Cruelest Cowboy – Cora Brent

There was nothing fun about going to Vegas to mediate an ugly dispute between two casino kings but a mob war benefits no one and it’s been avoided for now. Then I barely got home before I was needed in Chicago to show up at a funeral for a mobster boss who dropped dead while he was fucking a stripper. Both times I took Getty with me, partly because that guy needs some lessons in diplomacy. Slicing open a throat or firing a bullet into a forehead isn’t always the best way to solve a problem.

But I had more than one motive for forcing him to join me. I didn’t want him hassling Cecilia while she was planning the wedding. It was easier to drag him along in order to keep an eye on him. I missed Cecilia while I was gone. This surprised me, how much she stayed on my mind no matter what I was doing. I’m impatient to marry her, even more impatient to have uninterrupted time alone with her. A nervous priest was flown in from Denver and keeps uneasily shifting his weight a few feet away from where I stand.

We’re not exactly a regular church going family but my father likes to pretend otherwise because the church was important to my mother. Cecilia isn’t religious but was raised Catholic and had no objection to a priest. The man’s rabbity face is pale as he stands there in his robe, clutching a bible and waiting for the ceremony to start. Maybe it’s not every day that he gets to officiate a Mafia wedding.

At least he’ll have something to talk about with the other priests. Mel sits in the front row of white chairs with an embroidered handkerchief in her hand. Whenever she looks at me, her eyes get cloudy and she dabs at the corners. The longtime members of the ranch staff, led by Miguel, are bunched up on one side of the aisle. They’re just glad to have the day off. As for the non-ranch side of the family business, I refused to let a crowd of wise guys come here to leer at my bride.

I didn’t advertise the wedding or send out general invitations.

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For information, please contact your local bookseller or the Hachette Book Group Special Markets Department at [email protected]. ISBN: 978-1-5387-8560-7 (ebook) E3-20260610-PDJ-PC-REV OceanofPDF.com CONTENTS Cover Title Page Copyright Cruelest Contract Prologue TWELVE YEARS LATER… 1. Julian 2. Julian 3. Cecilia 4. Cecilia 5. Julian 6. Cecilia 7. Cecilia 8. Julian 9. Cecilia 10. Julian 11. Cecilia 12. Julian 13. Cecilia 14. Cecilia 15. Julian 16. Cecilia 17. Julian 18. Cecilia 19. Cecilia 20. Julian 21. Julian 22. Cecilia 23. Cecilia 24. Julian 25. Cecilia 26.

Julian 27. Julian 28. Cecilia 29. Julian 30. Cecilia 31. Julian 32. Cecilia 33. Cecilia 34. Julian 35. Julian 36. Cecilia 37. Julian 38. Cecilia 39. Cecilia 40. Julian 41. Cecilia Epilogue Discover More A Note From Cora… Let’s Keep In Touch! Also By Cora Brent OceanofPDF.com Explore book giveaways, sneak peeks, deals, and more.

Tap here to learn more. OceanofPDF.com CRUELEST CONTRACT (STORM’S EYE RANCH) I’ve been given a choice. I can marry one of the four fearsome Tempesta brothers. Or else bury my own troubled twin brother after his latest misdeeds. It’s a sacrifice I will make with no hesitation. For years I’ve tried to escape my family’s Mafia legacy. I should have understood this was always a fantasy. It doesn’t matter that I moved to a different city or that I changed my name and stayed far away from the chaos I was born to.

In the end, I cannot outrun the obligations of blood.

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