Her Kind of Cowboy (Tying the Knot in Texas, Band 2) - Softcover

Crush, Dylann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0593101669 ISBN 13: 9780593101667

Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group, 2021

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No wedding is too much for the little town of Ido, Texas to handle…or is it?

Having successfully established themselves as a destination for weddings, the town of Ido is ready to kick it up another notch. Zina Baxter has stood on the sidelines during most of the matrimonial mayhem. But when a disaster at the pit bull rescue has her relocating the pups to share space with a winter wonderland scene, she finds herself smack dab in the middle of planning the craziest wedding yet.

Alex Sanders ran as far and fast as he could from his hometown—all the way to Antarctica. But a job opportunity as the penguin handler for an over-the-top wedding entices him back. Being home means he can finally help his overwhelmed sister wrangle their unruly grandpa—at least until the next opportunity comes around and he can hit the road running again. The last thing he expects to find in Texas is a shot at love…
 
Once Alex crashes into Zina’s life—literally—there’s no denying their chemistry. But are their feelings for each other enough to keep Alex in Texas for good, or will he follow the march of the penguins back to the South Pole?

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Dylann Crush is the author of All American Cowboy and Cowboy Christmas Jubilee. A romantic at heart, she loves her heroines spunky and her heroes super sexy. When she's not dreaming up steamy story lines, she can be found sipping a margarita and searching for the best Tex-Mex food in Minnesota. Although she grew up in Texas, she currently lives in a suburb of Minneapolis/St. Paul with her unflappable husband, three energetic kids, a clumsy Great Dane, a rescue mutt, and a very chill cat. She loves to connect with readers, other authors, and fans of tequila. You can find her at dylanncrush.com.

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"Why me?" Alex Sanders crossed his arms over his chest as he eyed the older man behind the desk. He hadn't known what to think when he'd been summoned from the cozy lounge to trek across the ice and snow of the South Pole for a meeting with his boss. A lead on a job back on the mainland was the last thing he'd expected.

 

"I suggested you because of your experience. You worked with penguins at that marine theme park, and your file is full of glowing recommendations from the scientists here." The chair creaked as his boss leaned back. "You mentioned you aren't interested in staying over the winter, so I thought you might be in need of gainful employment. Didn't you say you're from Texas?"

 

Alex nodded. He'd been working at the remote research station on the coast of Antarctica for the past six months, but with the summer season drawing to a close, he planned on hopping one of the remaining February flights and getting the hell out of there. One summer at the South Pole had been enough for a homegrown Texas boy who hadn't even owned a winter coat before setting foot on the frozen continent. His only hesitation had been not knowing where to go next.

 

"We've enjoyed having you as part of the team. If you want to take a season off and help my colleague out, we'll hold a spot for you, and you can come back next spring." His boss leaned forward and scribbled something down on a piece of paper. "Here's the number. Give him a call if you're interested, but I'd do it fast. He wants to get this lined up as soon as possible, and if you want to get out of here before they stop running flights, you'll need to make a decision soon."

 

Alex took the slip of paper, recognizing the Houston area code. "Thanks. I'll think about it."

 

"Think fast. I'd make the call today." He checked his watch. "You've got about a half hour left of satellite time before you'll have to wait until tomorrow."

 

Alex shook his boss's hand as he got up to leave. He'd lucked into this gig last year when he met a fellow rock climber in Australia. The guy had taken some time off to travel before heading back to his post at a station in Antarctica. His team was short a research assistant for their study on penguin breeding, and Alex was always up for another adventure, so he'd signed on for a six-month stint. He'd never spent that much time in one place and as the shortened days turned into long periods of darkness, he told himself he'd get out the first chance he got.

 

The job offer might be his lucky break. But could he really go back to the one place on earth he never wanted to see again? His sister Charlene had been begging him to come home for months. Gramps was having trouble settling into the new assisted living facility she'd found for him, and with four girls at home and a husband who was deployed, she'd reached her wit's end trying to hold it all together.

