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Reunited with the Cowboy
Pregnant and running scared, Grace Thomas turns to the one man she knows she can count on: rancher Brody Martin. The charismatic Texan promises to protect her, but she knows he'll never forgive her for breaking his heart and taking up with his former best friend. Given Brody's own unsettled past, Grace understands that the guarded cowboy needs time to trust her again. Yet as he helps her prepare for the baby's arrival, Grace knows she's found the perfect father for her child. But can she dare to dream of a second chance with the man she's never stopped loving?
The Rancher's Second Chance (Martin's Crossing Book 3), by Brenda Minton- Amazon Sales Rank: #81119 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-09-01
- Released on: 2015-09-01
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About the Author Brenda Minton lives in the Ozarks with her husband and three children. Life is chaotic but she enjoys every minute of it with her family and a few too many dogs. When not writing she's drinking coffee, talking to friends, or hanging out at the river with her family and extended family. visit her online at www.brendaminton.net
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. The pounding on the front door roused Brody Martin from the deepest, most pain-free sleep he'd had in a good long while. He groaned, covering his face with his arm. No way was he going to the door. No way in the world was he waking up to go work cattle with Duke, his older brother, when it was miserable and pouring down rain outside.He'd prefer dry and miserable inside to wet and miserable outside. It wasn't worth it. Ask his joints, they'd agree. At one month short of twenty-seven he felt as if those cattle they worked had trampled all over him.Whoever had been at the door had stopped pounding, and he closed his eyes, ready to go back to sleep. The next thing he knew someone was outside his window yelling at him to wake up. When a hand hit the window, the dog came out from under the blankets, barking, ready to defend Brody and the house. Brody pulled the dog back and ordered it to hush. The white mop bared its teeth and crouched next to him."Brody, you've got to let me in. He's going to kill me."It was a female voice, muffled through the glass, but obviously in distress.No self-respecting man could ignore a statement like that. He shot out of bed and hurried as fast as his overused knees could take him to the front door. The dog raced ahead, barking. When he yanked open the door, the woman standing on the front step of the trailer, shivering in the cold rain, fell into the house.She was on her knees, sobbing, and Brody didn't quite know what to do with her. Or if he wanted anything to do with her now that he knew who had woken him from a sound sleep. He pulled the door closed, gathering up sympathy as he did. He really wasn't a heartless cur. He just protected his heart a little better these days.He managed to get down on the floor next to her, pushing aside the crazy white mop of a dog that crouched on its belly, licking her hand. When he lifted her face to get a good look, he let out a few words that would have gotten his mouth washed out with soap not too many years back. A purple mark on her cheek and a black eye marred her pale skin. Tears streamed down her cheeks. He'd known it wouldn't be good for her when she'd left him for Lincoln. He hadn't expected it to be this bad.He pulled her close, gently touching the dark marks that marred her pretty face. He brushed short blond hair back from her eyes and waited. He might not be good for much, but he was good at waiting.It took her a few minutes to calm down. As he stroked her hair, her breathing returned to normal and the tears dried."Lincoln?" he asked as she pulled away, brushing a hand across her eyes to dry the last of her tears. Lincoln Carter, his once-upon-a-time roommate, best friend and traveling partner. And the man who couldn't keep his hands off another man's woman.Grace Thomas. Until last year, she'd been the woman Brody thought he might marry. Then less than a week after she'd broken things off with him, she'd been seen stepping out with Lincoln.A real man didn't do that to a friend. But then a real man didn't hit a woman, either. That was a mighty big strike against Lincoln Carter."Grace?""I knew his temper was bad. I shouldn't have…""Don't make excuses for him." Brody shook his head, thinking he'd heard it all when one of the toughest females he knew had found herself in a situation such as this and then tried to let the man off the hook with an excuse. It just went to prove that it could happen to anyone. Grace had a college degree, an educated and respectable family and backbone.Lincoln could manipulate a snake out of its skin and make the serpent believe it was being done a favor."I'm not making excuses," Grace sobbed. "I just knew and I shouldn't have pushed. I shouldn't have…""I keep hearing you say you shouldn't have, but what about him, Grace? What about this?" He touched her cheek, barely making contact with the bruise, yet she still flinched. Her dark brown eyes flickered with pain and she looked away."I know." Her voice trembled on the acknowledgment."He shouldn't have touched you, and I'll make him sorry…"He shook off the threat. It wasn't his place. Instead, he reached for the coffee table and pushed himself to his feet, grimacing at the pain that shot through his knees.He extended a hand to the woman kneeling on his floor and she took it, allowing him to help her up. She was a tiny thing, a tough-as-nails cowgirl. She had a lot of sense, except when it came to Lincoln. He still couldn't figure out why or how she'd gotten