's a country singing
star. Incredibly written with characters that come to life. Very well done! I
highly recommend this one. ~Bette Lutz, Amazon reader
If I had one complaint about Taming the Country Star: A Hometown
Heroes Novella by Margo Bond Collins, it would be that it is just too short.
After I read Legally Undead by Ms. Collins, I pretty much knew that I would
love anything she writes. And she proved me right with this little book. I just
loved it. Even though it is short, I was drawn in and completely fell in love
with the two main characters.
You could say that Kylie Andrews has trust issues. Her Daddy was a rodeo star
and lived the high life. Which included being photographed in the tabloids
numerous times with various other women. Eventually he abandoned Kylie and her
Mom and Kylie knew that if she ever married, it would be someone safe and
stable, the complete opposite of her father. That didn’t work out so well
either, though. She was supposed to marry her childhood sweetheart but was left
at the altar. She decided to take her honeymoon by herself and it is there she
met the handsome Cole, no last name, and had a sexy, romantic, time with him.
It wasn’t until she was at the airport on the way home that she spied her own
photo, kissing Cole, in a tabloid magazine. She then realized the true identity
of the man she just spent the last few days with. It was Cole Grayson, the huge
country music star!
A year has passed since Cole Grayson met Kylie on that beach in Mexico. And a
day hasn’t gone by that he didn’t think of her. He is doing a concert in Fort
Worth, where Kylie lives and has a little shop, and he is determined to find
her. But will she give him a second chance now that she knows who he really is?
~ Carol [Goodreads addict], a top 100 Goodreads
