Looking for Trouble

Looking for Trouble

Becky McGraw

Romance / Fiction / Contemporary

Country singer, Jess Sparks, is finally watching her star rise, after shedding the weight of a thieving manager and boyfriend three years ago. Jess has worked her butt off since to recover from it, and it's finally paying off, because she's on the verge of signing a big recording contract.Someone from Bowie, Texas calls and asks her to sing at a wedding reception, and she agrees to do it as a final hoorah. While she's performing, Jess notices a good looking cowboy in the crowd staring her down and can't take her eyes off of him either. Her best friend, and band mate, thinks Jess needs to loosen up and have some fun, so she issues a dare that Jess can't refuse...make him her 'Angel' for the night.Back in Dallas, Jess discovers that her fun pays off a little too well, when the stick with the pink plus sign tells her she's a member of the elite 'less than two percent club' they warn about on the back of condom boxes. She's pregnant, and doesn't have a clue what the cowboy's name is, because honey, baby or sugar worked just fine for them that night.After the baby is born, she gets another call from the client in Bowie for an encore performance at the couple's one-year anniversary party. Although Jess is hesitant to accept, because she's scared she'll run into the cowboy again, who would do nothing but complicate her life, she accepts, because she needs the money.Once she gets to Bowie, Jess realizes her luck is still running--in the wrong direction. Not only is the cowboy there, he's the manager of the ranch, and she's going to be seeing a lot of him, because she and the band get stuck there. Although she didn't intend on telling him about her little angel, he finds out, and wants to be a daddy. After Jess gets to know him better, she discovers she wants the sexy cowboy to be a lot more than that.Professional rodeo rider, Wade Roberts never expected his career to end with a fall from a wild horse he pulled in his last rodeo, but that's exactly what happened. Luck was on his side though, when he found out the manager of the Double B Ranch in Bowie, Texas was retiring, and they hired him as a replacement.When the beautiful country singer he'd had one night of wild passion with a year ago after a wedding, shows up at the ranch to play a command performance for the anniversary party, Wade is surprised. She was supposed to be in the big leagues now, so he wonders what she's doing back in Bowie. When Jess Sparks gives him the cold shoulder, Wade is confused, because to his knowledge, they'd both been blown away by their time together, and had been on the same page the next morning, when they parted without exchanging phone numbers.The reason for her attitude becomes clear to Wade though, when he sees a car seat and toys in the back of the van she arrived in. He has a daughter, and Jess doesn't want him to be a part of her life. That's not okay with Wade, and he is determined to convince the beautiful songbird, that he will be a part of his daughter's life and take care of them both.Fate appears to give him time to convince her, when Jess gets hurt and the band's van burns up, but then her ex-boyfriend shows up in town, representing a record company that wants to sign her. Now, if she wants a contract, she's going to have to deal with the man who robbed her blind, while he managed her career. Then her ex incites Wade into a fight at the bar, which lands him in jail. Using the charges against Wade as leverage, the guy coerces Jess into signing with him to get Wade out of his legal trouble.Determined to make up for the mess he'd made, and get Jess out of the contract, Wade enters a charity rodeo competition, with a big purse, because he knows he can win it, even though it might change his life forever, if he gets injured again.Wade isn't looking for trouble, but if he wants to keep the two angels in his life permanently, he knows he's going to have to face a hell of a lot of it to make that happen.
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Double the Trouble (Texas Trouble 3)

Double the Trouble (Texas Trouble 3)

