What Happens on the Ranch

Book excerpt: In a sweet and sexy prequel novella to USA TODAY bestselling author Delores Fossen’s The McCord Bothers series, a soldier on leave returns to Spring Hill, Texas, where a summer fling is about to reignite. It all started in the hayloft. That’s where Anna McCord lost her virginity to Heath Moore when they were teenagers. Nine years later, Heath, now an Air Force officer, is back in town. For Anna, the boy who stole her heart is long gone, replaced by a man who’s filled out everywhere. Her overprotective brothers might want her to stay away, but what harm can there be in a secret, exhilarating affair? Sure, the McCord boys will beat him to a pulp if he lays a finger—or anything else—on Anna. That’s not why Heath is trying so hard to resist her. Soon he’ll be leaving, and he has no intention of breaking her heart again when he does. But some mistakes are worth repeating—especially when second time around might lead to forever…