The
Watchers Series—Fallen angels cast out of heaven by the archangel Michael for
coercing with Satan to gain control. Some of these conspirators—duped late in
the game by Satan’s lies—doubled back to seek redemption for their unwitting
betrayal. Offered parole in exchange for penance, these Watchers are given the
toughest bodyguard missions with little leeway for success.
One
last chance.
These are their stories . . .
Cowboy Watch:
Someone—or something—wants Kellen out of town . . .
Kellen Brand’s inheritance comes as a monumental shock—a rundown farm she doesn’t want and one paroled Watcher all her own. Kellen’s eccentric mother believed Watchers to be fallen angels seeking penance by guarding individuals who had lost their way. Seriously? A Watcher? Only her mother . . .
Since Kellen vows no sane woman would choose to live in Riverside, she’s on a mission to dump the old farm fast and to the first buyer who comes along. Unfortunately for her, the only buyer is a resort developer, spurned by a townful of objectors and one handsome cowboy—her neighbor, Luke Thornton. Luke must block Kellen’s farm sale or risk exposure of his own family’s secrets. He can ill afford his immediate and compelling attraction to his new neighbor.
Someone
is watching Kellen, but not who she thinks. Someone deadly and intent on
scaring her out of town. Or worse. Luke has a hellish choice to make—step in
and rescue Kellen from her threats, or to protect his family, stand by and
watch . . .
A familiar aroma wafted up from the river, a combination of humus, plant material, microscopic plankton, and a touch of fish. Unable to stop the smile slowly stretching across her face, she untied her sneakers, rolled up her jeans, and slipped into the icy water. She immediately gasped and felt her smile deepen to a grin. Remaining in the soothing current for a long time, she absorbed her surroundings as trout darted in and around the submerged rocks to grab their plankton lunch.
A horse suddenly whickered behind her, followed by the telltale creak of a saddle. Too close for comfort. The back of her neck prickled. Ankle deep in the water, she couldn’t make a decent sprint for the car, and Kellen regretted her impulse to visit this deserted stretch of riverbank.
Easing around, she spied the towering silhouette of a powerfully built man astride a huge black stallion no more than ten yards away. The rider’s face lay shadowed beneath a wide-brimmed Stetson. The cowboy made an impressive and, at this moment, intimidating sight—a throwback from the frontier days of the Wild West.
The horse whickered again and sidestepped away from the edge of the embankment, forcing the cowboy to twist around to keep her in sight. She could feel his dark eyes scanning every inch of her. The intensity in his gaze raised goose bumps on her arms, and a tiny shiver edged up her spine. Trapped here along the edge of the river, she felt vulnerable yet strangely unafraid. Would he come any closer?
A horn blared up on the highway, and she jumped with a yelp.
The big horse reared at the sound of her cry, and Kellen caught a brief glimpse
of the cowboy’s dark eyes, eyes that could stare right through to a girl’s
soul. She scrunched her own eyes shut and forced herself to breathe. When she
opened them, the rider was gone. Had she imagined him? Another mild shiver
rifled up her spine. No, the fearsome rider was definitely real.
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Petie spent a large part of her career working at Walt Disney
World—"The Most Magical Place on
Earth"—where she enjoyed working in the land of fairy tales by day and
creating her own romantic fairy tales by night, including her new series, The
Cinderella Romances. She eventually said good-bye to her "day" job to
write her stories full-time.
These days Petie spends her time writing new Cinderella series
tales, her new The Watchers series, sequels to her regency time-travel series,
Lords in Time, and more contemporary romance standalones to go along with her
two previous releases—Any Fin For Love and Ambush in the Everglades.
Petie shares her home on the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee with her horticulturist husband and an opinionated Nanday conure named Sassy who will make a cameo appearance in the upcoming Book 2 of The Watchers, Christmas Watch.
Visit Petie's website online at http://www.petiemccarty.com or her Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/petie.mccarty.
Other Links:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6094579.Petie_McCarty
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