THE
RANCHER’S WAGER – Maisey Yates
Gold
Valley Vineyards,
Book 3
Harlequin
Desire #2779
ISBN:
978-1-335-23264-9
January
2021
Contemporary
Series Romance
Gold
Valley, Oregon – Present Day
Ranch
owner Cricket Maxfield “won” in a poker game Jackson Cooper’s services for
thirty days and she plans to enforce the bet. She recently purchased the ranch
and could use all the help to get it up and running. Cricket has known Jackson
all her life and he intrigues her. However, she can’t get too cozy with him in that
way because he might be her half-brother. Her mother may or may not have had an
affair with his father around the time she was conceived. But it doesn’t stop
her from having unexplained sexual feelings for him…
Jackson
sees Cricket as an annoying pest who is keeping him from the one thing he wants
right now: her property. He figures he will show her how hard it is to be a rancher
and she would then sell it to him. However, as annoying as she is, he can’t
help but be attracted to her. Since he’s required to live on the property—in
her house—then things really heat up between them. An unexpected kiss leads to a
startling revelation from her. After Jackson drags Cricket over to his father’s
house to find out the answer, it turns out they aren’t half-siblings. They’ve
barely absorbed the news when they end up having sex. How will this change
their working relationship?
In
THE RANCHER’S WAGER by Maisey Yates, Jackson and Cricket thought they were each
getting the better of the wager but, instead, they end up having feelings for
each other. Cricket is the youngest child, and for the first time, is out on
her own running a rundown ranch. Jackson has always coveted the property and
thought it’d be easy pickings to show Cricket how she wouldn’t be able to run
it on her own. While they have known each other forever, there is animosity
between the families related to their parents, though things have changed since
Cricket’s sister married Jackson’s brother.
Originally,
Jackson was supposed to stay in the bunkhouse, but it’s not fit to live in, so
Cricket invites him to use the spare bedroom in the house. Of course, it was
inevitable that their simmering attraction would rise to the surface into a red
hot passion. Jackson isn’t after any happily-ever-after with women, while
Cricket dreams of a future with the man she just gave her virginity to. As she tries
to tell herself their fling means nothing, she begins to realize that she does
want him to stay. Things seem perfect between them, but will something put a
crimp in their happiness?
THE
RANCHER’S WAGER has plenty of sizzle as the chemistry between Cricket and
Jackson pops. An engaging tale that will capture your attention, don’t miss THE
RANCHER’S WAGER.
Patti
Fischer
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