Welcome back to my week with Pam! Today we're going to check out the Tempered Series. I loved this series. She has a great touch with her heroes. They're not perfect, but they're definitely the kind of men you can count on when you really need them! And guess what...they're all cowboys!
Tempered Hearts (book 1 in Tempered series)
Blurb: Rancher Craig Harris and
veterinarian Tamera Collins clash from the moment they meet. Innocence is pitted against arrogance as
tempers rise and passions ignite to form a love as pure as the finest gold,
fresh from the crucible and as strong as steel.
Thrown together amid tragedy and unsated passion, Tamera and Craig share
a strong attraction that neither accepts as the first stages of love. Torn between desire and dislike, they must
make peace with their pasts and God in order to open up to the love blossoming
between them. It is a love that nothing
can destroy when they come to understand that only when hearts are tempered,
minds are opened and wills are softened can man discern the will of God for his
life.
Excerpt:
Tamera awoke in a mild state of panic and
confusion. Glancing around, she realized where she was and who was beside her.
A blush warmed her cheeks as she struggled to sit up. She released the filly
and fumbled with the front of her gown.
“I couldn’t sleep.” she explained, glancing into the steel
gray eyes. His gaze, soft and warm like liquid metal, made her blush harder as
he brushed strands of hay out of her hair with a gentleness that seemed out of
character.
Craig knew he was treading on dangerous ground, that people
were expecting them, but couldn’t seem to get past the moment at hand. “I guess
a kiss is out of the question,” he queried, his voice tender, gaze unwavering.
Emotions, raw and unfamiliar, shivered through her. Tamera
attempted to scoot away from him, emitted a shaky little laugh and tried to
quench the feelings escalating to frightening proportions. “A kiss? Why would
you want a kiss? I didn’t think you even liked me.”
Craig wound his hand in her thick hair, stopping her
movements. “Like has nothing to do with desire,” he moaned and crushed her to
him as his mouth covered hers in a thorough kiss. “Absolutely nothing,” he
assured as she clung to his shirt and trembled in his arms.
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Tempered Dreams (book 2 in Tempered series)
Blurb: Dr. Scott Hensley (introduced in Tempered Hearts) has built
a wall around his heart since the death of his wife and parents. Katrina Simmons is recovering from scars
inflicted on her as a battered wife. Can
dreams be renewed and faith strengthened?
Can they find joy and peace in God’s love and in love for one
another?
Excerpt:
“Spend the day with me,” he urged. “We’ll go to my
place. I’ll take a short nap after which we’ll do whatever your little heart
desires.”
“Anything?” she teased.
Her voice was as
enticing as silk and just as alluring. Her excitement set fire to his blood.
“Anything.” he assured in a thick voice.
His smoldering
gaze, as tender as a caress and just as potent, lowered to her lips, lingered,
then raked over her in a hungry gesture before returning to capture hers in a
heated embrace. Trina felt as though he was touching her in the most intimate
of ways. Her cheeks grew hot, her breath lodged in her throat. Desire washed
over her in angry waves. She swallowed hard and tucked trembling hands in her
lap, desperately trying to form a coherent sentence. “Please, Scott, don’t look
at me like that.”
He could
actually feel her trembling response across the table. His voice lowered
another notch. “Like what?”
Trina shook her
head. “Like you’re starving to death and could eat me up. Didn’t you have
enough food?”
Pushing his
plate away, Scott stood and held his hand out to her. Trina placed a trembling
one in his firm grip. Pulling her gently to her feet, Scott raised it to his mouth,
brushing his lips across her knuckles. “Food is not what I’m hungry for,” he
informed her in a husky whisper.
Trina waited as
he paid for their meal then followed him to the parking lot as gracefully as
possible on legs that wobbled. He paused and in a silent gesture, signaled for
her to give him her car keys. His fingers brushed sensuously over her wrist and
palm, grasping hers gently when she placed them in his hand.
Locking his heated gaze with hers, Scott raised
their clasped hands to his lips, this time lingering over the kiss. He nibbled
on her knuckles, teasing the back of her hand with his mouth, then, in one
swift movement, turned his attention to the sensitive flesh of her palm and
wrist, relieving her of her keys and her senses.
Trina felt the
caress to the very core of her being. She moaned, leaning against his hard
frame when he pulled her closer. His heat enveloped her until she burned with
him, for him. And his lips had never even touched hers.