Becky McGraw

Romance / Fiction / Contemporary

Professional rodeo team roper, Karlie Upton, is done with arrogant testosterone-soaked cowboys, and she's done with the rodeo. Worn out from traveling and battling with the abusive bull rider she'd just broken up with, Karlie heads for Bowie, Texas to see if her old friend Cassie Bellamy needs help with her new horse operation. Her identical twin sister, and roping partner isn't happy about Karlie leaving her high and dry, but Karlie can't stay, and she can't tell her sister why she's leaving.Karlie knows her ex will probably come looking for her, because not only did she leave, she took his meal ticket with her, a fifty-pound slack-jawed bulldog named Sarge, who he got five-thousand dollars a month to care for from his crazy grandpa's estate. When she reaches the city limits of Bowie, Karlie receives a welcome she didn't expect. Not paying attention to her speed, Karlie had let 'Freddie', the hot rod Lincoln she'd had since she was sixteen, have his head, and he didn't like to go slow. He liked to blow the stripes off of the road, since she'd souped him up in automotive class in high school. So, the first person she met in Bowie, wasn't the one she went there to see, but he was easy on the eyes nonetheless. The handsome deputy gave her a lecture and a ticket that would empty her pocketbook. Then after she tried to bargain her way out of the ticket, he arrested her and threatened to send Sarge to the pound! Karlie knew she would have enjoyed the frisking, but when the hot lawman took her dog into custody, he crossed the line, and Karlie showed him she wasn't known as the 'Wild Child' in the pro rodeo circuit for nothing!Her impulsive nature yet again lands her in a heap of trouble, but it also gives her a reason to see the good looking lawman again, when she cuts a community service deal to fix his police car. Karlie's not looking for a relationship with any man, her ex may have soured her for life on those, but she sure could go for a little romp in the hayloft with the tall, dark and handsome deputy sheriff. But then she finds out he has issues, deep dark issues, which meant he was a 'fixer-upper'. Karlie knew she was in trouble then, because if there was one thing she had a problem avoiding, it was projects. From cars to men, the more they needed fixing, the more they interested her.Bowie's Chief Deputy, Gabe Kelley, had never encountered a woman like the red hot redhead he stopped for speeding, while filling in for his patrolman on traffic duty. Sitting at the city limit sign, minding his own business, almost dozing off, because he was so bored, Gabe was jolted out of his lethargy when a black Lincoln went past him doing at least one ten.When he finally caught up to the sassy redhead, she gave him lip, then he gave her a hefty ticket, and a stern warning about driving through his town recklessly. He never expected the beautiful cowgirl to proposition him to get out of the ticket! He was so shocked, he arrested her, then called the dog pound to come get her ugly dog. The next thing Gabe knew, he was laying on his stomach on the hot Texas roadway, hogtied, and mad as hell, watching the hotheaded woman drive off leaving him there. He was going to get untied, and when he did, there would be hell to pay, and the one paying it would be Miss Karlie Upton. It might take him a while to find her, but he would, if it was the last thing he ever did. One way or another, Gabe was going to teach the bratty woman he wasn't a man to be messed with...if it took spanking her shapely ass to drive that point home. Gabe would have to be careful though, because, although he liked his women with a little edge, he knew this beautiful redhead had enough of it to cut his throat. Her ex is after her, and the only thing standing between the rough bull rider and her is Gabe, and this guy is playing for keeps, but then so is Gabe.
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Worth the Trouble