tangled up with the other man."I'm not making excuses anymore, Brody."He didn't say anything, just led her to the kitchen that connected to the living room of his trailer. He pulled a bag of corn out of the freezer and handed it to her. She thanked him quietly and held it to her eye and cheek.Because he didn't know what else to do, he started a pot of coffee, then took eggs out of the fridge. A quick look inside the appliance and he also found bacon."Are you hungry?"She nodded. She'd taken a seat at the bistro-style table that he'd bought because it fit the small space in the single-wide mobile home. The trailer was his personal space on the Circle M Ranch, a ranch that had been in the Martin family for more than a hundred years.He'd had the trailer set on a foundation a good walk from the barn and from either of his brothers. He wanted to be here, but he didn't want to be under their thumbs. Because Duke and Jake had helped to raise him after their mom skipped out on them some twenty years ago, they thought they still had the right to tell him how to live his life.They didn't get that he needed space.He'd really hoped once Jake married Breezy and got down to the business of raising the orphaned twin nieces they shared, and had a baby of his own on the way, he would be too busy to involve himself in Bro-dy's life. It hadn't worked out that way. Now both Jake and his wife, Breezy, were in Brody's business. And then came Duke and his soon-to-be wife, Oregon. He couldn't forget their daughter, Lilly. Thinking of his precocious twelve-year-old niece, Brody had to smile. Family wasn't all bad. It just meant not having a lot of time to himself.If his sister, Samantha, would come home, she could pull some outrageous stunt and get them all off his back.Brody found a skillet and placed it on the back burner of the stove. He started frying the bacon and then he cracked a few eggs in a bowl, stirred in a little milk and a handful of cheese. He couldn't cook much, but he could make decent bacon and scrambled eggs. Toast wasn't too far out of his league, either."When did it start?" he asked the woman sitting at the table."Almost from the beginning. At first it wasn't like this. A bruise on my arm or wrist, grabbing me a little too tightly. He was careful that Aunt Jacki didn't see."He nodded, because he didn't know what to say. Grace had been living with her aunt Jacki when he met her. It had been her summer to find herself, she'd told him. Jacki Thomas had helped her do that, he guessed. As far as he could tell, Jacki was the black sheep of the upstanding Thomas family."And you thought he was someone you wanted to keep dating?" Brody couldn't help but ask, knowing it sounded more like a snarl than a civilized question.When she didn't answer, he chanced a look at her. She wiped at her eyes and nodded. "Oh, Brody, I'm so sorry."Not much he could say to that, so he shrugged and went back to cooking. If he spent too much time looking at her, he'd get all stupid and heartsick again. He'd start thinking about that ring he'd never given her. Start remembering all the dreams he'd had for the two of them. That had been his mistake, making plans when she hadn't been interested in anything long-term. Not with him anyway.Young and stupid. Yep, that description fit him perfectly. If he gave her a chance, no doubt she'd apologize. Make excuses for why she'd left him. And he'd let her off the hook. The bacon sizzled in the pan, the aroma waking him up a little. He poured two cups of coffee and set one in front of her."Have you called your folks?" he asked as he headed back to the skillet and the bacon."No. They're out of the country. They're on a medical mission trip in South America for the next year."He kept his back to her, his attention focused on the pan. "What about your grandparents? Or Aunt Jacki?""Aunt Jacki went to Florida for a few months. I didn't want to be there alone when Lincoln came looking for me. And my grandparents went to Africa for a month with a group from their church.""What do you want from me, Grace?"She didn't answer. When he turned away from the stove she was staring at the floor, her shoulders slumped forward. The dog had managed to get her attention and now slept in her lap. Brody's heart caved a little.He had a hard time being strong around women, especially this woman. And weak was the last thing he needed to be when it came to Grace Thomas."Grace, I can't help you if I don't know what you want.""I need a place to stay. Somewhere he can't find me. I tried breaking up with him a few months ago but he keeps calling. He won't stay away from Jacki's." Her eyes closed and tears slid down her cheeks."He isn't going to come after you, is he? You're gone and he's probably feeling fortunate that you didn't press charges.""I did press charges. He's in jail. And when he gets out he'll be furious."Brody smiled, imagining his old friend in the slammer. "Well, that ought to teach him. Good for you, Gracie.""You haven't called me that in a long time.""Yeah, well, it didn't seem right to call you that once you decided to leave me for my best friend."He fixed her a plate of cheesy scrambled eggs and bacon. When he put the plate in front of her she turned green, covered her mouth with her hand and ran down the hall to the bathroom.He had a real bad feeling.The nausea eased, and Grace leaned back against the closed door of the bathroom. