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REVIEW – Grump in a Kilt (Kilted Hearts #2) by Kait Nolan

GRUMP IN A KILT
KILTED HEARTS: BOOK 2

KAIT NOLAN

Released March 10, 2023

A grump who lost his family…

After a devastating loss, Malcolm Niall has spent the past twenty years hiding from the world. As manager of a Highland estate, he’s built a life of purpose, caring for the land and animals. And for the past six months, his peace has been utterly destroyed by a sexy Southern whirlwind who’s never met a stranger. Worse, they have to work together daily.

His sunshiny nemesis who’s starting a new life

Nothing about Charlotte Vasquez’s life has been traditional. She never married, abandoned her corporate job to raise the son of her late best friend, and now she’s followed that grown-up son to Scotland for a chance at something new. While she’s enjoying the challenge, she could do without the attitude from the broody Scot next door.

Join forces to protect a runaway

Malcolm and Charlotte clash over absolutely everything on the renovation project they’re tasked to lead. If there’s a healthy amount of heat beneath the frustration, neither is willing to admit it. But when they discover a runaway hiding in one of the cottages, they find common purpose at last. Risks are taken and hearts expand as Malcolm and Charlotte pull out all the stops to protect Gavin from the abusive father who’d tear their unconventional family apart.

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BLP REVIEW – Tracy

What’s not to love? A Grumpy Scottish bloke who wears a kilt , works hard, likes whisky and could talk the knicks off a gal!! 😉😉

Malcolm was a character. With a tragic past he was a loner and throughout the story we find out the reasons for this. I loved him tbh. I know some guys like him (not with the history Mal has) but with the brusqueness and ‘leave me be’ air. There was a bit to unpack with Malcolm and he had so many contradictory layers that were interesting to peel back.

Charlotte is like Malcolm in some ways. She’s given up a life for Raleigh and now that he’s settled she must be feeling lovely. She’s the opposite of Malcom in that she likes to talk and is social where he is reserved and quiet.
She’s quite the wee force…. Smart, quick witted, determined and loving. She won’t let anyone away with any nonsense and pulls no punches when it comes to saying what needs to be said and telling Malcom what changes she wants to make around the estate.

I enjoyed their story line, their interactions and Charlottes reaction to Malcolm’s truths. There was definitely an attraction between them and though their initial interactions were prickly they sorted themselves out and made for a great couple.

Definitely enjoying the series and trying to work out who’s gonna be falling for who next. From the teaser at the end of GiaK I cannot wait to read Connor’s story in Playboy in a Kilt.

More in the Series

Jilting the Kilt ~ prequel novella

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https://kaitnolan.com/jilting-the-kilt/

Cowboy in a Kilt ~ #1

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Coming soon

Playboy in a Kilt ~ #3Coming June 9

A notorious former playboy

As heir to Ardinmuir, Connor MacKean had one job: fulfill the marriage pact that’s held his family captive for three-hundred years. Except his sister’s the one who took the plunge, and now there’s nothing standing in the way of him finding a real and lasting love. Nothing except the fact that the object of his affections has never seen him as anything more than her best friend’s little brother.

A hard-working Cinderella who doesn’t need a prince

The last thing Sophie Cameron has time for is a man. Her days are full keeping her flower shop afloat, expanding the event planning business she opened with her best friend, and keeping the promise she made to her late father to take care of her stepmother–even though Lorraine is more like a stepmonster.

A fake engagement that’s more real than either of them bargained for

The little white lie Connor told a former fling to escape his playboy reputation becomes a necessary reality when she shows up as maid of honor to plan a wedding at the estate. As a huge social media influencer, she could make or break Ardinmuir as a wedding destination, so Sophie agrees to pretend to be Connor’s fiancée. But as the lines between fiction and reality blur, Sophie begins to wonder if he’s the answer to the fairy tale she doesn’t think she deserves.

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Protector in a Kilt ~#4coming August 18

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About the Author

Kait Nolan is a USA Today best selling, RITA® Award-winning Mississippi author who calls everyone sugar, honey, or darlin’, and can wield a ‘Bless your heart’ like a Snuggie or a saber, depending on requirements. She believes in love, laughter, and that tacos are the world’s most perfect food. When she’s not writing, reading, or wrangling family (both the two-legged and the four-), you can find her obsessively watching The Great British Bake Off.

