High-Sided: An Armed & Dangerous Novel (34 page)

M
y surprise was a first class ticket to Wyoming to meet none other than my singing idol, Hadley Rivers. She was actually Hadley Evans now, but her fans still knew her as Hadley Rivers. Not only did I meet her, but we stayed in the same house since Logan was good friends with her husband, Blake. I was in heaven.

During our week of vacation, we’d gone horseback riding, hiked in the Grand Teton National Forest, and even driven through to Yellowstone. Hadley and Blake told us about the Hidden Falls trail. That was what we decided to do today. I’d never been out west, and it was the most amazing adventure I’d had to date. The mountains were nothing like what we had in North Carolina. The ones here still had traces of snow on them, even though it was late summer.

There was a fallen tree over the trail so Logan grabbed my hand and helped me over it. “We still have a couple more days out here. Blake says we can visit anytime we want.”

“He might not want to say that.” I laughed. “If I didn’t have Bennett Racing I’d move out here in a heartbeat.”

“Doesn’t mean we can’t buy a house out here.”

“True. We’ll have to look into it. First, we need to get settled into my mother’s house and see if we can even live with each other. Things might change when you’re around me twenty-four-seven.”

He squeezed my hand and winked. “Yeah, you might be right.”

I rolled my eyes and continued down the trail. We’d been walking for hours and were just coming up on our final destination, the famous Hidden Falls. Hadley had told me it was the most beautiful waterfall in all of the Grand Teton National Forest.

I heard the rushing water of the falls and grew excited. I’d taken so many pictures on our trip, I had to buy extra storage cards for my camera. When we got to the falls, it took my breath away. It was a hundred feet of natural beauty. I could feel the mist hitting my skin. Our waterfalls back home didn’t compare to it.

Logan clasped my hand and pulled me over to a boulder. We sat down and I pulled out my camera, sneaking pictures of him as he looked at the falls. Turning to me, he smiled. “Can I see that?” He nodded toward the camera.

I gave it to him and he set it in his lap. I thought he was going to take pictures, but instead, he pulled something out of his pocket.

Sliding off the rock, he held out a hand to help me off. “When I left all those years ago, a part of me stayed with you. I knew I’d never get it back, especially when I saw you at Levi’s funeral. There was no greater torture than to see the pain in your eyes.”

He bent down on his knee and looked up at me. My breath hitched and I gasped. “Only, I don’t want that piece of me back. I want you to have it. I also want you to have my name.” Taking my hand, he slid a beautiful, diamond ring down on my finger; it glittered in the sun. “Will you marry me, Kassie? I know we haven’t been back together long, but I will
never
love anyone the way I love you.”

Tears streamed down my cheeks and my hands shook. Falling to my knees, I hugged him so hard we tumbled onto the grass. He covered me with his body, blocking out the sun. I cried, staring into his bright blue eyes. “I would’ve married you eight years ago if you’d asked.”

He brushed the hair off my face. “I was going to, I had it all planned out. But I’m glad I didn’t. It wasn’t our time yet.”

“And now?” I said.

“It’s time for you to make me the happiest man in the world, and say yes.”

I breathed out a shaky breath, my heart exploding with happiness. “Yes. The answer has always been yes.”

COMING SPRING 2017 – the next installment in the Armed & Dangerous series …

HIDDEN BETRAYALS

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New York Times
and
USA Today
bestselling author L. P. Dover is a southern belle living in North Carolina with her husband and two beautiful girls. Before she began her literary journey she worked in periodontics, enjoying the wonderment of dental surgeries.

She loves to write, but she also loves to play tennis, go on mountain hikes and white water rafting, and has a passion for singing. Her two youngest fans expect a concert each and every night before bedtime, usually Christmas carols.

Dover has written countless novels, including her Forever Fae series, the Second Chances series, the Gloves Off series, the Armed & Dangerous series, the Royal Shifters series, and her standalone novel
Love, Lies, and Deception.
Her favorite genre to read and write is romantic suspense, but if she got to choose a setting in which to live, it would be with her faeries in the Land of the Fae.

L.P. Dover is represented by Marisa Corvisiero of Corvisiero Literary Agency and Italia Gandolfo of
Gandolfo Helin & Fountain Literary Management for dramatic rights.

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Cambria Hebert ~ #Nerd

Angela Orlowski Peart ~ Forged by Greed

Julia Crane ~ Freak of Nature

J.A. Huss ~ Tragic

Cameo Renae ~ Hidden Wings

A.J. Bennett ~ Now or Never

Tabatha Vargo ~ Playing Patience

Beth Balmanno ~ Set in Stone

Ella James ~ Selling Scarlett

Tara West ~ Visions of the Witch

Heidi McLaughlin ~ Forever Your Girl

Melissa Andrea ~ The Edge of Darkness

Komal Kant ~ Falling for Hadie

Melissa Pearl ~ Golden Blood

Alexia Purdy ~ Breathe Me

Sarah M. Ross ~ Inhale, Exhale

Brina Courtney ~ Reveal

Amber Garza ~ Falling to Pieces

Anna Cruise ~ Maverick

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Last Chance: A Second Chances
novel by L.P. Dover and
Forever My Girl
by Heidi McLaughlin.

“C
rank, you stupid piece of donkey shit. Just two more miles, that’s it. I promise to never starve you again!” I yelled, slamming my hands against the steering wheel. I turned the key one last time, but the damn thing just sputtered. Groaning, I closed my eyes and rested my head against the wheel.