CATHERINE
BYBEE
BIO:
New York Times
& USA Today bestselling author
Catherine Bybee was raised in Washington State, but after graduating high
school, she moved to Southern California in hopes of becoming a movie star.
After growing bored with waiting tables, she returned to school and became a
registered nurse, spending most of her career in urban emergency rooms. She now
writes full-time and has penned the Weekday Brides Series and the Not Quite
Series. Bybee lives with her husband and two teenage sons in Southern
California.
CONTACT LINKS:
www.catherinebybe.com
catherinebybee@yahoo.com
catherinebybee.blogspot.com
twitter.com/catherinebybee
TAKEN BY TUESDAY
The Weekday Bride Series, Book Five
Montlake
Romance, Contemporary
August
12, 2014, First Edition
Paperback
& Kindle
JUDY GARDNER:
College
graduate Judy stands ready to conquer the world…if she can find a job. Hoping
to transition from aspiring architect to famous architect as quickly as
possible, the dark-haired beauty moves to LA, staying in the home of her
celebrity brother, Michael Wolfe. But it’s hard for Judy to focus on work when
the sexy bodyguard she fell for last summer keeps showing up in her life and
leaving her breathless.
RICK
EVANS:
With
his hard body, green eyes, and easy smile, Rick could have any woman he wants.
But the Marine-turned-bodyguard only has eyes for Judy and her spitfire
attitude. When a faceless villain attacks Judy, Rick will stop at nothing to
protect the woman who opened his heart from the monster hunting her.
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BY TUESDAY
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EXCERPT
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A throaty laugh made him pause.
He knew that laugh.
The smile on his face suddenly felt more genuine.
His gaze slid across the room when she laughed again. Her back was to him, but
it was her…Utah. She held her cue stick and pointed at a corner pocket. “Watch
‘em and weep.”
She sunk the eight ball like it was her bitch and
the guys around the table groaned. A short-haired blonde lifted her hand and
made a grabby motion with her fingers. “Pay up!”
Utah laughed, laid her cue on the table, and
grabbed the bottle of beer at her side. All the while Rick just watched the interplay.
She wore tight jeans, a tucked in tank that hugged her waist in a
mouth-watering way …over the ensemble was a jean jacket that he could easily
picture draped over the handlebars of his motorcycle.
“I think we just got hustled,” one of the young college
kids said as he shoved his hands in his wallet to pay his debt.
“I tried to warn you.”
Judy’s friend shoved the bills into her pocket
faster than the waitress had. “Anyone else? Twenty buck minimum with a round of
drinks.”
This might be
fun.
Rick took a step forward and lifted his voice
above the crowd. “A hundred bucks.”
Utah froze, but didn’t turn around. He wondered
if she recognized his voice. Had she thought about him in the last year? With
the exception of her brother’s divorce party, he hadn’t seen her…not outside of
a wet dream or two.
The blonde swiveled her head like a snake to prey
and her eyes did that sweeping thing that happened to him once in a while. Rick
knew he wasn’t hard on the eyes, knew he filled out his shirt like a Marine
should. His thick shoulders and neck screamed military or linebacker. He did
play a little football in high school.
“Who the hell are you?” the blonde mumbled.
Rick chuckled.
Judy slowly turned and had to tilt her head back
to look at him. “Green Eyes.”
“Hey, Utah.”
“You know this guy?” The blonde shoved next to
Judy and nudged her arm.
God, she was even more adorable than he
remembered. He didn’t let her eyes go, just matched her stare. A blush rose to
her cheeks and a few freckles peeked through. Her snarky remark about his
presence was a heartbeat away. He’d lay another hundred bucks on the table as a
bet that the next words out of her mouth would shock everyone within earshot.
“Did the steroid train stop in town when I wasn’t
looking?”
The blonde started to laugh.
Rick stepped even closer so barely an inch
separated them. The smile never left his face. “I hear steroids shrink dicks.”
As if she couldn’t help herself, Judy glanced
down and it was Rick’s turn to laugh. He brushed the edge of her body with his
and removed the cue from the table. “What do ya say,
Utah? I’ll even let you break. Ladies first and all that.”
Rick knew they were drawing a crowd, but the
interplay between them matched the sparks that hovered over them like a damn
rainbow, and he was powerless to care what anyone thought.
“A hundred bucks is steep, Judy.”
“S’okay, Meg…Rick’s a big talker. Besides, he
doesn’t know what I’m capable of.”
Rick shook his head and clicked his tongue. “Now,
now…don’t want to show all your cards.”
“She’s really good, dude,” the guy she’d relieved
of twenty bucks said from across the table.
Rick lowered his voice. “Will you go easy on me,
Babe?”
Judy regained some of her lost composure and
pushed away from his personal space. “Not on your life. And I’m not your babe!”
We’ll see
about that. He couldn’t stop smiling.
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