REVIEW – Cowboy in a Kilt (Kilted Hearts #1) by Kait Nolan

COWBOY IN A KILT

Kilted Hearts #1

Kait Nolan

Release Date: January 13

A cowboy without a home

Robbed of the family ranch that should have been his legacy, Raleigh Beaumont is a man with no roots and no purpose. When a friend drags him to Vegas, he figures he’s got nothing to lose. But after a hell of a lot of whiskey and a high stakes poker game with a beautiful stranger, he finds himself the alleged owner of a barony in Scotland.

An heiress with a crumbling heritage

When her brother’s bride disappears just days before the wedding that’s meant to save their ancestral home from the mad marriage pact that’s held their family captive for generations, Kyla McKean believes they’ve been granted a reprieve. Until she finds out about the new, single—male—owner of Lochmara and knows she’s next on the chopping block or ownership of both their estates reverts to the crown.

A modern answer to a three-hundred-year-old problem.

Raleigh’s lost his land once. He’s not about to lose it again. Not even because of some lunatic pact made centuries before he was born. Kyla’s desperate to save Ardinmuir. She agrees to marry him on one condition: They wed for one year to satisfy the pact, then get a quick and quiet divorce. There’s no stipulation against it, and they’ll both get what they want.

But this displaced Texan and his fiery bride are about to find so much more than they bargained for.

Buy Link:

https://books2read.com/kiltedhearts1

BLP REVIEW – Tracy

I went into Cowboy in a Kilt both looking forward to it and not being entirely sure ….. Being a Scot, I find I’m often disappointed in books where the characters are Scottish and the writer obviously hasn’t done their homework fully and the language/dialect/words/location just don’t fit or are just plain wrong and that drives me crazy! While I know I will have to suspend some belief reading certain fiction, some things should be right… Sorry, kinda not sorry…

Kait delighted me as she has definitely paid attention to locations, words (and spelling) and while there are some of our colloquial phrases and words used she didn’t over use them when the characters were speaking.

I could picture settings, especially the drive from up north to Edinburgh… all of this, along with the story just made me love this book more! I also got the feeling that Ms Nolan might like this awesome (ok, I’m biased! 😁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) wee country of ours!?!

Raleigh was a great guy. Hadn’t had the happiest life since his mum passed then was, IMHO, betrayed by his dad…

Meeting a stranger at a casino with a strange proposition was just another weird turn in his world.

I don’t know how I expected him to be when he got to the village but the gods, the guy threw himself into the whole experience.

Kyla, poor Kyla. He she is thinking her brother is gonna bear the weight of the centuries old pact around their family property and that of the Lennox family, when all of a sudden things change and she’s suddenly in the spotlight.

I liked Raleigh and Kyla together. They formed a friendships that was developing into more – but there was the complication of Kyla already having a boyfriend who lived in the city. I didn’t entirely like the premise of how things would go, especially when it was obvious that feelings were more than were being admitted…

I liked the supporting cast of characters, one or two in particular and you could definitely see some future couples within the friend/family group!

An excellent first book in the Kilted Hearts series and I can’t wait for more!!!!

** Read the novella Jilting the Kilt to meet the main characters that are gonna be in the series and for a glimpse at a happy couple from one of Kait’s other series!!!

Meet Kait Nolan:

Kait Nolan is a RITA® Award-winning Mississippi author who calls everyone sugar, honey, or darlin’, and can wield a ‘Bless your heart’ like a Snuggie or a saber, depending on requirements. She believes in love, laughter, and that tacos are the world’s most perfect food. When she’s not writing, reading, working the evil day job, or wrangling family (both the two-legged and the four-), you can find her obsessively watching The Great British Bake Off.

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NEW RELEASE – Just Wanted You to Know (a Men of the Misfit Inn novella) by Kait Nolan

JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW

A Men of the Misfit Inn novella

Kait Nolan

Release Date: April 14

Livia Applewhite needs a change. Her awful boss has made the job she used to love a serious drag. On top of that, it seems everyone around her is paired off in romantic bliss. It’s enough to give a girl a complex. Hoping a change of scenery will give her new perspective, she sets off for a two-week trip to Tennessee to visit her favorite cousin.

