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Stolen Hearts
Stolen Hearts
Stolen Hearts
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Stolen Hearts

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Rafael Pederos is awakened in the middle of the night by his wheelchair-bound sister Pearl. Someone’s in the barn where they shouldn’t be. Rafael tells her to call the cops as he storms out to chase off the rustlers, but he’s too late. They’re already gone, and they’ve taken four pregnant mares with them. Now the future of the Pederos Ranch is up in the air.

This is where Chad Masters comes in. As a detective-ranger, he swears to track down the missing mares. But that’s easier said than done when he realizes there’s something about Rafael he can’t resist. Now if he can just get past the gruff exterior and teach Rafael how to love again.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherJMS Books LLC
Release dateMay 12, 2018
ISBN9781634866316
Stolen Hearts
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Kassandra Lea

Kassandra Lea’s stories have appeared in a number of anthologies. She lives in southern Wisconsin. For more information, visit facebook.com/leakassie.

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    Stolen Hearts - Kassandra Lea

    Stolen Hearts

    By Kassandra Lea

    Published by JMS Books LLC at Smashwords

    Visit jms-books.com for more information.

    Copyright 2018 Kassandra Lea

    ISBN 9781634866316

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    This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are solely the product of the author’s imagination and/or are used fictitiously, though reference may be made to actual historical events or existing locations. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

    Published in the United States of America.

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    Stolen Hearts

    By Kassandra Lea

    Chapter 1

    He turned, barely conscious to the restrictive blanket tangled around his legs. A slightly cool breeze ghosted through the room, caressing his bare chest. Rafael Pederos swam somewhere between the deep sleep he’d fallen into as soon as his head hit the pillow and being awake, something tugging him from dreams not worth remembering. He turned again, this time with his back to the window. Was someone yelling his name, was that what woke him? Instinctively, Rafael reached out, his arm falling across empty space. Of course, what had he expected, he spent the last two years sleeping alone, how would that have suddenly changed?

    Raf!

    He opened his eyes, squinting into the darkness of his bedroom. Sleep still clung to him, whispering sweetly for him to ignore the sound. He listened. All was quiet and he wondered if perhaps this was one of the instances where someone yelling in a dream catapulted him back into reality. Rafael was ready to shrug it off, the clock on his bedside table telling him that it would be another three hours before the alarm went off, when something metallic clattered against the stairs. The cacophony was enough to rattle him, his eyes popping open.

    Raf! Wake up, you dolt!

    Pearl? her name came out in a croak. With his bedroom positioned at the top of the stairs and the rest of the house quiet, his grumble was loud enough for her to discern.

    Oh, do hurry and get down here. It’s urgent.

    In a flash, Rafael sat up, attempting to dislodge himself from the grip of the blanket. By now his heart was thumping frantically, a mix of being startled awake and the fear of what had upset his baby sister. With a grunt of frustration, he freed himself, leaving the blanket discarded on the floor. On the way to the bedroom door he grabbed the pair of jeans he ditched the night before, slipping into them, but not bothering to do up the zipper.

    Oh, hurry, she pleaded.

    Rafael was at the top of the steps, hand on the rail. What’s wrong? Are you okay? He began to descend, passing one of the worn, scarred pots from the kitchen;

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