BOOK INFORMATION
Can’t Wait
Hunted Series Prequel
Hunted Series Prequel
By: Jennifer Ryan
Releasing November 11th, 2014
Avon Romance
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BOOK SUMMARY
From
the All I Want for Christmas is a Cowboy Anthology comes Jennifer Ryan’s story of Caleb and Summer.
Before the Hunted series they had a whirlwind romance not to be forgotten...
Caleb Bowden has a lot to thank his best
friend, Jack, for - saving his life in Iraq and giving him a job helping him
run his family’s ranch. He also introduced him to the most incredible woman
he’s ever met. Too bad he can’t ask her out. You do not date your best friend’s
sister. Summer and Caleb share a closeness she’s never felt for anyone, but the
stubborn man refuses to turn the flirtatious friendship into something
meaningful. Frustrated and tired of wishing to be happy, Caleb tells Jack how
he feels about Summer. With his friend’s help, he plans a surprise Christmas
proposal she’ll never forget - because he can’t wait to make her his
wife.
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EXCERPT
Lost in the
rhythmic stroke of the brush over the horse in front of him, he didn’t hear her
come up behind him.
“Caleb.” Her
tentative voice made his heart ache. It shouldn’t be like this. Not between
friends.
Braced to face her,
he held back a gasp, seeing her beautiful face framed in her golden hair.
Sometimes, the woman took his breath away. Her blue eyes held a touch of
sadness. She looked lovely in tight blue jeans and a red sweater beneath a
brown leather vest lined in thick shearling.
“Jack told me
you’re leaving. Going home to Montana and your family.”
He dropped the
brush on a nearby shelf and took the few steps to stand in front of her. He
owed her that much, to face her eye-to-eye when he said good-bye. He hoped she
knew how much it broke his heart to leave her.
“I meant to tell
you myself. I need time to figure out what I want to do.”
“Time to heal, too.
How long’s it been since you slept a whole night?”
“I’m fine.”
“That’s what Jack
says. You both need … well, neither of you cares what I think you need.”
“That’s not true.”
“Then why are you
leaving?”
“Because it’s
best.”
“For who?”
Caleb tucked his
hands behind his back and bowed his head, unable to answer. Nothing he said
would make sense, because leaving her didn’t make sense. Not when he wanted to
be with her, and she wanted to be with him.
Summer sighed out
her frustration and hurt. She rubbed one hand over the box in her hand and
touched her fingers to the sparkling red bow. “This is for you.”
“What?”
“Your Christmas
present. Since you won’t be here, I thought you’d like it now.”
“I’m not leaving
for a couple of days.” He shouldn’t keep putting it off. He made one excuse
after another to delay the drive to Montana. Why? He’d made up his mind to go.
He should leave. Now. Before this got any more complicated and difficult.
Who was he kidding?
Leaving her was impossibly hard.
“Open it.”
“Did you wrap this
yourself?”
“Just for you.”
“It’s a pretty
package. I hate to mess it up.”
“You don’t have to.
Just lift off the lid. I’ll hold the bottom.”
The excitement
built in his gut. He didn’t know what she’d bought him, he didn’t care. He’d
have something to take home with him to remind him of her.
He pulled the lid
free and set it aside at his feet. Tissue paper concealed the gift inside, so
he pulled the loose paper away and took a step back, surprised and floored by
the gift she’d picked out for him.
“Summer, that’s …”
“To remind you of
who you really are. Who you were when you left for the war and who you are now.
A cowboy.” She pulled the dark brown Stetson from the tissue paper and dropped
the box on the floor. She closed the short distance between them and set the
hat on his head. “Perfect fit, Montana Man. Matches your eyes,” she said, her
voice husky with emotion.
CAT'S REVIEW
What a wonderful Holiday love story! Caleb and Summer are meant to be, if only Caleb could overcome his sense of duty and honor to his best friend, Jack. Caleb, a strong, tender and sexy Hero, struggles with the demons of war. Summer, in love with her brother's best friend, tries really hard to help him see the light. She is full of life and is loving and understanding, at least to a point. It was a fairly quick read that embodies many of the traditions of the holidays that are wonderfully described by Ms. Ryan. There is laughter and fun, as well as tender moments too. I think Ms. Ryan did a good job of sharing Caleb's darkness without it becoming depressing. This is a prequel, and, having read the other stories in the Hunted series, it was a pleasure reading about Summer and Caleb after meeting them. I look forward to Gabe's story coming in 2015!
★★★★
AUTHOR BIO
Jennifer
Ryan is the New York Times & USA Today bestselling author of The Hunted
Series and The McBrides Series. She writes romantic suspense and contemporary
small-town romances featuring strong men and equally resilient women. Her
stories are filled with love, family, friendship, and the happily-ever-after we
all hope to find.
Jennifer lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and three children. When she isn’t writing a book, she’s reading one. Her obsession with both is often revealed in the state of her home and in how late dinner is to the table. When she finally leaves those fictional worlds, you’ll find her in the garden, playing in the dirt and daydreaming about people who live only in her head, until she puts them on paper.
Jennifer lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and three children. When she isn’t writing a book, she’s reading one. Her obsession with both is often revealed in the state of her home and in how late dinner is to the table. When she finally leaves those fictional worlds, you’ll find her in the garden, playing in the dirt and daydreaming about people who live only in her head, until she puts them on paper.
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