It’s been more than a decade since Declan Callahan has thought about anything but being a dad. But when his extensive (and meddling) foster family wrangles him into a “chance” encounter with the first love he had to leave behind, he’s wise enough not to waste it. He’s got a long-overdue apology to make.

But as that apology opens a door long shut, Livia and Declan give in to the spell of nostalgia, basking as all those old feelings kindle anew. They’re fully grown now, with lives in different places. Will this brief encounter be enough to convince Livia to give the undeniable connection between them a real second chance?

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Meet Kait Nolan:

Kait Nolan is a USA Today best selling, RITA® Award-winning Mississippi author who calls everyone sugar, honey, or darlin’, and can wield a ‘Bless your heart’ like a Snuggie or a saber, depending on requirements. She believes in love, laughter, and that tacos are the world’s most perfect food. When she’s not writing, reading, or wrangling family (both the two-legged and the four-), you can find her obsessively watching The Great British Bake Off.

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RELEASE BLAST – Grump in a Kilt (Kilted Hearts #2) by Kait Nolan

GRUMP IN A KILT

Kilted Hearts #2

Kait Nolan

Release Date: March 10

A grump who lost his family…

After a devastating loss, Malcolm Niall has spent the past twenty years hiding from the world. As manager of a Highland estate, he’s built a life of purpose, caring for the land and animals. And for the past six months, his peace has been utterly destroyed by a sexy Southern whirlwind who’s never met a stranger. Worse, they have to work together daily.

His sunshiny nemesis who’s starting a new life

Nothing about Charlotte Vasquez’s life has been traditional. She never married, abandoned her corporate job to raise the son of her late best friend, and now she’s followed that grown-up son to Scotland for a chance at something new. While she’s enjoying the challenge, she could do without the attitude from the broody Scot next door.

Join forces to protect a runaway

Malcolm and Charlotte clash over absolutely everything on the renovation project they’re tasked to lead. If there’s a healthy amount of heat beneath the frustration, neither is willing to admit it. But when they discover a runaway hiding in one of the cottages, they find common purpose at last. Risks are taken and hearts expand as Malcolm and Charlotte pull out all the stops to protect Gavin from the abusive father who’d tear their unconventional family apart.

Buy Link:

https://buff.ly/3K5Gi3A

BLP REVIEW – Tracy

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Meet the Author:

Kait Nolan is a RITA® Award-winning Mississippi author who calls everyone sugar, honey, or darlin’, and can wield a ‘Bless your heart’ like a Snuggie or a saber, depending on requirements. She believes in love, laughter, and that tacos are the world’s most perfect food. When she’s not writing, reading, working the evil day job, or wrangling family (both the two-legged and the four-), you can find her obsessively watching The Great British Bake Off.

Connect with Kait Nolan:

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COVER REVEAL – Cowboy in a Kilt by Kait Nolan

COWBOY IN A KILT

Kait Nolan

Release Date: January 13

A cowboy without a home

Robbed of the family ranch that should have been his legacy, Raleigh Beaumont is a man with no roots and no purpose. When a friend drags him to Vegas, he figures he’s got nothing to lose. But after a hell of a lot of whiskey and a high stakes poker game with a beautiful stranger, he finds himself the alleged owner of a barony in Scotland.

An heiress with a crumbling heritage

When her brother’s bride disappears just days before the wedding that’s meant to save their ancestral home from the mad marriage pact that’s held their family captive for generations, Kyla McKean believes they’ve been granted a reprieve. Until she finds out about the new, single—male—owner of Lochmara and knows she’s next on the chopping block or ownership of both their estates reverts to the crown.

A modern answer to a three-hundred-year-old problem.

Raleigh’s lost his land once. He’s not about to lose it again. Not even because of some lunatic pact made centuries before he was born. Kyla’s desperate to save Ardinmuir. She agrees to marry him on one condition: They wed for one year to satisfy the pact, then get a quick and quiet divorce. There’s no stipulation against it, and they’ll both get what they want.

But this displaced Texan and his fiery bride are about to find so much more than they bargained for.

Pre-Order Link:

https://books2read.com/kiltedhearts1

Meet Kait Nolan:

Kait Nolan is a RITA® Award-winning Mississippi author who calls everyone sugar, honey, or darlin’, and can wield a ‘Bless your heart’ like a Snuggie or a saber, depending on requirements. She believes in love, laughter, and that tacos are the world’s most perfect food. When she’s not writing, reading, working the evil day job, or wrangling family (both the two-legged and the four-), you can find her obsessively watching The Great British Bake Off.

