COP-OFF
LOVE BURNS SERIES BOOK TWO
Return to Woodvalley Pines…where a sexy police officer comes across one troublemaker that he’s determined to pin down.
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Cat is looking to snag herself a cowboy. After all, what else is there to do in the small town of Woodvalley Pines. And after the year she’s had, she deserves to treat herself. There’s only one problem. Cody freaking McBride. The devil himself. And the bane of her existence. It’s bad enough she has to look at his smug face most days, but now he’s made it his mission to meddle in her love life. Which means only one thing, it’s about to get ugly.
Single dad and local cop Cody thought he was done with love. He was content in his routine. Work, eat, sleep, repeat. But then Cat shows up in town. Lighting fires wherever she goes and hurling insults his way while she’s doing it. He actually finds himself enjoying fighting with the little she-devil, it’s the most alive he’s felt in years.
Woodvalley Pines is about to witness the ultimate showdown. Where clothes aren’t the only things getting torn to shreds.
Excerpt
All of a sudden he was up and off his stool, legs pushing between her thighs, head bowed until their mouths were just a breath apart. “You may not care about your own safety, but others do. Me included. In case you’ve forgotten, this is my town. This is me protecting and serving. If you don’t like it, then you know what to do.”
Now she was the one gulping. The intensity radiating off him was enough to burn the whole place down.
Run! Get the hell out of here. Now.
Seeing as her legs weren’t cooperating, words were all she had.
“You wanna know what I’m doing here? Fine. I’m gonna find myself a nice cowboy, McBride. You know, to teach me how to ride. Happy?”
He was not happy. He’d never looked more unhappy. Jaw clenched, nostrils flaring and pure fire in his eyes. This was her cue to leave. She needed to get out of this exchange before one of them did something they’d regret.
The cowboy checking her out in the corner hadn’t gone unnoticed. It looked like she would be jumping to stage two of her plan, three beers sooner than she would have liked. But it was for the best.
Finally managing to unpick herself from Cody, she sacrificed her beer and made a beeline for the corner. But she didn’t get very far.
“Nope.” Cody grabbed her arm mid-swing and pulled her back.
“What do you mean nope?” she asked incredulously as she whipped around.
“I mean, no way in hell are you going anywhere near that yahoo.”
How did he even know about said yahoo?
“Have you lost your mind? Let go of me.” She tried in vain to shake her arm loose from his grip.
“Don’t make me get out my cuffs, kitten,” he warned.
“Don’t make me shove them up your arse, Satan.”
Seconds later, she was unceremoniously lifted off the ground, legs ferociously kicking, as he carried her across the dancefloor. Cody used his back to push open an ominous black door and walked them through.
As soon as he’d placed her back on the ground, her arms were swinging. “What the hell, Cody? What is wrong with you?”
She managed to get a good few arm punches in before he reacted. And when he did, she was not prepared for her body’s reaction. His hard body backed her into the door. Using just one of his hands, hers were yanked above her head and pinned in place. She couldn’t move. But the most shocking thing of all, she didn’t want to.