Worth the Trouble

Becky McGraw

Romance / Fiction / Contemporary

Horse trainer and female ranch hand Roxanne Baker's daddy had warned her about smooth-talking city boys at sixteen. She had always taken his advice as gospel until she met Ethan Cassidy.Until then it had been easy, because she intimidated most men in her profession, most men in general. When she didn't intimidate them, Rocky became a stumbling idiot around them, not able to string two words together.When Ethan, her only female friend's brother, visited the R & R Ranch for the bull riding adventure a year prior, and proceeded to save his sister from a flooded creek, Rocky developed a serious case of hero worship. At Terri's wedding, that turns into much more.The next time she sees Ethan though, he is a changed man, definitely not the charming alpha firefighter who had made love to her in the hayloft all night long. He wants nothing to do with her, and Rocky is determined to find out what happened to him and help him find that man again.Spec Ops Paramedic and Firefighter, Ethan Cassidy has the world by the balls. In his job and his involvement with the Texas Task Force 1, Ethan takes risks every day that would turn most people's stomach, both to save lives and to feed his adrenaline addiction. He knows that every day could be his last, so he milks every ounce of zest out of life that he can find.Roxanne Baker's long legs and cherry-flavored lips are just the kind of zest he likes best. The capable and country-beautiful female ranch hand intrigues him when he visits his sister's ranch to learn to ride rodeo bulls. She won't give him the time of day however, so he waits until Terri's wedding and tries again with her.After the wedding and a wonderous night in the hayloft with Roxanne, Ethan goes back to Henrietta and his life is changed forever by an accident on the job. Ethan is depressed and refuses therapy to rehabilitate, because what's the use? He will never be a firefighter or paramedic again. He is thirty years old and his life is over.His sister won't let him wallow though, she comes and drags him back to the ranch, and between her and Roxanne, Ethan has no choice but to work hard to recover. When Rocky joins an equine search and rescue team, and invites him to join too, he finds his motivation and new purpose.A fire investigation of the accident scene shows that his accident may have been no accident at all and Ethan is shocked to find out a member of his fire crew might have been behind trying to kill him.A child goes missing in Palo Duro Canyon State Park and the equine search and rescue team is called upon to help the Texas Task Force find her. Ethan and Roxanne work together as a team there, but other forces are at work too to make sure they don't leave that wilderness alive.Working together in that park, both Ethan and Roxanne find exactly what they've been searching for--love. Holding on to that love though will take using every skill they possess, but in the end they know it will all be worth the trouble.From the AuthorBe sure to check out the other books in the Texas Trouble Series by Becky McGrawBook #1 - My Kind of Trouble (Cassie & Luke)Book #2 - The Trouble With Love (Sabrina & Cole)Book #3 - Double the Trouble (Karlie & Gabe)Book #4 - Looking for Trouble (Jess & Wade)Book #5 - Trouble in Dixie (Katie & Tommy)Book #6 - Asking for Trouble (Jazzie & Beau)Book #7 - Chasing Trouble (Jenny & ChaseBook #8 - Here Comes Trouble (Terri & Joel)Book#9 Worth The Trouble (Ethan and Roxanne)COMING SOON - Book #10 Royal Trouble (Wes & Leigh Ann)
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My Kind of Trouble

My Kind of Trouble

Becky McGraw

Romance / Fiction / Contemporary

Cassie Bellamy thought she'd left Bowie, Texas and Luke Matthews behind for good, until a call from her daddy sends her back to her one-horse hometown to help run the family ranch. When she gets back to town, she finds out that bad boy Luke, the reason she left Bowie to begin with, is now the town Sheriff, and he's looking for a pound of flesh with a side of revenge.
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Just Shoot Me (Cowboy Way, #1)

Just Shoot Me (Cowboy Way, #1)

Becky McGraw

Romance / Fiction / Contemporary

Single father and rancher Dean Dixon needs an attitude adjustment. He knows it and his whole family knows it. Tina Montgomery needs a model to sell a new western wear line to her bosses at Texas Tomboy. She thinks she may never find her man until she visits her friend, photographer Hope Dixon at the ranch and meets her Texas Tomcat, but she knows Mr. Cranky Pants won't be an easy sell.
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Trouble in Dixie