Connect with Kait Nolan:

https://kaitnolan.com/

RELEASE BLITZ – Hung Up on the Hacker (Bad Boy Bakers novella) by Kait Nolan

HUNG UP ON THE HACKER

Kait Nolan 

Release Date: October 7

Can a white hat hacker and a wild child tattoo artist turn their oops into forever?

Former Army Intelligence officer Cash Grantham is a whiz with computers and data. An expert in cyber security, he prides himself on being prepared for anything. That doesn’t include his best friend’s little sister. The one who’s all grown up.

Tattoo artist Hadley Steele always had a thing for Cash when she was young. But the man who swaggers into her shop is a far cry from the moody teen she remembers. One look and that childhood crush ignites into a simmering lust that neither of them can deny.

Feeling guilty about his clandestine involvement with Hadley, Cash puts their relationship on hold and hauls himself to Tennessee to square things with her brother. Turns out Hadley has the same idea. And she’s got a surprise he didn’t see coming. Now they’ve both got to find a way to break the news their connection as family just got a whole lot more permanent.

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BLP REVIEW – Tracy

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Meet Kait Nolan:

Kait Nolan is a RITA® Award-winning Mississippi author who calls everyone sugar, honey, or darlin’, and can wield a ‘Bless your heart’ like a Snuggie or a saber, depending on requirements. She believes in love, laughter, and that tacos are the world’s most perfect food. When she’s not writing, reading, working the evil day job, or wrangling family (both the two-legged and the four-), you can find her obsessively watching The Great British Bake Off.

Connect with Kait Nolan:

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Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/359xLas

RELEASE BLAST – DISSENT: A Charity Romance Anthology

DISSENT: A Charity Romance Anthology

Release Date: September 6

For National Read a Book day, DISSENT will be releasing in eBook and paperback!

DISSENT is a charity romance anthology with NEW, never before published content from over 150 authors of all romance genres. All proceeds from the eBook and paperbacks will be donated to organizations benefiting reproductive rights in the United States, particularly in areas where people need them more than ever.

Dissent will only be available for a very limited time, so grab your copy today!

**We are not affiliated nor endorsed by any of these charities. We are simply a community bound by a single cause: protecting the basic human right of body autonomy.**

AUTHORS INCLUDE: Brighton Walsh | Nicole French | Kennedy Fox | A.M. Roark | A.R. Hall | Aarti V Raman | Aidy Award | Alexis Anne | Amanda Richardson | Amelia Wilde | Amie Knight | Amy Quinton | Anna Michael | Aria Wyatt | Ashley Lane | Autumn Jones Lake | B. Celeste | Blair Babylon | Brenda St John Brown | Brenna Aubrey | Bri Blackwood | Cara Dee | Carmen Jenner | C.L. Matthews | Cassie Graham | Celia Kyle | Charity Ferrell | Claire Wilder | Claudia Burgoa | Dakota Willink | Dani René | Daniela Romero | Dee Garcia | Dee Lagasse | Deidre-Ann Anderson | Donna Grant | Echo Grayce | Elena Aitken | Elle Thorpe | Ellis Leigh | Emily Colin | Emily Goodwin | Erica Alexander | Erin Parisien | Eva Charles | Eva Moore | Evelyn Adams | Glenna Maynard | H.D. Carlton | Haley Jenner | Heidi McLaughlin | Holly Mortimer | Hope Jones | Ines Johnson | Iris Morland | J. Saman | J. Sterling | J.H. Croix | J.L. Beck & C. Hallman | J.M. Walker | Jane Blythe | Janet Berry | Jasmin Miller | JD Hollyfield | Jen Stevens | Jenika Snow | Jenna Hartley | Jenna Lynn | Jennifer Sucevic | Jessica Florence | Jillian Liota | Julia Kent | Kait Nolan | Kat Latham | Kat Savage | Kate Canterbary | Kate King and Jessa Wilder | Kate Meader | Kathy Coopmans | K.B. Cinder | K.D. Proctor | Kelly Maher | Kim Loraine | Kym Grosso | Lainey Davis | Laramie Briscoe | Laura Hall | Laura Lee | Lauren Stewart | Lea Coll | Len Webster | Lili Valente | Linnea May | Lisa Shelby | Lissanne Jones | Lucy Lennox | Mary Ann Marlowe | Max Henry | Megan Ryder | Melissa Andrea | Melissa Marino | Melonie Johnson | Mia Harlan | Mignon Mykel | Molly O’Hare | Monica Corwin | Morgan Jane Mitchell | N.A. Moore | Natasha Raulerson | Nicole Blanchard | Nina Levine | Pamela DuMond | Patricia D. Eddy | Persephone Autumn | R.L. Kenderson | Rachel Brookes | Raven James | Rebecca Paula | Rebecca Yarros | Regina Kyle | R. Castro | Roxie Noir | S. Cinders | Sade Rena | Saffron A. Kent | Samantha Lind | Sarah M. Cradit | Scarlett Cole | S.E. Rose | Shaw Hart | Sydney St. James | S.J. Sylvis | Skye Alder | Stephanie Anne| Suzanne Baltsar | Sylvie Stewart | T.K. Leigh | Tabatha Vargo | Tamara Lush | Taryn Quinn | Tawna Fenske | T. Gephart | Toni Aleo | Tracy Krimmer | Tricia Lynne | Trish Milburn | V.F. Mason | V.L. Souders | Vanessa Booke | Vivian Wood | Zoe Ashwood | Zoe York

