Would
you ever go back to a career you left behind? Come out of retirement
because someone needed you? In A Cowboy To Keep, Cody Utah decides to
ride bulls again to help Justin Ellis, the son of the woman Cody
loves:
Justin,
with Cody and Luke’s help, settled on the back of a small spotted
bull. Laney was somewhat reassured to see he wore both a helmet and
flak jacket. Before she could think about it, the bull was turned
loose. Kicking wildly, he lunged free of the chute. After two big
jumps, he stopped and flung his head back.
Laney
heard a voice but didn’t recognize her own scream. “Justin, look
out!”
Too
far forward, his face slammed into the back of Hell’s Fury’s
head. Time stood still as Justin fell backward, landing in a heap on
his back.
The
arena went silent.
Laney
could hear her own heart beating an irregular staccato. Her feet
moved before her brain did. She cleared the few seats in front of her
and the arena fence without even realizing it. Her brain screamed at
her. Run, Laney. Get there
before the bull does. Save him.
Out
of the corner of her eye, she saw the bull turn away and run down the
alley, but still her feet flew. Reaching Justin, she fell to her
knees. “Justin, it’s Mom.”
Face
up, eyes closed, a trickle of blood coming from his mouth, he didn’t
stir.
Someone
dragged her away a few steps from behind. “He’ll be okay.”
“Let
me see him,” she begged as EMTs and bull riders crowded around.
In
her ear, a familiar voice said, “Let them tend to him.”
Cody.
She
sagged in his arms. He gathered her close and held her from behind as
the emergency personnel worked on Justin. Her body shook, and tears
poured down her face. If Justin died…
No
one made a sound as they loaded him in the ambulance and closed the
doors. A male nurse jogged over. “It looks like a concussion, but
we’re taking him to the hospital just to be sure. You can follow us
there.”
Blurb:
After Laney Ellis’ husband is
killed by a bull, she is left to run their small cattle ranch and
raise their son, Justin, on her own. Despite some of Laney’s worst
fears, the dream Justin holds dearest is to be exactly like his dad,
a champion bull rider. He finds his chance when world champion bull
rider Cody Utah moves in next door.
Although
attraction between Cody and Laney flares, neither act upon it. Laney
refuses to get her family involved with another bull rider, and Cody
has heard rumors Laney trapped Wyatt, her late husband, into a high
school marriage by getting pregnant.The last thing Cody wants is
children.
At
a rodeo, Justin is thrown and knocked unconscious. As Justin lays in
the hospital, Cody begs Laney to forgive him. He realizes he loves
her enough to discourage Justin from the sport. Will Laney let Cody
into their lives? Will Justin ride again?
A
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