Trouble in Dixie

Becky McGraw

Romance / Fiction / Contemporary

Professional rodeo team roper, Katie Upton, is tired of being called the "Mild Child" in relation to her less inhibited twin sister. She's spent a lifetime cleaning up her sister's messes, the last of which landed her working for the handsome, but standoffish, owner of the Rockin' D ranch in Amarillo.Katie whips the ranch and ranch hands into shape in no time, and tries to help Tommy corral his spoiled little princess of a daughter, Dixie, too. Stubborn little Dixie doesn't like that much and tells her daddy that Katie is boring, and that she wants Katie's twin sister back at the ranch, because she's fun. Katie realizes Dixie feels that way, because the little hellion is just like her sister! When Tommy talks to Katie about Dixie, he basically tells her he thinks she's boring too. Katie is tired of living in her vibrant twin's shadow, so she leaves the ranch determined to redefine herself according to her twin sister's rules, and find out what all the hoopla is about being uninhibited.One she-devil tattoo, a new blond hairdo, and a hot red motorcycle later, Katie sees what it's all about, and feels freedom like she's never known before. Unfortunately, that freedom leads her back to Tommy Tucker, and a hot night of truck sex, which lands her in a lot of trouble--the kind of trouble that makes her want to want to find more of it with the oh so sexy widowed rancher. Katie thinks he needs to loosen up and live his life again, and she is determined to show him how to do that...with her.At only twenty-four years old, Tommy Tucker had been forced to make a decision that no husband or expectant father should ever have to make, to either save his wife, or his daughter, after a horrific truck accident. He chose his daughter, because that's what he felt his wife would have wanted him to do, but his mother-in-law felt differently, and blamed him for her death. The woman hadn't spoken to him in ten years, and refused to have anything to do with her granddaughter, either. But his former mother-in-law couldn't blame Tommy any more than he blamed himself. Every day, he had to live with the incredible guilt, as he did the best he could to raise his daughter alone, and make his quarter horse ranch successful. Although it was dull, his life had settled into comfortable territory, until a set of beautiful redheaded twins show up at the ranch. Even thought they're identical twins, he finds out the two women were as different as night and day. One is a hellion who courts trouble at every turn, and the other is a sensible, responsible woman who tries to keep her sister out of trouble, someone he thought would be perfect for him.No matter how much he wants Katie Upton though, Tommy can't get involved with her. For ten years, he'd avoided relationships, so he didn't cause his mother-in-law more grief, or have to explain to his daughter that he'd killed her mother. He'd hired her to work at his ranch, but where she was concerned, it was hands off.After Katie hears some misspoken words between him and his daughter, she runs from him and the Rockin' D, hurt and angry at him. Feeling guilty, Tommy tracks her down to apologize. Instead of the nice, sweet woman who'd left the ranch a week prior, he finds someone he doesn't even recognize, a hellion twice as bad as her sister, riding a damned motorcycle that sent chills up his spine, as he imagines her lying dead in a ditch somewhere.When the hot blond sets out to seduce him in his pickup, Tommy is powerless to resist her. She was out of his league experience wise, he'd gotten married young, and his wife had been inexperienced too, so when she suggested they have truck sex, Tommy wanted to see what he'd been missing all these years. He quickly finds out that sweet Katie Upton isn't so sweet after all, she's hotter than habaneras in July, and she is determined to give him an education, one he wants to earn a masters degree in.Before he can explore the possibilities with her however, Tommy has to fend off his wealthy and connected mother-in-law, who is somehow getting information on the goings on at his ranch. The woman is determined he isn't going replace her daughter in his life, or he is going to pay the price, by losing his daughter.Again, Tommy is faced with the ultimate decision, only this time he has help, in the form of a hot-tempered, hot-headed, hot Texas cowgirl, who isn't going to let anyone push her or him around anymore.
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Twisted Honor (Deep Six Security Series, #2)

Twisted Honor (Deep Six Security Series, #2)

Becky McGraw

Romance / Fiction / Contemporary

The last thing Slade wants is to be in charge of anyone but himself. The military taught him the price of being in command. Dave Logan is on his honeymoon though, and leaves him right where he doesn’t want to be. Things go from bad to worse very quickly when a prince’s son is kidnapped, and Deep Six is on the verge of losing its biggest security contract on his watch. The head of security at the hotel gets fired over the incident and Slade thinks teaming up with small, but feisty Taylor Kincaid to find the boy is smart. As the situation unravels though, he sees that there is a lot more going on than meets the eye, and Taylor could be in just as much trouble as the missing child. When the full picture becomes clear, Slade realizes they are all in trouble and he has some tough choices to make that could cost him the only woman he’s even considered letting himself love in a very long time. Twisted Honor is the second book in a brand new erotic romantic suspense series, Deep Six Security, by New York Times, and USA Today Bestselling Author Becky McGraw. Other books in the Deep Six Security series: Till Death - Book One SEALed Fate (Deep Six Security/Hot SEALs Crossover Novella) Coming Nov 2015:  Hell Bent - Book ThreePLEASE NOTE: This book contains strong language and graphic sex. It is intended for mature adult readers only.
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Texas Trouble 03 - Double the Trouble