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. She had made some bad choices in her life, really bad choices. But Lincoln had been the worst ever.She didn't know how she'd become this person, forgetting herself, what she wanted out of life and who she had always known herself to be. She'd lost her way. That was what her granddad would say. Her life had been easy, smooth sailing. And then Lincoln had ensnared her.A light rap vibrated the door. "You okay in there?""Oh, yeah. Wonderful." She stood and turned on cold water to splash her face. He knocked again. She reached for a towel, wiped away the dampness, then stood there with the towel against her cheeks looking at the stranger in the mirror. A stranger with her eyes but with marks left by a man who had no right to do this, to take the best part of her and turn her into someone she no longer recognized.She shouldn't have stayed in the relationship. She should have walked away the first time. If anyone had asked her a year ago if she'd ever let a man hit her, she would have told them she'd make sure he regretted it if he tried. But Lincoln had hit her. More than once.For a while she'd stayed in the relationship because Lincoln had a way of convincing her he loved her and that she could change him. And then she'd stayed because she'd been afraid to leave. He'd convinced her that the abuse was her fault and that she needed to change.When she finally had walked away, he hadn't been willing to end things. Tonight she'd made the mistake of opening the door and he'd pushed his way in.She was going to find herself again. Calling the police had been the first step in that process."Want me to feed the eggs to the dog?" Brody asked through the paper-thin door. She could imagine him out there, forehead against the door, hand on the knob."No, I'm good. Please don't let the dog have my breakfast."She opened the door, trying hard to avoid looking at the man standing there so casually, leaning against the wood-paneled wall. While his stance said casual, he would never fit that description. At six feet with blue eyes that tripped a girl up and dark hair that she knew to be soft beneath her fingers, Brody Martin could be lethal. His cowboy charm fooled a girl. No, he fooled a lot of people with that good-ole-boy act.He shifted away from the wall and his steady gaze held her in place. She looked away at first, her hand going to her cheek. Feather soft his hand touched her arm. She flinched but didn't mean to."You okay?"She nodded but couldn't form the words to assure him. If she spoke out loud, she'd cry. If he said anything, she'd cry harder. If he touched her, the dam would definitely break, and she'd probably never be able to get control again.He gave her a long look and kept his distance."Let's eat before that mutt gets our eggs. She loves 'em." He motioned her to walk ahead of him.She poured herself a fresh cup of the coffee. Now that her stomach had settled, she thought she could keep it down. She needed it. She'd been awake all night. Through the kitchen window she could see that it was morning now. Not a sunny morning, but dreary like the night that had just passed. The world was gray and a steady rain fell.Brody walked up behind her. He took a plate off the counter and handed it to her. She watched him limp to the fridge. He didn't say anything. He pulled out a jar of salsa and limped back to the table."Your knee isn't better?" she asked him as she sat.He sat across from her. "Nope.""You've been like that since the surgery or before. You're worse now than you were when…"He looked up, his blue eyes accusing. She glanced away, unsure how to continue."Yeah, there are a lot of ways I'm worse off than I was then. Thanks.""I didn't leave you for Lincoln." She at least owed him that explanation."You broke up with me, and the next week you were with Lincoln.""I know." She closed her eyes, thinking back to all that had come between them. Her fears of getting too serious when her time in Stephenville was limited. His overwhelming need to keep her close. She hadn't been ready for his kind of serious.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Grabbed By the Heart From Page 2 By Amazon Customer “The Rancher's Second Chance” by Brenda Minton is the third book in her 'Martin's Crossing' series that grabbed my attention by grabbing my throat from the second page, but if someone hasn't read the other two books no worries for this is a great stand alone book as well.Within the pages of this book, for those who have read the other 'Martin's Crossing' books, Brody is explained finally. Brody has been a pretty stoic character without a lot of explaining, I always figured it was because his story would be coming out soon enough, but here we learn a lot about this young man who has been carrying around a whole lot more baggage than he wants to admit. There is a lot that this young man has had to deal with over the years, especially the last year or so. He learns to face some of his own demons that he has avoided for too long, and he learns a few things about being alone as well.There is a subject that is dealt with, within the pages of the book and that is abuse. It is something that is used to help move the story along but in a realistic way. I just wanted to warn everyone about it so that if they have something in their past that is unresolved and this kind of thing bothers them, then they are given the heads up. Personally though there is a one moment in the book that is a bit scary in its realistic way, it is used to help move the story along. I also really enjoyed how during the story the victim has learned that it wasn't their fault that they lost who they were, what they believed in and more, and that in order to move forward they needed to learn who they were and what they believed in once again. This was a story line that showed the character's true inner strength and determination to get back something that they lost.Grace is a woman who knows who she can turn to, even with all that happened in the past. Grace is someone who has learned a lot about herself lately