★ EXCERPT BLAST★We are so excited to share an excerpt from 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐲 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 by Amber Kelly! This is a small town, friends to lovers romance you won’t want to miss!

★ EXCERPT BLAST★

We are so excited to share an excerpt from 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐲 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 by Amber Kelly! This is a small town, friends to lovers romance you won’t want to miss!

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EXCERPT:

The twenty-minute hike to Stony Ridge is breathtaking. I hold on to Payne’s elbow, and he guides me through the trees, over a covered one-lane bridge, and up a massive hill.

Walker and Elle, Brandt and Bellamy, Myer and Beau and Sonia are there when we arrive.

Beau breaks free from the crowd and beelines for us.

“Miss Charlotte, are you going to sled with me?” he asks excitedly.

I bend down to look him in the eye. He’s wearing goggles and a helmet, and he is the cutest thing I’ve ever seen.

“I sure am,” I tell him as I plant a kiss on his forehead. He blushes instantly.

“Quit trying to steal my girl, little man. I can’t compete with your snagged-toothed charm,” Payne says as we join the rest of the group.

I look over the hilltop and down to the mound of soft snow at the bottom.

“Walker and I shoveled in the bank earlier,” Myer says.

“Bank?” I ask.

“Yeah, the snow wall down there. It should stop us, so we don’t go hurling further into the tree line.”

“Oh, that was thoughtful,” I tell him.

He smiles.

“The orange sled is yours. Come on, and we’ll get you started,” he offers.

I look behind us to see six sleds pulled out of the back of a barn.

Each one is made of three wooden planks about four-foot-long affixed to painted steel blades that curl up over the front with a rope connecting the two ends.

Payne is standing beside the one with the orange blades, removing his snowshoes.  

I sit on the edge of the sled and untie mine as well.

Once I’m back up, Payne grabs the rope and pulls the sled closer to the edge of the slope. Walker and Elle are already on a purple sled with her seated in the front between his legs. He has his arms around her and is gripping the rope.

“See how Walker has a hold of the rope? He uses it to steer the sled. I’ll do the same. All you have to do is move with me. If I bear to the right with my body, you lean into it as well,” Payne instructs as Myer walks behind them and uses his foot to kick start their descent.

We all watch as they sail down the hill at high speed, and Elle’s laughter carries on the wind and echoes in the trees. A few seconds later, they barrel into the snowbank and come to a stop. As soon as they are on their feet and pulling the sled back up the right side of the hill, Brandt and Bellamy get loaded on their blue sled, and Myer gives them the boost they need.

“You ready?” Payne asks once they disappear over the edge.

“Ready!” I tell him, and then I turn to Beau.

“You and I will go next time, deal?”

“Deal!” he agrees.

Payne sets us up, and I sit and scoot toward the front, so his massive size has room behind me. He envelopes my body with his and tucks me in close. Then he takes the rope, and I feel him nod to Myer, who kicks us off. The sled shoots through the powder like a rocket. I can hear the wind as it whips by us, but none of it hits me because Payne’s warm body is shielding me.

The ride is exhilarating. I squeal into the air and feel his thighs tighten around me in response.

As we are about to plow into the bank, he comes over the top of me like a cocoon and takes the brunt of the impact.

Once we are at a full stop, Payne jumps up and takes my hand to help me.

“Did you like it?” he asks.

“It’s so much fun. Let’s go again!” I say as I help him pull the sled to the side.

I practically take off running up the hill, and when we get to the top, Payne is winded.

“You climbed that hill like it was a slight bump in the road,” he says.

I look back at him.

“SoulCycle doesn’t just keep my ass toned; it keeps my lungs strong too.”

I wink at him, and he smirks.

“I take back everything I ever said about that damn class.”

Blurb:

Who says you can’t wear boots with pearls?

 

I’ve always loved my life and career. That was until my boss, best friend, and partner in crime, fell in love during a trip to her hometown and made me become a bougie cowgirl. It only took a few visits to the sleepy town of Poplar Falls for me to understand the draw.

 

So here I am, fighting the two girls that live inside of me. One who loves the glitz and glamour of NYC and thrives in the fast-paced world of the Upper East Side. Then the other who longs to be wild and free in the laid back mountains of Colorado with the people who have become like family. One in particular.

Payne Henderson was only supposed to be a fun fling, a hot man to scratch my cowboy itch. I didn’t realize I was falling so hard for him until it was too late to stop the ride and get off unscathed.  

 

Now I have a decision to make. Do I confess my love and reveal the stripped-down version of me, scars and all? Or do I let him go and head back to the comfort of my big city life?

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