LOVE SOMEBODY LIKE YOU
Caribou Crossing #6
Susan Fox
Released Sept 29th,2015
Kensington: Zebra
With
its breathtaking terrain and welcoming people, the Western town of Caribou
Crossing is the perfect place for a heart to heal, and
for love to blossom once more…
Since the death of her husband three
years ago, young widow Sally Ryland has kept to herself and focused on her
struggling business, Ryland Riding. Folks assume she’s still grieving, because
Sally has never shared the truth about her abusive marriage, or the trust
issues that remain. But when a sexy rodeo rider from her past turns up for a
visit, he’s a reminder of the feisty woman she once was—and maybe still could
be…
Ben Traynor was always attracted to
Sally, but he didn’t move fast enough. Now what Sally needs is patience and
gentleness. With an injury keeping him from his next rodeo, Ben has the perfect
excuse to stick around and help with her chores—and her healing. And as Sally
finds the courage to face her demons and open her heart again, she’ll have to
decide if what she has with Ben is more than safety, gratitude, and short-term
passion, but a forever love…
“Fox knows how to strike just enough sway between sweet and bitter, homespun and steamy.” --Publishers Weekly
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Thinking about what would work best
for takeout, he ordered meat loaf, mashed potatoes, and coleslaw for two.
Normally, as part of his fitness regimen, he took it easy on the carbs, but
women liked dessert—that was his excuse and he was sticking to it—so he also
asked for a couple of slices of strawberry-rhubarb pie. “That’s to go,” he told
the woman. Terry, her name tag said.
She clipped the order slip to one of
those old fashioned carousels that hung between the diner and the kitchen, then
turned back to him. “How are you liking our fair town so far?”
He figured the population was small
enough, she’d know he wasn’t a local. “Looks nice, but I haven’t seen much of
it. I’ve been out at Ryland Riding, visiting Sally. She’s an old friend.”
Her dark eyebrows arched. “You’re a
friend of Sally Ryland’s?” Her tone held disbelief.
He eyed her quizzically. “Yeah. From
way back. Before she got married.”
“Huh. Didn’t know she had friends
except for Dave and—” She broke off, flushing. “That sounded terrible. Sorry.
It’s just, well . . . she keeps to herself, you know?”
No friends? The Sally he’d known had
been so outgoing. But then, Pete’s death had probably messed her up, not to
mention left her swamped with work. “Since her husband died?”
Terry shook her head. “I’ve never
once met Sally, and she’s been here seven, eight years. I don’t know if she’s
set foot in town more than a few times, and her husband wasn’t here much more
often. They built Ryland Riding and it was, like, their own little world. Just
the two of them.”
“You mean, except for students and people
boarding horses, right?”
“Sure. But Sally and Pete didn’t
socialize.” She took a lattice-topped fruit pie from the display case. “Seems
they didn’t need anyone except each other. That’s true love for you. I guess. I
mean, it’s not how me and my hubby, Jeff, back there in the kitchen, like
things.” Slicing pie, she chuckled. “Well, obviously, eh, or we wouldn’t own a
diner. We like being in the center of what’s going on in town.” She put two
generous slices of pie into a take-out container.
“I remember when Sally and Pete
first met. It was like, bam, neither of them had eyes for anyone else.”
“Well, I guess it stayed that way. I
heard that the rare times he did come into town he’d buy flowers for Sally.” An
order was up, and she went to deliver it.
Maybe Ben had better not take
flowers tonight. He didn’t want Sally thinking he was trying to compete, or
compare, with Pete.
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Award-winning,
international best-selling author Susan Fox (who also writes as
Savanna Fox and Susan Lyons) is a Pacific Northwester with homes in Victoria
and Vancouver, British Columbia. She has degrees in law and psychology, and has
had a variety of careers, including perennial student, computer consultant, and
legal editor. Fiction writer is by far her favorite, giving her an outlet to
demonstrate her belief in the power of love, friendship, and a sense of humor.
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