and realizing a few things were not as seemed in her past. There is something special and tender about Grace who wants to get back into church and a little uncertain about going by herself, but strong enough to know when she wants to be kissed. This a just little things from the story that I don't feel bad about relieving for they are not major scenes in the story over all but they show something about her.There didn't seem to be much movement in the story line that I thought was there, so maybe I was mistaken on that. The one clear story line that has been through it all really moved forward with a BIG twist that I didn't see coming at all. I really look forward to seeing more about that twist in future books for there is no way possible that is it as for the twist, because if it is I might just have to stop reading Ms. Minton's books for that would be a cruel and horrible thing to do to her readers, and I don't believe for one single second that Ms. Minton is a cruel woman. When the twist was revealed though I was angry for the Martin's sake, for it was heartbreaking and wasn't what I expected at all, and I got the impression it wasn't exactly what was to be expected period, but then again not a total surprise.This is a story that didn't take place over a short period of time but over several months. Okay well maybe the large portion of the story takes place over a month or so, but the story started long before first page, and then there are periods of time where time is skipped with a quick overview of anything important that happened. This really helped making the story seem realistic for it was not rushed especially with the abuse portion of the story.I am so glad that I picked up this book for it is the first book in a couple of weeks that grabbed me by the heart and wouldn't let me put the book down. I hope all who read this book will enjoy it as much as I did and I am anxiously waiting for the next book in the 'Martin's Crossing' series that is suppose to be out early next year.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. ONE OF THE BEST BEGINNINGS, EVER!!! By Kym McNabney True, there are no guarantees in life. Yet, what I have found to be true is when I open up a book by BRENDA MINTON, it won’t take long to complete it. Her books, under 250 pages, are not a quick and easy read due to the page numbers, but to the fact that they are so well written, and amazing stories.Grace Thomas, scared and nowhere to go, finds her way to Martin’s Crossing. A small Texas town, though it isn’t the quaint community that brought here there.When Brody Martin answers the knock on his door, the last person he expects to be standing on the other side is, Grace Thomas. Why was she here, and what did she want? She was the one who walked away from him, from his hopes and dreams.Having read every single book by MS MINTON that I can get my hands on, I feel as though I repeat myself in reviewing her books. That alone says a lot when what I write is all positive. Again, MS MINTON has pulled off another amazing story. I have to say, THE RANCHER’S SECOND CHANCE has to be one of the best beginnings I’ve encountered. I could have read it a dozen times, and still want to read it again.As typically of MS MINTON, her characters are fully developed and three dimensional, jumping off the pages and right into your heart. Her plot is complete and purposeful. She has many great lines that will have you rereading them, because they are that good. After having read countless LI Books, I am in awe of the original lines she never fails to create.It’s no surprise that I am well aware MS MINTON has another book coming out this month, A REUNION FOR THE RANCHER (Lone Star Cowboy League). It equally comes as no surprised that I am anxiously anticipating the day I can snatch it off the shelf at the store and begin reading it.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. but she knows he'll never forgive her for breaking his heart and taking up with his former best friend. Given Brody's own unsett By Jalynn Patterson About the Book:Reunited with the CowboyPregnant and running scared, Grace Thomas turns to the one man she knows she can count on: rancher Brody Martin. The charismatic Texan promises to protect her, but she knows he'll never forgive her for breaking his heart and taking up with his former best friend. Given Brody's own unsettled past, Grace understands that the guarded cowboy needs time to trust her again. Yet as he helps her prepare for the baby's arrival, Grace knows she's found the perfect father for her child. But can she dare to dream of a second chance with the man she's never stopped loving?My Review: Rancher Brody Martin lost the girl of his dreams to his former best friend Lincoln. And after that day he decided he would dedicate his life to ranching and that's it. Or so he thought. One rainy morning, Brody does his best to sleep in, but a constant knocking and finally a cry for help, draw him out of bed and to his front door. There he finds his ex-girlfriend, Grace Thomas, shivering and crying. Bringing her in and feeding her, he learns that Lincoln hasn't been the best boyfriend in the world. Having been hit multiple times by him and also pregnant, Brody knows he must help her and he must also keep his temper under control. But the more she tells him the more he cant wait till Lincoln shows up on his door step.The Rancher's Second Chance is book three in the Martin's Crossing series. This book was absolutely a wonderful read. I loved every chapter of this book. I can not wait till I can get another of this author's books.**Disclosure** This book was sent to me free of charge for my honest review from the author.
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