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Title: THE REBEL
Author: Jennifer Bernard
Series: The Rockwell Legacy
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release: September 4
About THE REBEL
What would you do for love?Ever the rebel, Kai Rockwell happily risks his life on a daily basis as a rescue paramedic. What he refuses to deal with? His impossibly stubborn father, “Mad Max” Rockwell, who runs the historic Rocky Peak Lodge deep in the Cascade Mountains with an iron fist.
But when his family faces an unexpected threat at Rocky Peak—in the form of a beautiful woman—Kai knows it’s time to go home.
Fiercely protective nurse Nicole Davidson would do almost anything to take care of her disabled sister--even accept a hefty offer to ask a few harmless questions at the charming old lodge where she’s working. Until the outrageously sexy Kai Rockwell shows up and sets everything on fire—most especially her.
Equally determined, equally passionate about protecting their families, Kai and Nicole don’t know if they should be enemies or lovers—or both. All they know is they can’t resist each other…no matter the price.
EXCERPT:
In the guest lounge, Kai grabbed the whisk broom from the stand of fireplace tools and crouched down to sweep up the mess.
Gracie propped a pillow behind her back and snuggled her bare feet into the couch cushions. “Well? Tell me everything! How are all the ladies in your life?”
“My love life is about as cold and dead as this fireplace.”
“Really? Things didn’t work out with Meg the Leg?”
“Stop it.” Meg was a dancer who liked to show off her toned and perfect legs. She’d gone to Yellowstone with them and Gracie kept walking in ballerina posture behind her back. “That’s an off-limits topic.”
The smell of the old fireplace ash mingled with a hint of smooth tobacco from someone’s cigar butt and the cold air from the chimney. It looked as if no one had paid any attention to this fireplace recently. Big oversight in a remote place like this. Old Mad Max must be really distracted.
Probably by his new “stress-reducer.”
“So fill me in on this nurse chick who’s working for Max. What’s she like?”
“Are you talking about Nicole? That’s not a very nice way to refer to her.”
“Three words. Meg the Leg.”
Gracie laughed and crossed one leg over the other. “Fine. But Nicole’s different. I don’t know a lot about her, but she’s good for Dad. I call her the Max-Whisperer.”
His hackles rose. What exactly was she whispering into Max’s ears? “Why don’t you know a lot about her? Didn’t he vet her before he hired her?”
“He did. His heart doctor put the word out with a network of home health aides. He interviewed several on the phone but Nicole was the only one he could stand. She was also the only one under fifty. So she came up for an interview and hit it off with Dad right away. You know that never happens. Dad doesn’t like anyone.”
“Jake says she’s young and cute. I suppose that’s why.”
“I think it’s that she doesn’t take him too seriously. She jokes with him, and he likes that. He doesn’t scare her. He’s a lot more calm when she’s around. She has this way of heading him off before he gets that steam pressure going.”
An ashfall of cinder cascaded onto his head, making him cough. He shook it off. “So she knows how to handle Max, which makes her one up on me. But why don’t you know much about her?”
“She’s mostly with Dad, not me, and she doesn’t talk about herself a lot.”
“Have you asked?”
“Isn’t that why you’re here, Mr. Suspicious?” She pushed his shoulder with her big toe. “What’s the worst case scenario? There’s no way Dad will give the lodge away, if that’s what you’re worried about.”
“Worst case scenario…hm…well, she could be a manipulative, secretive, money-grubbing, legacy-stealing gold-digger who found a lonely old man to latch onto.”
“Kai,” Gracie said in a warning tone. “That’s not—”
But Kai was on a roll now. “I mean—the Max-Whisperer, seriously?” He switched to a high, breathy whisper of a voice. ’Oh Max, l’d really love to reduce your stress, whatever it takes. Oh Max, does this outfit make your heart race? Let me just take it off for you. Oh Maxidoodle, this lodge is soooo much work, why don’t you let me take it off your hands—“
“Kai!” Gracie yelled.
He startled, bumping his head on the stonework of the fireplace. Pain lanced through his skull, which didn’t improve his mood as he rose to his feet, still holding the whisk broom and dustpan.
Scowling, he turned and found himself face to face with a woman. An unfamiliar woman with indignant blue eyes and a heart-shaped face and a goddamn dimple in her cheek. Who looked like she wanted to tear him to shreds.
Shit.
“I’m guessing you’re Nicole Davidson.”
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About Jennifer Bernard
Jennifer Bernard is a USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance. Her books have been called "an irresistible reading experience" full of "quick wit and sizzling love scenes." A graduate of Harvard and former news promo producer, she left big city life in Los Angeles for true love in Alaska, where she now lives with her husband and stepdaughters. She still hasn't adjusted to the cold, so most often she can be found cuddling with her laptop and a cup of tea. No stranger to book success, she also writes erotic novellas under a naughty secret name that she's happy to share with the curious.
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