CAN’T
STOP LOVIN’ YOU
Author: Lynnette
Austin
Series: Maverick
Junction, #3
On Sale: July 25,
2017
Publisher: Forever
Mass Market: $7.99
USD
eBook: $4.99 USD
Maggie
Sullivan can't wait to get out of Texas. Luckily, she just got the break she
needed to make her big-city dreams a reality. But then Brawley Odell swaggers
back into Maverick Junction, looking hotter than ever in his dusty cowboy boots
and well-worn jeans. He's the guy she still dreams of at night. The guy who
broke her heart when he left her behind.
Fed
up with city life, Brawley jumps at the chance to return home and take over the
local vet's practice—and get back to the smart, sassy woman he's never been
able forget. He couldn't be prouder of Maggie's new wedding-dress business...
until he realizes it may mean losing her all over again. Determined to win her
back, Brawley must find a way to convince Maggie that their one true home is
with each other.
“You’re staying,” Maggie whispered.
“I am.”
“You’ll be happy here, Brawley.”
“I’ll miss you.”
“You’ve lived without me for a long time.”
“But I always knew you’d be here. That I could get my Maggie
fix whenever I needed it with a couple hours’ drive.”
“Brawley—”
“I know.” He held up a hand. “Not fair. I won’t ask you to
stay. I know better than that. This is something you have to do.”
“It is.”
“Once you’re in New York, though, if you don’t like it, I’ll
be here.”
“That’s not going to
happen.”
“Red, if there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s never say
never.”
“Fine.” Her heart hammered in her chest. She moved to the
leather love seat, her hand stroking it. “This is yummy.”
“So are you.” The thought tumbled out before he could stop
it.
She turned, so close he could feel her breath on his face.
He hadn’t meant for it to happen. He hadn’t brought her here
to make a move. But damn if he could keep his hands, his mouth, off her.
He’d watched her all day, that gorgeous red hair done up in a
tumbled mass, curls escaping and trailing down her neck. He’d itched to pull
out whatever pins held it and spill the fiery strands around her. Wanted to run
his hands through it, feel the silky softness.
More, he wanted to unzip that swath of silk and let it slide
to the floor. Wanted to touch the creamy white skin beneath. Needed to taste
her. Her lips, the back of her knees, her stomach.
Needed to know if she still wore the little silver ring
through her belly button.
Needed almost more than his next breath to hear her quiet little
sighs, her cries of delight as they made love.
His gaze drifted to her red, red lips when her tongue peeked
out between them.
“Maggie—”
“Brawley?”
“Yeah?” He raised his eyes back to hers. They always reminded
him of a Texas meadow right after a spring rainstorm. What man could resist?
Sure as hell not him. He caved. Pulled her to him. Felt her heat.
The first kiss was tentative. After that initial foray,
though, he lost sight of his good intentions, of right and wrong.
Soft. So very soft.
His hand moved to the back of her neck, drawing her closer
still. Inching into that silken mass of hair, he removed the pins one at a
time, sighed when the strands spilled loose over his fingers, his hand, his
arm.
His mouth left hers, traced a path along her chin, over her
cheek. He buried his face in her hair and breathed deeply. God, she smelled
good.
Maggie gave him those little sighs, those moans he’d been
craving.
His lips trailed back to hers. When they parted, he slid his
tongue inside to dance with hers. He backed her up till she was against the
sofa.
Sliding a hand beneath her knees, he scooped her up and laid
her on the soft leather, then followed her down. His hands ran the length of
her, his fingers trailing beneath the hem of her dress.
He felt her cool hands on his heated flesh. Somehow she had
his shirt out of his pants and half unbuttoned. Her head lowered, and she
trailed a line of kisses across his bare chest. She stopped at the small scar
just above his navel, flicked her tongue over it.
Brawley sucked in his breath. Maggie had been the one to mark
him there with a stick when they’d been eight-year old pirates fighting it out
with pretend swords. He put a finger beneath her chin and raised her head to
taste her lips again.
She had matured, ripened. Was everything the eighteen-year-
old Maggie had been and more. Much more.
“Oh, Mags,” he whispered into her ear. “You’re killing me.”
She answered with a long, deep kiss.
He groaned. “I want you so badly it hurts.”
“Shut up and kiss me, cowboy.”
THE MAVERICK JUNCTION SERIES
SOMEBODY
LIKE YOU, #1
NEAREST
THING TO HEAVEN, #2
CAN’T
STOP LOVIN’ YOU, #3
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Lynnette
Austin loves Starbucks, peppermint patties, and long rides with the top down
and the music cranked up! One of the great things about writing is that
daydreaming is not only permissible but encouraged. She grew up in
Pennsylvania, moved to New York, then to Wyoming, and presently divides her
time between Florida's beaches and Georgia's mountains. She's been a finalist
in RWA's Golden Heart Contest, PASIC's Book of Your Heart Contest, and Georgia
Romance Writers' Maggie Contest. Having grown up in a small town, that's where
her heart takes her-to those quirky small towns where everybody knows
everybody...and all their business, for better or worse. 
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