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Tempered Fire (book 3 in Tempered series)
Blurb: Amber Harris is a good girl on
the brink of womanhood. Stanley Morrison is a young man at the start of his
life. For each other, they have always felt the fireworks that two people in
love should feel. But the questions about his past, his pride, and Amber's
father might be the end of what could be a strong relationship. As the two try
to protect their budding romance, some unlikely but powerful forces conspire to
keep them apart. Will they survive the wishes of everyone around them with
their relationship intact?
Excerpt:
Emotion burst to life within
her and swarmed through Amber until it overflowed, warm and wet down her
cheeks.
Stan
tasted her tears and groaned. Loosening his hold he broke the kiss, burying his
face against her shoulder. “God,” he mumbled, lifting his head to meet her
gaze. “I’m sorry.”
She
looked at him wide-eyed and trembling. Anger, desire, and wonder warred in her
eyes. She rolled them in an exaggerated gesture. “Now, he apologizes,” she
muttered then leveled her gaze on him.
“Why
haven’t you kissed me like that before?”
His
breath heaved while he struggled for control. “Didn’t think it was proper,
still don’t.”
“So
that’s what you meant by all lips and teeth and tongue?” she asked, her voice
quivering with awe.
He
stepped back, touching her cheek with his uninjured hand. “Yes.” His voice was
raw, eyes fierce. “But not with anger, never with anger. I’m sorry.”
Grabbing
his hand, she pressed a kiss into it. “Show me,” she urged her eyes soft and
warm. “Kiss me again, Stanley.”
“No,
Amber.” But she was pressing against him, her arms sliding around his neck.
Senses dulled by fatigue, resistance clouded by pain, control ravished and
weakened by desire, Stanley succumbed with a groan. Hauling her gently but
firmly against him, he buried his lips on hers, this time with devastating
tenderness.
His
mouth embraced hers tasting, teasing, savoring her lips as though he were a
starving man biting into his first meal in weeks. His teeth nipped at her lip,
tugging a moan from deep within her. Amber clung to him weakly as they slid to
the floor.
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Tempered Joy (book 4 in Tempered series)
Blurb: All around rodeo cowboy and heir
to the Rockin’ H Ranch, Ace Harris is determined not to fall in love. He’s only loved one woman in his life, his
mother, and no one can even come close to filling her boots. Lexie Morgan
thinks rodeo cowboys have rocks for brains and a death wish for a soul. A broken childhood and the death of her
father and best friend leave her doubting and questioning God (despite her
years of religious upbringing) and afraid of love. Can two young people who
clash from the onset learn to trust in the healing power of God and find love
and happiness amidst tragedy and grief?
Excerpt:
Her eyes
narrowed when he took a step closer. “Ace,” she warned and wielded the brush
like a lethal weapon.
Raising
his hands where she could see them, he watched her try to brush some semblance
of order to the thick mass of unruly auburn hair. The simple chore made him
want to sink both fists in the silken locks and gave him a whole new insight to
the word erotic.
Her
cheeks were flushed, her eyes sparkled vivid green and spewed wrath. She glared
at him as though the tangled tresses were his fault alone. Her chest quivered
with each breath she took. He took another step closer and could feel her
tremble. Locking his gaze with hers in the mirror, he reached around her and
picked up a bandanna off the dresser. He ran it through his fingers in what
could have been a caress then slid the cloth beneath her hair and left it
trailing over her shoulders.
With
hands that shook, Lexie pulled the ends together and tied her hair back into a
ponytail. Those bright gray eyes had gone soft and warm, like liquid metal.
Mouth dry as dust, she swallowed hard.
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Author bio: Award-winning author,
Pamela S. Thibodeaux is the Co-Founder and a lifetime member of Bayou Writers
Group in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Multi-published in romantic fiction as well
as creative non-fiction, her writing has been tagged as,
“Inspirational with
an Edge!” ™ and reviewed as
“steamier
and grittier than the typical Christian novel without decreasing the message.”
Blurb: Single mom Cathy Johnson is
tired of running her life alone…what she needs is a well-trained angel to help
out. Jared Savoy gave up the dream of having a family when he discovered he is
sterile. Can a confirmed bachelor and the mother of four find love amid normal
daily chaos?
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