Love on the Buchanan Ranch (A Romance Story) (12 page)

Stacey smiled, “You have nothing to be sorry for. If I thought he would feel it though, I’d dig your Pops up and kick his ass!”

Emma laughed, “I think I’d help you.”

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Stacey and Emma spent the rest of the day together, and that evening Greg took the train in to pick her up. The poor guy looked so relieved to see her that Stacey’s heart went out to him. He really seemed to care for Emma, and Stacey was going to have to learn how to let Emma grow up. This time when she saw them off at the station, it didn’t hurt so much. She knew that Emma had someone who cared very much for her where she was at, and through Stacey, she had a whole new family where Stacey was that would do anything for her as well.

When Stacey got back home, there was a note on her front door that said simply, “Do you want to go fishing?”

She smiled, changed her shoes and walked the path that she had before until she ran into Owen. He was fishing, but this time instead of a lawn chair and cooler full of beer, he was sitting on a blanket he had spread on the grass. Next to him on the blanket were a picnic basket and a bottle of wine.

When Stacey looked surprised he said, “I don’t talk much, but I listen. I know what women like.”

Stacey laughed and lay down next to him. Wrapping her arms around his neck she kissed his lips softly and said, “You definitely know what this woman likes, and I’m not talking about wine and picnic baskets.”

As they made love on the blanket, in the moonlight by the lake, Stacey could feel her wings growing back. She loved the feeling of being free, and she was starting to figure out that being free did not necessarily mean being alone. Her wings were strong enough to carry her where she wanted to go, and to guide her smoothly to earth when she needed them to.

But Owen had a secret he hadn’t shared…

About the Author

Elizabeth
wrote her first romance novel at age fifteen when she discovered writing about boys was way easier than actually talking to them. Since then, her flirting skills and relationship techniques have helped hundreds of others find their mojo. After earning a master’s degree in secondary education from UNC, she worked abroad teaching English, bar-tended at late night clubs in Chicago, and continues various philanthropy projects that focus on empowering women. But she always returned to writing. Though she’ll forever be a free-spirit at heart, she now lives in Los Angeles with her two dogs. If she’s not working on her latest sexy story, you can find her reading, watching reality television, or indulging in her unhealthy addiction to rock concerts.

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Other Elizabeth Nelson Books

A Romance Story

Love on the Buchanan Ranch (Book 1)

The Cowboy’s Secret (Book 2)

The Proposal
(Book 3)