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    Texas Heirs
    Texas Heirs
    Texas Heirs
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    Texas Heirs

    By Eve Gaddy/Katherine Garbera

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    Where There’s A Will…

    Sexy attorney Ryder Ford always knows exactly what he wants and how to get it. But Addison Wells, his gorgeous secretary, is one woman he wants but can’t have. Or can he? One scorching, unforgettable kiss under the mistletoe is all that either have allowed. Addison is focused on her studies and becoming a lawyer herself and she plans to leave the dust of Whiskey River behind. Unless…

    There’s A Way…

    Addison has mastered ignoring her hotter than sin boss until one stormy day when a threatening tornado forces them to find shelter from the storm. Despite the fact that Addison is weeks from moving to another city, she finds herself breaking her own “no office romance” rule. She’s not meant to settle down—but how can she resist someone as persuasive and tempting as Ryder? She’s determined that he should be her going away present but will Ryder let her go that easily?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTule Publishing
    Release dateMay 13, 2015
    ISBN9781942240624
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      Texas Heirs - Eve Gaddy/Katherine Garbera

      Authors

      Dedication

      This book is dedicated to our fellow Evelettes, Denise, Janet, & Lenora. It’s so good to have women (and writer!) friends and know they will always have our backs.

      Dear readers,

      We’ve been friends for almost 20 years and critique partners for a huge chunk of that time. So we really know each other’s strengths and weaknesses. We both have a deep love of Texas so when we started toying with the idea of writing a series together it was natural to set it in Texas.

      Then we started having fun. We came up with the idea of a fun-loving playboy who was known for his charm, his money, and his way with women. And then added in a secret. What if he had a hidden family? What if only after his death would all of his sons get a chance to know each other?

      Well the ideas were flowing fast at that point and we started hammering out the series. We’d each write on legitimate son (Wyatt and Trey Kelly) and one illegitimate son (Nicholas and Xander Blue) but we needed someone to set up the story.

      Ryder Ford is the Kellys’ cousin and family lawyer. None of the sons think that client-lawyer privilege is a good enough reason to spring a bombshell like this on them.

      Ryder doesn’t have a lot of time to worry about his cousins’ displeasure since he’s busy trying not to notice his legal secretary. The very sexy, but oh, so, not available to him (she works for him!) Addison Wells.

      And then there’s a tornado . . . and a storm shelter . . . and

      We hope you enjoy this prequel novella and our entire series!

      Kathy and Eve

      Chapter One

      Boots Kelly died as he had lived. Bigger than life, going out in a spectacular fiery car crash, driving his brand new McLaren with a twenty-one-year-old runway model rumored to be his newest mistress beside him.

      Now Ryder Ford, cousin and attorney for the Kelly clan, had the unenviable task of reading Boots Kelly’s will to his heirs. All of his heirs.

      Four brothers, two legitimate, two illegitimate and neither set knowing anything about the other. Squeezing the bridge of his nose, Ryder wished, not for the first time, that he’d never agreed to become the Kelly family lawyer. But his mom would have stopped speaking to him if he’d refused, so in the interest of keeping the family peace he’d agreed.

      Ryder had tried like hell to convince Boots to come clean, but his uncle’s response had been clear, and typical of him. Mind your own business, son. Just because you’re kinfolk doesn’t mean I won’t fire you. They’ll all find out in due time. Once I’m dead, he’d said with a chuckle. I’d sure as hell like to be around to see it, though.

      Boots wouldn’t be there but his ex-wife, Paloma, would be. Ryder supressed a shudder. Divorced years ago, Paloma and Boots had split their assets at the time of the divorce. Both had done nothing but grow wealthier since. Boots had included Paloma in the will, however, because, Ryder knew, he wanted to stick it to her. Ryder could well imagine Paloma’s reaction to this bombshell—an explosion to make Mt. St. Helens look like a firecracker.

      As for Nicholas and Xander Blue, Boots had claimed his twin sons knew nothing about their biological father. In fact, he maintained he’d never met them. Their mother, Lorna Blue, had forbidden all contact, and much to Ryder’s surprise, Boots had apparently respected her wishes. But, and it was a big one, Boots would have the last word when Ryder had to read the damn will to his unsuspecting family.

      Ryder’s law firm was housed in a beautiful, older home in a now commercialized part of Whiskey River, a town on a tributary of the Pedernales River in the Texas hill country. His partners, Fiona Lannigan and Johnny Gamble, weren’t in today. Fiona had a family emergency in Austin and God only knew where Johnny was, as this was his day off. Only Ryder and his legal secretary, Addison Wells, were there working today. He wondered if Addison had reached the Blues yet. Since Ryder couldn’t tell them their father had named them in his will, he had Addison call. Addison was great with people and if anyone could get the two men to show up with very little information about why they should agree to come, it was Addison.

      He punched a button for the speakerphone. Addison, did you reach the Blues?

      Yes. I set up a meeting. They couldn’t do it right away, so—She broke off and said in a different tone, Oh, my God and hung up abruptly.

      Puzzled, Ryder glanced out his office window, noting that the sky was even darker than it had been a few minutes ago.

      Seconds later, Addison entered his office. Have you heard the weather? We’re under a tornado watch. She crossed to the window and looked out. Even with her back to him, he could tell she was worried.

      His gaze took in the soft, flowing red dress that hit just above her knees, slipped down those beautiful legs to the siren red high heels she wore that made him just a little crazy. Which, he supposed, was what high heels were designed to do.

      Damn it, he’d never looked at her legs in

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