Three to Ride
Lexi Blake writing as Sophie Oak
Nights
in Bliss, Colorado, Book 1
Coming
March 20, 2018
Re-released in a second edition with two new
chapters and additional new content.
Rachel Swift is a woman on the run.
A stalker sent Rachel's world reeling. Now
she's running for her life, and Bliss, CO, seems like the perfect place to
hide. Bliss is a strange little town, filled with artists, nudists, and the
occasional conspiracy nut. It's a good place to start over.
Max and Rye are just the men to catch her.
Horse trainer Max and Sheriff Rye gave up on
their dream of finding one perfect woman to share long ago. Rachel walks in,
and they're both in love and fighting their true natures.
A town like no other….
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Excerpt
“You
should have told me who you were the minute I stepped into the shower with
you,” she complained, shoving a blue T-shirt over her head.
Rye
ran a frustrated hand through his wet hair. It was so much longer wet. “I
couldn’t breathe enough to talk. I’m sorry. I should have locked the door. I
should have skipped the damn shower. Hell, I should have spent the night
somewhere else. I knew something like this would happen.”
She
calmed down as she noticed Rye looked a little tormented. When she thought
about it, it kind of was inevitable. Maybe not the stroking him part, but
certainly the seeing him less than clothed. “Rye, we didn’t do anything we
shouldn’t have. It was a mistake. I’m sure this isn’t the first time a woman
got twin brothers confused and ended up seeing more than she should. It’s your
house. I’m the one who should be more careful.”
Rye
turned away from her. He placed both hands on the dresser. His head fell
forward as though he was very tired. “We’ve shared a room all of our lives
until a year ago. Even after our parents were gone and we could have, probably
should have, taken our own rooms, we didn’t. We moved in here and, when we had
the money, renovated to suit our needs. We built this room and that bathroom
for the future. I don’t know, Rachel. I just always expected him to be there.”
“I
am not trying to take your brother away from you,” Rachel said quietly. Was all
this drama worth it when she knew she wasn’t going to be able to stay? Her
heart hurt at the thought, but sooner or later, she would have to move on.
Until Tommy was caught, she was in danger and so was everyone around her.
Rye
sighed. “Oh, Rachel, I’m not jealous of you.” He turned to her, and the
intensity in his blue eyes made her heart speed up. “I’m gut-churningly jealous
of Max. All of our lives, I’ve been the one to find our women. He’s a charmless
bastard who went along for the ride. I’m the one who wanted to get married. I’m
the one who wanted to have kids. He just wanted to fuck. Now, he’s the one who
finds you? How the hell is that fair?”
She
stood there, watching him at war with himself. She wanted to wrap her arms
around him and soothe him, but she didn’t have the right. From everything she
knew, Max had decided to go straight. He wanted a normal one-on-one
relationship. He would probably be upset if he knew how attracted she was to
Rye.
Rye
shook his head. “I’m leaving tonight. I’ll pack a couple of things and stay at
Stefan’s until I can find an apartment.”
“Don’t.”
She was horrified at the thought. “I’ll leave. This is your home. I never meant
to cause this much trouble.”
Rye
smiled slightly, but it was a sad thing. “I can’t watch you and Max. I’ll get
to the point where I can be friendly, and we can pretend to be some sort of
normal family, but I’ll never stop wanting you. I can’t live in the same house
and watch you settle in with my brother. Do you understand the relationship I
want?”
“You
want to share me with Max.” The statement came out in a low, breathy voice. She
had meant to sound matter-of-fact, not sultry.
“I
want you between us, Rachel. I want you to be our wife and our lover and the
mother of our children. I want you to sleep in between us. I want you screaming
your pleasure when we take you at the same time. Do you understand?”
“Yes,
I understand.” Her mouth was dry as she thought about it. She could have both
of them. Two gorgeous men, loving her, wanting her. It was the fantasy of a
lifetime.
“Max
doesn’t want that anymore. I have to choose between pursuing the woman I think
I was meant to be with or honoring the brother I’ve shared a life with from the
moment we were conceived. Know this, Rach, if he weren’t already madly in love
with you, if you hadn’t already chosen him, I would be all over you. That’s why
I have to leave.”
ABOUT LEXI BLAKE
NY Times and USA Today bestselling author Lexi Blake lives in North Texas with her husband, three kids, and the laziest rescue dog in the world. She began writing at a young age, concentrating on plays and journalism. It wasn't until she started writing romance and urban fantasy that she found the stories of her heart. She likes to find humor in the strangest places and believes in happy endings no matter how odd the couple, threesome, or foursome may seem.
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