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RELEASE BLAST – Stirred Up by a Seal (Bad Boy Bakers #3) by Kait Nolan

STIRRED UP BY A SEAL

BAD BOY BAKERS – BOOK 3

Kait Nolan

Release Date: August 5

Can a SEAL without a mission and a widowed baker help each other learn to live again?

Jonah Ferguson never wanted to be anything but a Navy SEAL. But after an injury sidelines his military career, he finds himself back home in small-town Tennessee. Opening a bakery with his best friends and daring to re-imagine his life is a whole new mission, but his biggest challenge yet is sticking to the friend zone with the woman who helped give him new purpose.

Two years after losing her husband to a traumatic brain injury, baker Rachel McCleary needs a change. With the proceeds from the sale of her business, she’s exploring what a new life would look like. For the short-term, it means helping one of her former students make his fledgling business thrive. And hopefully adding some benefits to the friendship that helped bring her back to life.

All Rachel wants is temporary, and that’s the one thing Jonah can give her. But when the trouble that’s stalked his business from the start lands her in its crosshairs–and the hospital–he can’t deny that there’s nothing short-term about his feelings. Determined to protect her at all costs, he enters into a dangerous race to neutralize the threat before it torpedoes everything he holds dear.

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BLP REVIEW -Tracy

I’ve got the other books in the series but haven’t got to read them yet….. so went into this one not knowing anything about Jonah, Rachel or the other Bad Boy Bakers, but even though this is the last book and things were pretty much cleared up, I’m definitely going back to read Braxton and Holt’s books…

My heart hurt or them both.
Jonah was so lost about how his life might pan out that he couldn’t believe that he deserved the relationship and happiness that his friends had found. Honest to the gods, he frustrated me a fair bit…. he was so protective and felt so much for Rachel but kept denying himself, and her, real hope at a future together….
Rachel was trying to work out who she was now that she was on her own. A change of location, being with Jonah – even for a limited time – helping the guys with the bakery and having the chance to be ‘Rachel’ without everyone knowing the sad truth about her life all helped her start to see where she wanted her life to go.

I was glad when Jonah finally got his head in the game…. i just wasn’t sure whether he’d left it too late or not!

I really liked the other characters and am looking forward to reading about them and finding out how the other couples got together.

Meet Kait Nolan:

Kait Nolan is a RITA® Award-winning Mississippi author who calls everyone sugar, honey, or darlin’, and can wield a ‘Bless your heart’ like a Snuggie or a saber, depending on requirements. She believes in love, laughter, and that tacos are the world’s most perfect food. When she’s not writing, reading, working the evil day job, or wrangling family (both the two-legged and the four-), you can find her obsessively watching The Great British Bake Off.

