Mariella Starr

Earning Tia's Trust (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Tia Kingston wasn't an ordinary girl. She'd had a good life, some would say privileged until her mother died. Despised by a father who wouldn't even look at her most of the time, Tia had never known why. She knew her mother was there to protect her. Then suddenly, she wasn't. Thrown into a man's world, she learned to do the chores of a rancher. She knew how to care for horses and cattle. By age twelve, she could outride and outshoot most of the men. She could fix fences and stand by when a mare needed help birthing a foal. Her only restrictions were based on her petite frame and weight, rules that were enforced by the ranch manager. By that time, her father, who was ill and a drunkard, tried to force a marriage on her. When Hayward Kingston died, Tia thought she would finally have control of her life, but nothing could have been farther from the truth.

Robert Grayson was an attorney who'd built a reputation for defending political men who he truly believed were idiots. He managed to save their reputations, although it was costly for them. Good at his job, Robert had finally reached a point where he had difficulty looking at himself in the mirror. He was successful, but this wasn't why he'd gone to law school. When a friend from college sent him a letter about thugs invading his friend's small town, he was interested but didn't know what he could do about it. Reading on, Robert realized there was more going on. There was a crooked uncle, a judge who had gone rogue, and a town lawyer involved, but now missing, and was rumored to be dead. Meanwhile, a young woman had been forced out of her rightful inheritance. She'd taken her younger brother and gone into hiding. Nodding as he finished the letter, Robert wrote back immediately. He had a lot to do to untangle himself from his current job, but he would do it quickly. A young woman needed legal assistance, and he was going to Stone Falls, Texas, to help her.

What happens when two stubborn people meet and sparks fly? Read this book and find out!

Publisher's Note: This adult historical romance contains elements of power exchange, sensual scenes, danger, suspense and a happily ever.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Blushing Books
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781639546466
• Artikelnr.: 72555612

Autorenporträt

Hello, this is Mariella.

I've often wondered what makes a writer. I never claimed to be one, because I wrote for myself. Even now, very few people know that I write.

Of the many gifts I received from my parents, the most important one was the encouragement to try things they didn't do themselves. They didn't understand their strange child so different from themselves and her brothers. I had a need to create. My parent's home over the years became a gallery for my artwork. Most of it now resides in the homes of my children and siblings. There hasn't been an empty wall in my home in years.

What fills a child with lifelong inspiration? In my case, it was my parents and two specific teachers. The first, was a grade school teacher who gave me two compliments in one by praising my art on the cover of a written story and the A+ grade was a boost, too. That was in sixth grade.

The second was a seventh-grade teacher who had a reputation for being tough. I was a new student to the school, my family having moved again because of my father's military deployment. I'd heard horror stories from the other kids about this teacher.

I was shocked when the teacher returned my writing assignment with a red copy editing marks all over my pagessomething I'd never seen before. I was so embarrassed. I turned it over on my desk so no one else could see it.

My wonderful teacher, though, was walking around the classroom returning the assignments papers to the students, returned to my desk. He turned over my stapled pages. Without a word, he tapped the top of the page with his finger.

I had missed it. Written across the top of the lined notebook page, in red was:

A+++ Best story I've ever read from a student! Ever! Keep writing!

That single incident has never been forgotten. Mr. Gregory taught me so much that year, but most importantly, he gave me encouragement. I kept writing and I have never stopped.