Note: This novella was previously published in the Some Like It Hot Anthology. Although the story has not changed, this version contains a short bonus scene.
New York Times bestselling author Nicole Edwards is heating things up with Boots Optional, a sexy new ménage novella which is the first book in a hot new series called Dead Heat Ranch.
Grace Lambert is familiar with hard work, long days, and handsome cowboys. She’s been working for her family’s dude ranch since she was old enough to ride a horse and she’s not afraid to get her hands dirty. What she is afraid of is the heat that’s been generating between her and not one, but two sexy cowboys who’ve set their sights on her. And each other.
Grant Kingsley and Lane Miller have both had their eyes on Gracie for years, but the feisty cowgirl has managed to keep them at bay. As far as they are concerned, cowboys don’t give up, and neither of them is ready to give up just yet. Not on her and not on the heat that transpires between the two of them.
Find out what happens when the sultry Texas nights get as hot as the fierce Texas days.
Once again, Nicole Edwards killed me. She's introduced us to a new family, a new crew, and some sexy hot new scenes. Now, I'm wishing I had book one of the Dead Heat Ranch crew in my hands. She gave us her uninhibited sex scenes that were scorching and wishing we had a couple of cowboys on hand to make everything better. Good God this woman knows her menage. Gracie Lambert has no clue why she's getting all the attention she's getting from Grant and Lane. She also has no clue they are lovers until one night when she accidentally walks in on them. That one moment sets the guys off on a "we wont't stop" trip to get their girl and make her understand they are what she wants and needs.
Dead Heat Ranch, #1
New York Times bestselling author Nicole Edwards is continuing to heat things up with Betting on Grace, a sexy new ménage novel which is the first book in a hot new series called Dead Heat Ranch.
The tables have turned on Grace Lambert. For a woman familiar with long days and hard work, she just recently discovered just how hot the sultry Texas nights can get. Finding time to spend with her two smoking hot cowboys, Grant and Lane, isn’t exactly easy, but she’s forging ahead with what has turned out to be the hottest relationship she has ever been in. The true test comes in standing up for what she wants.
Grant Kingsley has landed his feisty cowgirl, Gracie, and an equally sexy cowboy, Lane Miller, but everything outside of his romantic life has gone from routine to chaos in a matter of days. Unfortunately, he’s become rather acquainted with Murphy’s Law as he is inundated with a string of bad luck. His mother is missing, his father, a gambling addict, is worried about only one thing these days, and when Grant refuses to give in, all hell breaks loose on the ranch.
Lane Miller will be the first to admit that he falls in love easily. And he’s done so again, with both Gracie and Grant. Only this time around, he’s not giving up or giving in. Cowboys don’t know what it means to back down and Lane will ensure that the two most important people in his life get all of him, no matter what it takes.
Diving head first in Dead Heat Ranch was an experience. No one knows menage relationships like Nicole Edwards does. With DHR she's taking things to a new level. It's time to add in a little mystery to the menage.
Betting on Grace isn't one of those books where the guys are pursuing the woman and she's flipping out. It's more a story on how two men loving a woman, and how they are going to "let the cat out of the bag". Working the reigns on how a menage works, will the other person be angry by not being included one time? Who do we tell? Do we tell anyone? All these questions must be answered.
Gracie has to figure out how to tell her family.
Grant - not really caring either way about his family - still has some major issues & a missing mother to deal with.
Lane, who is just trying to figure out where he belongs.
Everyone at Dead Heat Ranch as a secret. EVERYONE. From each one of the Lambert girls, to Pops Lambert, to the Ranch hands. How are those secrets are handled after they are made public is the big thing.
The Dead Heat Ranch series isn't going to be just "another menage" series. There's more here than meets the eye. I'm curious to see what level Nicole is going to take the secrets to, and just how they are going to be accepted.
New York Times bestselling author Nicole Edwards launched her professional writing career in July of 2012. Having been an avid reader all of her life and a huge fan of creative writing, it seemed the likely path for her to take. Since then, she has released fifteen books and has no plans to stop. As her full-time career/hobby, Nicole writes steamy contemporary and erotic romances.
Nicole is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author who was born and raised in Texas. Married with three kids and four dogs, she has plenty of interaction to keep her imagination brewing. Her books have been featured in USA Today’s Happy Ever After segment as well as Indie Reader’s best seller list. She has forged her way as an independent author.
Although she has a bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, she prefers to be hiding out in her writing cave, talking to the fictional characters that have built up in her head over the years.
When she isn’t writing or plotting her next book (sometimes translated to “playing on Facebook”), Nicole loves to read and spend time with her family and her dogs.
