A Christmas Wedding

Product DescriptionDesiree is determined to hold on to her husband. Shes loved Jesse Rainwater since the day the legendary horse trainer came to work at her fathers ranch. Now, on the eve of their daughters wedding, Jesse hits her with a bombshell that forces Desiree to reexamine their life together.And she isnt going down without a fight. She hasnt struggled all these years to lose the thing thats most precious to her. Desiree knows they share something true and strong, even if they lost sight of it somewhere along the way. Now her toughest battle lies ahead: to prove to Jesse that theirs is a love worth fighting for.About the AuthorTracy Wolff collects books, English degrees and lipsticks. At six she wrote her first short story andventured into the world of girls lit. By ten shed read everything in the young adult and classics sections of her local bookstore, so started on romance novels. And from the first page, shed found her lifelong love. Tracy lives in Texas with her husband and three sons, where she writes and teaches at the local college. She can be reached online at www.tracywolff.com.Excerpt. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.Ive had it, Desiree. I cant do this anymore. Not for one more day. Not for one moreminute.Whats the matter? Desiree HawthorneRainwater asked with raised eyebrows, glancing up from her jewelry box just in time to see her husband of twentyseven years hurl a large manila envelope at the center of the bed they hadnt shared in more than a year.This. Jesses eyes darkened to obsidian as he used a sweeping gesture to encompass everything in the room, his voice vibrating with contained fury. All of this.Understanding moved through her, warming her for the first time in she couldnt say how long. At last, something they could agree on again.The noise and chaos were gratingtruck after truck of the supplies needed to make this afternoon and evening a success were arriving nonstop and she certainly couldnt blame Jesse for being annoyed by it when she herself had wanted to run away and bury herself in work more than once since this whole process had begun.In a moment of weakness, shed even contemplated offering Willow money if she would simply run away to Vegasanything to get life back to normal on their idyllic Thoroughbred ranch in central Texas. But Willow had her heart set on a Christmas weddingat homeand as mother of the bride and assistant wedding coordinator, burying her head and encouraging elopement hadnt really been an option.I know its been crazy around here lately, but itll settle down after the wedding this afternoon. She smiled wryly at the six feet, four inches of bristling, enraged masculinity currently regarding her with disbelieving eyes.Part of her longed to reach a soothing hand out to him, but the tension between them had grown so thick in the past few months that she was afraid even that small gesture would rock the delicately balanced boat of their relationship. We just need to hang in there a little longer.You think thats what this is all about? Willows wedding?The warmth died as an icy trickle of unease moved through her. Isnt it? It was her turn to glance around the room. Things are nuts around here today and have been for a while.You cant seriously be that out of touch. Jesse shook his head, disgust evident in every line of his body. If it would make Willow happy today, Id gladly put on a gorilla suit and attempt to fly to the moon under my own power.Well, what, then? She couldnt help the defensiveness that had crept into her toneonce upon a time hed felt the same way about her.Im talking about the new trainer you hired.Oh. Embarrassment washed through heralong with a healthy dose of annoyance. Hating the weakness her red cheeks hinted at, she focused on the annoyance instead. Fed it, until she was almost as angry as Jesse.It wasnt as though shed deliberately kept Tom