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Mary Connealy's
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Loving the Texas LawmanBy Mary Connealy
Adult Contemporary Romantic Suspense
Paperback & ebook, 250 Pages
July 2nd 2018
Summary
Trudy Jennings is a college professor with a string of bestselling pop psychology books about answering all of life's troubles with love.
Ben Garrison is her student. He's a hardened cop who needs this class to get his degree, but he can't keep a straight face. He tells her she's right, as long as she lives in her cushioned, safe life. But for him, using her philosophy, he'll be dead by the weekend.
A stalker is coming after kindhearted Trudy, and Ben is there to protect her. Trudy faces her first true challenge to turning the other cheek. Her stalker keeps coming despite her kindness and she feels like a failure that she can't help the confused and frightening man. Ben has to keep Trudy safe until the escalating stalker can be stopped. As Ben gets to know Trudy better, he recognizes his own callous behavior at the same time he finds out everyone in Trudy's life takes advantage of her.
She's got to get tough. He's got to find a kinder way. Together they have to take down a wealthy, obsessed man who knows how to play the system, because he's done all this before.
Excerpt
As the youngest
tenured professor at Bella Vista Christian College, she did her best to appear
mature and in control. She dressed to support that image, right down to her
glasses, which were plain glass. Her baby blues worked just fine, thank you
very much.
All the seniors
in the Psych Department needed her class to graduate and they knew it. That
helped her keep things under control. But it looked like this semester Mr.
Garrison wasn’t going to make that easy.
As her students
filed out, she turned her back on the emptying room to pack her briefcase. The
letter she’d tucked in with her other papers caught her eye. Turning it over,
she wondered why Mr. Watson hadn’t followed her advice.
She flipped the
envelope open and slid the lined notebook paper out. This wasn’t his first
pathetic cry for help. He’d been writing nearly all summer since he’d
approached her to counsel him and his estranged wife.
Over the
months, his handwriting had deteriorated to an almost unreadable scrawl and his
desperation grew with each letter, this one had an almost threatening tone. She
re-read it with a sense of dread as he raged at her, demanding help.
‘You’re the only one who can help me. You
WILL help me!!! I won’t stop, I won’t! I’ll keep coming until you give me what
I want. You’ll give me what I want or I’ll take it!’ R Watson
The words
filled a full-sized sheet of white printer paper. Some were two inches tall,
underlined, scratched out and rewritten. Exclamation points. A signature that
was next thing to illegible. The T that was crossed in Watson slashed through
his whole name twice, obliterating it.
He’d come to
her office a few times then, when she refused to see him anymore, he began
writing letters. He’d sent one daily for two weeks. Each had a more fanatical
tone. The paper was torn in places under the heavy lines of ink that spoke of a
violent temper. All of it went together to chill her blood.
A hand closed
on her shoulder.
She shrieked
and whirled around. Cough Man stood inches behind her.
She staggered
back. He backed away quickly. “Sorry,” he said. “I didn’t mean to startle you.”
All of his buffoonery gone, replaced with sharply intelligent, observant eyes that
went right to her letter. The oversized, darkly written words visible.
Other Books in the Series
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About the Author
Mary Connealy writes romantic comedy with cowboys always with a strong suspense thread. She is a two time Carol Award winner, and a Rita, Christy and Inspirational Reader’s Choice finalist. She is the bestselling author of over 50 books and novellas.
Her most recent book series are: Garrison’s Law, High Sierra Sweethearts, Cimarron Legacy, Wild at Heart, Trouble in Texas, and Kincaid Bride for Bethany House Publishing. She’s also written four other series for Barbour Publishing and many novellas.
Mary has nearly a million books in print.
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