The Cattleman
by Anna
Jeffrey
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BLURB:
Ever
since a disastrous marriage and divorce at a young age, Pickett Lockhart has
kept his emotions under control. He’s preoccupied anyway with learning to be
the general manager of the vast Double-Barrel Ranch outside of Drinkwell,
Texas. Still, his older brother’s marriage and looming fatherhood has aroused
an envy within him to have a wife, kids and home of his own. But he can’t get
married, even to a woman he loves who also loves him. His divorce cost him and
his family a bundle, leaving him with an overwhelming fear of stepping into
another financial trap.
Amanda
Breckenridge, swim team coach and English teacher in Drinkwell High School, has
been in love with Pic for as long as she can remember. They were high school
sweethearts. After he eloped with
someone he met in college, Amanda left Drinkwell. Her father’s illness brought
her back to town and a revived relationship with Pic. But Pic’s mother has
never thought Amanda was good enough for him. She intends to destroy their
relationship by sending a friend’s beautiful daughter to the ranch to tempt
Pic. Can Amanda and Pic’s bond survive his mother and her schemes? Or the
unexpected career opportunity that falls into Amanda’s lap?
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Amanda stood on her front porch saying good-bye to her old
college friend, Eric Frazier. She and Eric had gone through Texas Tech
together, but been only casual friends. She was surprised he remembered her. He
was now the assistant athletic director at Odessa High School, a school many
times the size of Drinkwell. And that was the capacity in which he had visited
her.
Who knew a big school like Odessa High had noticed her
success with the Drinkwell swim team? And they wanted her. Eric wanted her. He
had flown from Odessa to Dallas and driven all the way to Drinkwell in a tiny
rental car to tell her so.
He didn’t even have her resumé, but he remembered her from
their college days and had a thick portfolio of newspaper articles, speeches,
interviews, even some comments she had made on blogs discussing her coaching
philosophy and innovative approach to teaching teenagers how to compete. She
knew she was good, but she didn’t know she was that good.
His visit had rocketed her mood to somewhere in the
stratosphere. Sometime within the next week, an offer would be on the table to
coach the Odessa High School’s girls’ swim team. It went without saying that
there would be a substantial pay increase above what she made now.
And Amanda was free to go. Her contract with the Drinkwell
school system had expired last year. But in typical loosey-goosey Drinkwell
fashion, the school system hadn’t addressed it. When asked, the superintendent
said it was being processed. The consensus was that the contract would be
renewed and life would go on as usual. Largely because of her relationship with
Pic. No part of her life was unaffected either directly or indirectly by her
connection to the Lockhart family.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Anna Jeffrey
is an award-winning author of romance novels as well as romantic
comedy/mystery. She has written 9 romance novels and co-authored 7 as USA Today
Bestselling author, Dixie Cash. Her most recent book is “The Tycoon.”
Anna
Jeffrey's books have won the Write Touch Readers' Award, the Aspen Gold, and
the More Than Magic awards. Her books have been finalists in the Colorado
Romance Writers award, the Golden Quill and Southern Magic as well as the Write
Touch Readers' Award, the Aspen Gold and the More than Magic awards. She is a
member of Romance Writers of America, Dallas Area Romance Authors and PASIC.
Anna is a
fifth generation Texan. She was born and grew up in West Texas, where most of
her family members were farmers and ranchers or worked in the oil fields. She
left Texas for many years and lived in four of the western states, a rich
experience she’ll never forget.
She loves most
things western, from the customs and culture to the philosophy of life. She
enjoys many hobbies, i.e., reading, painting and drawing, crafting, needlework
and beading.
These days,
she’s back home in Texas. She and her husband currently live in Granbury,
Texas, a small town not far from the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.
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