 

Alex wished his parents were still around to help out. But the duty had skipped an entire generation when his dad passed, and his mom didn't feel any sense of obligation to the family she'd never wanted to be part of. What the hell. He didn't have anything to lose. May as well make the call and see what might be in it for him.

 

Fifteen minutes later, he pulled the phone away from his ear and gave it a quick glance. The man on the other end was making such a ridiculous offer that for a moment Alex figured he might be getting pranked.

 

"I assure you, Mr. Sanders, this is a legitimate proposal. Our needs require someone with a specialized skill set, and my client is willing to pay generously for the assistance."

 

"Penguins." Alex rolled the word around on his tongue. "In Texas. For a wedding." Yeah, still sounded just as ridiculous as the first time the attorney on the other end of the phone said it out loud.

 

"My client realizes the unique nature of his request, but we're talking about his only daughter. He's willing to do whatever it takes to make sure she gets the wedding of her dreams."

 

Alex wondered what it would be like to afford to have his every wish granted. Even something so absolutely asinine as a winter wonderland wedding in southeast Texas. With penguins.

 

"And all I have to do is take care of the penguins for a couple months?" Alex confirmed.

 

"You'll be solely in charge of their welfare and training. Mr. Munyon is donating a generous amount to the Houston Marine Life Aquarium. Their current permanent penguin habitat is in need of repair. While the penguins are off display we'll have a subset of the herd-"

 

"It's a waddle," Alex interrupted.

 

"A waddle?"

 

"A waddle or a colony. Unless they're out on the water. Then a group of penguins is called a raft."

 

"How interesting. As I was saying, we'll have most of the waddle stay on-site at the aquarium. But we'll separate a few and put them in your care. By the time the wedding is over, they'll all be reunited in the new penguin habitat."

 

"I see." But Alex didn't see at all. "And where will the penguins I'll be in charge of be living during this time?"

 

"That's a loose end we need to tie up. Are you interested in the position? Mr. Munyon would like to move on it right away."

 

"If I take this on, I need to be near Swynton. That's where my family lives."

 

"That's fine. Mr. Munyon's stipulations require an address within a one-hundred-mile radius of Houston. If you find somewhere acceptable near your hometown where they can have the wedding and house the penguins, it would be a win-win. Can you let me know your answer within the next day or two?"

 

Alex drummed his fingers against the arm of his chair. "Let me think about it. Send over the details and I'll take a look."

 

"Fantastic. I'll have my assistant e-mail over the particulars. Mr. Munyon is a generous man. If you do a good job, he might be able to offer you something more permanent."

 

"I'll be in touch." Alex disconnected the call and spun his chair around to look out the window. A blanket of white covered the flat terrain. He'd been working in the cold long enough. If all went well he could give Charlene a hand with Gramps, cash in on the too-good-to-be-true offer he'd just received, then move onto something more lucrative. With a little bit of time left while the satellite was still hooked up for outgoing calls, he punched in his sister's number.

 

She answered after the first ring. "You'd better not be calling unless you're telling me what time to pick you up from the airport."

 

"Always good to talk to you too, Sis."

 

"I'm serious. Did you see my e-mail? Gramps has really done it this time. The nursing home threatened to kick

him out."

 

Alex scoffed. "He's been kicked out of other places at least a half dozen times before. Just deliver a batch of your killer cookies to the office and they'll find a way to forget about it."

 

"Not this time. I even put in a call to the state director and he said Gramps has taken things too far. He's got one more strike, and then they'll ban him for good."

 

"What did he do?" Alex had seen a series of e-mails come through from Char last night, but after spending eight hours working outside in subzero temps, all he'd wanted to do was sit in the lounge with a tumbler of whiskey.

 

"You didn't read my e-mails, did you?" Her frustration trickled through the phone line and wrapped tight around his chest.

 

"I'm sorry. It was a long day,...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0593101669
• ISBN 13: 9780593101667
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 352
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