Star Spangled Cowboy
By
Paige Warren
Genre: Erotic Western Romance
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Synopsis
Combat-wounded vet,
Tyson Braxton, feels like half a man since losing his leg in Afghanistan.
After returning to the family ranch, he wonders what any woman would see in him
now. His scars and self-doubt run deep, and while feeling desperate, he hires a
prostitute to ease his sexual tension.
Dacey Morgan has
lived a life of horror since the age of seventeen when her pimp lured her into
a life of prostitution and depravity. She wants out, but the last girl who
tried to run ended up dead in a ditch. So, Dacey tries to do what she’s
told—but she has one guilty pleasure, her two nights a week she gets to see
Tyson.
Dacey longs for the
day she’s free to love the man she’s falling for, but she knows that freedom
will come at a cost.
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Excerpt
Tyson slowly
kneeled and took her hand in his, his touch gentle. “I know that we only have a
business arrangement, Dacey, and I have no claim on you. That being said,
despite the fact I use your services, I don’t like your job. I don’t like the
thought of other men’s hands on you, or that you have to sleep with random
strangers just to pay your bills. I once offered to help take care of you if
you would just give up that lifestyle. Why won’t you let me?”
“I’m not a problem
for you to solve, Tyson. My life may not be perfect, but it’s mine. My trailer
isn’t much, but at least I own it. And my job may not be as glamorous as it
looked on Pretty Woman, but I’m careful.”
His hand tightened
on hers. “I don’t like it, but I know I can’t force you to quit. One day,
you’ll decide you’re ready for a respectable life, a home, and a family. What
are you going to do when that happens?”
She already wanted
those things, desperately, but how was she supposed to get away from Carlos?
She wasn’t as popular as the other girls, but she still brought him a steady
income, and he wasn’t going to let her go anytime soon. He owned her, and there
wasn’t anything she could do about it. If she went to the police to turn him
in, they’d just arrest her as well for prostitution. And she couldn’t let Tyson
go after Carlos, not with his disability. He might act all big and tough, but
she knew he was still recovering.
“No one’s going to
want a washed-up whore, so I guess I never have to worry about that. Besides, I
don’t think I can have children. Back when I first started working, Carlos took
a few months to get my birth control lined up, and he didn’t always make the
customers use a condom. I think I’d have gotten pregnant if it were a
possibility.”
She’d gotten
frequently tested during that period of her life, and she still went every
month. Of course, she also made sure her customers used condoms and refused to
service the ones who wouldn’t. It had been the cause of many fights between
Carlos and her, but knowing she wasn’t doubling her chances of an STD was worth
the beatings.
“You can’t save me,
Ty,” she said softly. “I appreciate that you want to, really I do, but it’s too
late for me. I’ve been working this job since I was seventeen. I’ve seen things
and done things that I’m not proud of, but I’ve done whatever was necessary for
me to survive. You think someone’s going to want a woman who’s been a whore for
five years? Someone who never graduated high school? What’s my marketable
skill, that I can make you come in less than a minute?”
He smiled a little
at that. “I’m not sure I would consider that skill. I like it when things are
dragged out for a while. The anticipation and incredible sensation of feeling
you wrapped around my cock are even better than coming.”
“You get my point,
though.”
Tyson caressed her
cheek and placed a gentle kiss on her lips. “I will do whatever it takes to
protect you, Dacey. Anything. If it hadn’t been for you, I probably would have
blown my head off months ago. Knowing I’d get to see you twice a week has been
the only thing keeping me going, and yeah, I know I pay for your time, but I
also know that you enjoy being with me.”
She leaned into his
touch. Just thinking about him ending his life was enough to make her cry, and
for once she was thankful for her job. If she hadn’t been a prostitute, they
never would have met. He’d gotten Carlos’s number from a friend and she’d just
been lucky to be the girl her pimp sent out that night. Ty had made her life so
much better, even if she didn’t get to spend much time with him. They’d laughed
and talked, and just genuinely enjoyed one another’s company. He’d been so cute
that first night, unsure of himself to the point of refusing to take off his
pants. It had taken her weeks to get him to undress in front of her, and when
he had, she’d taken the time to kiss all of his scars, including what remained
of his left leg.
“You’ve made me
whole again,” he said. “You never cared that I only have one leg now, or that
I’ve had more holes in me than a pin cushion. My scars don’t disgust you, and I
was finally able to see myself through your eyes and come to grips with the
body I have now versus the one I had before the explosion.”
Meet
the Author
Paige Warren spends
her days weaving tales about alpha male cowboys and the women who love them.
There's nothing hotter than a man in tight Wranglers and a pair of well-worn
boots. You have to admit, there's something sexy about a man who knows how to
use a rope!
A cat lover, she
has more than one furbaby running around, keeping her company in the wee hours
of the morning as she tries to find just the right way to say "His skin
gleamed, the early morning rays caressing his sun bronzed flesh, as he studied
her from beneath the brim of his Stetson." Or, you know, something
similar.
When Paige isn't
dolling out tons of affection on the furbabies, or slurping down a pot of
coffee (Yes! A whole pot!) so she can get in her daily word count, she enjoys
reading and watching movies - romances, usually.
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