Author: barbracampbell
–Dalilah–When people made reservations for my small bed and breakfast, they often filled out the special notes section to clarify things like dietary concerns or needing a fenced area for their dog.Caleb should have left a special note warning me that he was sexy and single. He also should have warned me not to let my mouth hang open when I first saw him. And he definitely should have warned me … have warned me not to let him rip my heart out on his way through town.Instead, he hadn’t left any notes. He stayed one night and moved on,…
I made s’mores so she’d fall for me. Instead, she fell on me!–Amanda–With forty acres in the Colorado mountains to call my own, I didn’t have a lot of neighbors. So when one came walking onto my property, I probably shouldn’t have told him off. Especially since there wasn’t a huge selection of eligible bachelors in the small town, and he had to be the most attractive neighbor I’d ever had.If I … I’d ever had.If I hadn’t told him off so firmly, perhaps it would have been less embarrassing to find out I was wrong. And if I could…
The way he looked at me in the pasta aisle had me ready to slurp noodles with him.–Carly–Twisting my ankle on a mountain trail was bad enough. Having a stranger offer to help me just made it embarrassing.But when he knew my name before I told him… I should have been worried. And where had he come from?Was I so enamored by the mountain man’s rugged good looks that I would let myself slip into a … would let myself slip into a fantasy world where creepers didn’t exist?–Gunner–I was doing my best not to interfere with the city slicker…
Her cookies were only the second sweetest thing I got my mouth on!–Felicity—Moving to the mountains and setting up a small ranch fulfilled one of my dreams. The calm, peaceful existence was exactly the way I wanted to live my life.Until the sexiest, brawniest thief ever tried to steal one of my goats.But situations aren’t always as they seem, and confronting him got me a lot more than my goat … me a lot more than my goat back. –Trapper–My new neighbor kept to herself, and that was exactly how I wanted it. As long as she stayed on her…
The 4th short story in the 8 Seconds to My Heart cowboy series.–Violet–Raising three girls on my own wasn’t easy. Structure and boundaries helped me survive after my husband left us for a groupie. He’d been a top bull rider and let his ego get ahead of his responsibilities. I kept attending rodeos for the girls, but once they were out of the house, I moved to the city and never set foot on the … foot on the dirt or bleachers again. One last way to distance myself from my ex.But after several years of city life, I was…
Sexy stand-alone–curvy girl gets her man–novellaIs there a better gift than saving your marriage?Kat saw the warning signs that her marriage was on the brink of collapse. The pressure of middle-class existence, an absent sex life, and a husband about to lose his job all spelled disaster.In a last-ditch effort to save their marriage, she hatched a plan to remind Ethan of their sexier days. … Ethan of their sexier days. First, she convinced him to take her on his next business trip. Second, she mailed a negligee to the lodge where they would be staying. Third, she had to…
The first steamy short story in the Take Care of Me series.Waking up in the hospital with no memory is one thing.Waking up in the hospital with no memory and a huge baby bump is another!–Angel–There was only one comforting thing in my life… Dr. Berg. The rest was gone. No memory. No one showing up at the hospital looking for me. No one claiming the baby in my belly was theirs.With any luck, I’d … belly was theirs.With any luck, I’d figure out my name before I had to name the baby.Each passing day made that questionable.–Dr. Berg–Angel was…