Texas Trouble 03 - Double the Trouble

Becky McGraw

Romance / Fiction / Contemporary

Professional rodeo team roper, Karlie Upton, is done with arrogant testosterone-soaked cowboys, and she's done with the rodeo. Worn out from traveling and battling with the abusive bull rider she'd just broken up with, Karlie heads for Bowie, Texas to see if her old friend Cassie Bellamy needs help with her new horse operation. Her identical twin sister, and roping partner isn't happy about Karlie leaving her high and dry, but Karlie can't stay, and she can't tell her sister why she's leaving.Karlie knows her ex will probably come looking for her, because not only did she leave, she took his meal ticket with her, a fifty-pound slack-jawed bulldog named Sarge, who he got five-thousand dollars a month to care for from his crazy grandpa's estate. When she reaches the city limits of Bowie, Karlie receives a welcome she didn't expect. Not paying attention to her speed, Karlie had let 'Freddie', the hot rod Lincoln she'd had since she was sixteen, have his head, and he didn't like to go slow. He liked to blow the stripes off of the road, since she'd souped him up in automotive class in high school. So, the first person she met in Bowie, wasn't the one she went there to see, but he was easy on the eyes nonetheless. The handsome deputy gave her a lecture and a ticket that would empty her pocketbook. Then after she tried to bargain her way out of the ticket, he arrested her and threatened to send Sarge to the pound! Karlie knew she would have enjoyed the frisking, but when the hot lawman took her dog into custody, he crossed the line, and Karlie showed him she wasn't known as the 'Wild Child' in the pro rodeo circuit for nothing!Her impulsive nature yet again lands her in a heap of trouble, but it also gives her a reason to see the good looking lawman again, when she cuts a community service deal to fix his police car. Karlie's not looking for a relationship with any man, her ex may have soured her for life on those, but she sure could go for a little romp in the hayloft with the tall, dark and handsome deputy sheriff. But then she finds out he has issues, deep dark issues, which meant he was a 'fixer-upper'. Karlie knew she was in trouble then, because if there was one thing she had a problem avoiding, it was projects. From cars to men, the more they needed fixing, the more they interested her.Bowie's Chief Deputy, Gabe Kelley, had never encountered a woman like the red hot redhead he stopped for speeding, while filling in for his patrolman on traffic duty. Sitting at the city limit sign, minding his own business, almost dozing off, because he was so bored, Gabe was jolted out of his lethargy when a black Lincoln went past him doing at least one ten.When he finally caught up to the sassy redhead, she gave him lip, then he gave her a hefty ticket, and a stern warning about driving through his town recklessly. He never expected the beautiful cowgirl to proposition him to get out of the ticket! He was so shocked, he arrested her, then called the dog pound to come get her ugly dog. The next thing Gabe knew, he was laying on his stomach on the hot Texas roadway, hogtied, and mad as hell, watching the hotheaded woman drive off leaving him there. He was going to get untied, and when he did, there would be hell to pay, and the one paying it would be Miss Karlie Upton. It might take him a while to find her, but he would, if it was the last thing he ever did. One way or another, Gabe was going to teach the bratty woman he wasn't a man to be messed with...if it took spanking her shapely ass to drive that point home. Gabe would have to be careful though, because, although he liked his women with a little edge, he knew this beautiful redhead had enough of it to cut his throat. Her ex is after her, and the only thing standing between the rough bull rider and her is Gabe, and this guy is playing for keeps, but then so is Gabe.
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