Connect with Kait Nolan:

Website: https://kaitnolan.com/

Newsletter: https://kaitnolan.com/newsletter/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kaitnolanwriter

Facebook Reader Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/kaitnolanbooks

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Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/359xLas

NEW RELEASE – Wrapped Up With A Ranger by Kait Nolan

WRAPPED UP WITH A RANGER

Kait Nolan

Release Date: June 3

Can a grumpy former Ranger find lasting happiness in a marriage of convenience with a sunny single mom?

After losing his leg, former Army Ranger Holt Steele is building a new life and a new business with his friends. Sure, he never expected to put small-town baker on his resume, but he finds he likes the quiet, simple life. If only he didn’t like the sunny single mom who works across the street–or her adorable kid–quite so much.

After escaping a controlling husband, event planner Cayla Black has one focus–growing her business and maintaining a safe, happy home for her daughter. She has no time or interest in a man. Not even one who charms her child with Disney songs and keeps turning up like a mind-reader to help without being asked.

But when her ex’s conviction is overturned on a technicality, and he shows up intending to reclaim his wife and child, Holt intervenes with an outrageous lie. The only way to fix it is to make his falsehood the truth. As they struggle to convince everyone that their marriage of protection is real, these two reluctant hearts fall deeper, until the lines between the fiction and the dream begin to blur, and they have to risk it all to protect the family they didn’t know they wanted.

Buy Link:

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Excerpt:

“H… how can this happen?”

“We’ll get to the bottom of it. But I need you to tell me everything that happened. Everything he said. Can you do that?”

Her voice was muffled as she told the story against his chest.

“He said he’d had good luck with his last appeal. That all his convictions were overturned, and he was a free man. I don’t understand. They said they had all the evidence they needed. How could it be overturned when he’s already been serving his sentence?”

It was a damned good question. “I’ve got a guy who can dig into it. But let’s talk about the more immediate issue. Will he come after Maddie, or is he all talk?”

Cayla lifted her head, and the look in her eyes shredded his gut. “Oh, he’ll come after her. Not out of any kind of love or desire to have a relationship with his child, but because he’ll believe she belongs to him. The same way he thinks I still do.”

“You’re divorced.”

“That doesn’t matter to a man like him. He views me as his property. And I have no idea what he’s going to do with what you threw out. What were you thinking, claiming to be my husband?” Baffled consternation knit her brows together.

He hadn’t been thinking. Not really. He’d already been walking over when he’d gotten her voice text. From that point, the only thing in his head was getting to Cayla, protecting her in whatever way he could. And when he’d walked in and seen her there, face sheet white, his immediate instinct had been to shield what was his. But he hadn’t had a chance to process what the hell that meant, and he didn’t think Cayla would appreciate that just now.

“That it might intimidate him. It seemed like a good idea in the heat of the moment.”

She pulled away, swiping at her face. “Yeah, well, you basically just waved a red flag at a very smart and calculating bull. He’s not going to just let this go because I allegedly belong to someone else. He’ll never acknowledge that claim. I was his first, and as far as he’s concerned, I’m his always. I only felt safe because he was behind bars and was supposed to stay there for a good long while. Now I… I don’t know what to do.”

Her shoulders shook as the tears fell harder.

Holt curled his hands into fists, desperate to do something. “He’s not going to get to either of you. I swear it.”

“How can you promise that?”

His brain spun, considering and rejecting scenarios. If Raynor sued for some kind of custody of Maddie, being caught out in a lie would hardly be in Cayla’s favor. And even if he didn’t, would they even be safe in their own home? The man she’d described wouldn’t let a piece of paper like a restraining order stop him—if they could even get one. They needed protection on site. Both of them. And there was one obvious solution.

“Marry me.”

Meet Kait Nolan:

Kait Nolan is a RITA® Award-winning Mississippi author who calls everyone sugar, honey, or darlin’, and can wield a ‘Bless your heart’ like a Snuggie or a saber, depending on requirements. She believes in love, laughter, and that tacos are the world’s most perfect food. When she’s not writing, reading, working the evil day job, or wrangling family (both the two-legged and the four-), you can find her obsessively watching The Great British Bake Off.

Connect with Kait Nolan:

Website: https://kaitnolan.com/

Newsletter: https://kaitnolan.com/newsletter/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kaitnolanwriter

Facebook Reader Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/kaitnolanbooks

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3464081.Kait_Nolan

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Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/359xLas

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