It’ll take more than water to quench this woman's thirst.
Widow Geri Bourne can barely hang on to the Rafter L Ranch. When handsome contractor Mark Shepple buys the land next door to develop a subdivision, she’s not interested in neighborly visits.
He has bad news for the woman who owns the nearby ranch. The new land survey changes the property line in his favor, and the water rights her livestock needs.
Mark expects an 80-year-old woman when he shows up at her corrals, not a gorgeous woman in cowboy boots with a cocked rifle. Instead of hashing out their differences in court, Geri’s fiery personality and lean curves tease him to reach an amicable solution between the sheets.
The more time they spend together, the more he realizes it’s not a permanent resolution he wants, but the stubborn cowgirl. However, is he willing to sacrifice millions of invested dollars in the bargain?
Always on the hunt for the uncommon things in life, award winning author Sheri Fredricks thrives on creating adventures in her mythological kingdom for her readers.
A former engineering secretary, Sheri lives on the beautiful central coast of California. "I wanted to move away from inflexible right angles and create an unboxed world with no boundaries." A voracious reader since her early years, Sheri found her brain crowded with stories and characters of her own. "Ultimately," she says, "my husband encouraged me to write them all down."
Sheri loves to spend time at home. A computer hutch keeps her focused on creating stories, but the panoramic view of life on a ranch will call her outside to play in the sun.
Rugged Thirst is Sheri's first published western romance. There's a distinct difference in this author's writing style than with other authors. It's not often where a reader can find such descriptive scenes mixed with erotic moments, and a sturdy plot. In this book you can smell the dry grass of central California, see the fox hunting it's prey, and feel the tension between the H/H. The balance between setting and characters flows seamlessly. Standing by for book two in this series that drops readers into the heart of country living.