Five Card Stud: McCallister Bounty Hunters (Eclipse Heat) - Softcover

Sivad, Gem

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1533213771 ISBN 13: 9781533213778

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

Sam McCallister enjoys looking at Eden Pace across a poker table. She has to be the prettiest woman he's ever seen, smart too, and the best card sharp he's ever likely to meet. He has no doubt the lady gambler thinks she'll win in their game of five card stud. He's got a hole card that says she won't-a Wanted for Murder poster with Eden's picture on it. Eden's doing her own outlaw hunting. She's on the trail of the man who killed her husband. Though she'd like to forget the past and let Sam McCallister give her a future, she won't do it. She'll bring her husband's murderer to justice or die trying. When Sam gets in the way of her goal, she uses seduction to free herself. But the hard-headed bounty hunter keeps dogging her steps, blurring the line between pursuer and protector. Eden's got more trouble than Sam chasing her. She's using herself as bait to unmask a master criminal. The monster knows who she is, and he wants her dead. But Sam's not about to lose the woman he loves. He's pushing all the limits in their high stakes game. With hearts on the table and death on the line, nothing is certain until the last card's played.

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An Excerpt:     Sam watched Eden kneel beside the shimmering water as she tested the temperature--expecting, he was sure, to find it frigid. Instead, he knew heat pulsed under her touch, water as warm as the bath she'd taken in Wichita Falls. 
     "Are we in for the night?" she asked without taking her eyes off the pool.
     "Yep." His one-word answer seemed to be enough this time.
     "What do you plan to do with me?" Eden asked over her shoulder as she disrobed. Sam could see that she didn't intend to play shy around him. That was good, because if she was waiting for him to look away, she'd be an old woman when she gave up.
     "Plenty." He worked the one word through lips almost as stiff as his cock. She was a sight to see and she knew it, standing there flaunting her wares at him.
     "All right," she huffed. Her words were filled with irritation as she stepped out of dress and chemise in one fluid motion. "Is that what this is about?" She sounded genuinely surprised when she asked, "You're not interested in the bounty?"
     Eden turned to face him as she gathered her long mane of hair, re-pinning it on top of her head. She stood naked on the rim of the rock pool, surrounded by torchlight.
     Jesus, the woman's trying to kill me.  Savoring the creamy skin covering her slender curves, he followed the lift of her arm and watched her rounded breast tilt upward. Licking lips suddenly gone dry, Sam let his eyes center on the patch of dark curls at the V of her thighs. 
      "You were on the top of my wanted list as soon as I set eyes on you. Handbill or not, I'd have claimed you," he admitted gruffly.
     Eden walked around the hot spring and followed the ancient steps down into the pool. Her soft moan of pleasure echoed in the cave. "Ohhh, this is wonderful." 
     His voice sounded pretty rough to his own ears when he called over to her, "You plannin' on fuckin' me senseless again so you can escape?" 
     Her laughter bounced off the walls, followed by her answer. "Yes." 
     If there was one thing Sam enjoyed more than the chase, it was the challenge of keeping the prey once caught. "Give me a minute to get us settled for the night, pretty lady. Then you can commence your getaway attempt."
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Each book in Eclipse Heat, Gem Sivad's sizzling historical romance series, can be read as a stand-alone.The connective thread throughout is the town of Eclipse, Texas.* Titles (available now in the series) Quincy's Woman; Perfect Strangers (2010 EPIC Award); Wolf's Tender; Five Card Stud (Passionate Plume Award, EPIC Finalist); Trouble In Disguise; Breed True

About the Author:

ABOUT ME! Hi. Nice to meet you. I'm Gem Sivad, a reclusive writer, comma phobic, and eavesdropper on the world. Although I have hermit tendencies, occasionally I come out of the writer's den to meet readers at book signing events. Hope to see you there. But in case we miss each other, you can find a part of me in every one of my stories. 

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About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1533213771
• ISBN 13: 9781533213778
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 454