The guy that no man, woman, or child wants around their loved one.
See, a long time ago he made some bad decisions. Those bad decisions have haunted him ever since. No matter what he does, people still see him as the town’s screw up. The boy that sold his soul to the Devil.
Years later, he’s turned himself around. Made amends and ultimately turned into a generally good guy. Only, it’s hard to act like a good guy when people still treat you like the old you, and not the new you.
Enter Waylynn Jennings.
Waylynn has watched Darby Valentine from afar for a very long time.
She’s witnessed the changes in him and knows the only reason he’s so mean is to protect the man that lies within. A battered, injured soul that deserves more than what he’s received. Even his own family takes him for granted.
She’s made it her new mission in life to prove to everyone that Darby isn’t the bad guy. That he’s a kind-hearted, sweet soul that’s just looking for a place to fit in.
Only, Darby is fairly sure that Waylynn is out to kill him, not help him. How else do you explain all the fights he’s having to break up on her behalf, or all the times he has to come to her rescue when she’s managed to put her cute little butt right in the middle of something where it shouldn’t be?
There’s obviously only one solution. He has to make her his. Then everyone will know not to mess with her.
Darby is the first to admit that he didn’t handle his painful past the way that he should have but he is no longer the boy that caused so much trouble. He has graduated college and returned to Kilgore where not only is he working but he is trying to be there for his brothers. The only problem is that they can’t see past the mistakes he has made and appreciate the man he has become.
Way and Darby have known each other for a while as he knows her father and they attended the same college. She has learnt from a young age that the only one she can depend on is herself so the last thing she needs is a cowboy with a reputation.
When she finds herself in Kilgore out of necessity, she sees Darby as no one else does and that is for the man he has become. She will have his back and stand up for him to anyone and everyone and along the way she may just find the family she deserves.
Meet Lani Lynn Vale
Lani Lynn Vale is a Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling Author of over thirty titles. She is married with three children, two dogs, to cats, a donkey, and a couple (a couple meaning over twenty) chickens.
She hails from the Great State of Texas.
When she’s not writing, you can find her curled up in her favorite chair reading.
Darby has always been ‘that’ guy.
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