AMBUSH BEFORE SUNRISE

 

 

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AMBUSH BEFORE SUNRISE by B.J. Daniels (on-sale May 19, 2020): Wrangler Angus Savage has come to

Wyoming to help Jinx McCallahan get her cattle to high country¬. He’s signed on for the dangerous

drive, eager to reconnect with the woman he knew when they were kids. Now in the wilderness the no-

nonsense cowboy and the strong-willed rancher must navigate the trail’s many hazards—like her

treacherous ex who wants her back…or dead.

 

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Excerpt, AMBUSH BEFORE SUNRISE by B.J. Daniels (Intrigue)

JINX WATCHED ANGUS GO. She still hadn’t figured out why he seemed so familiar. Nor had he

said anything. She sighed and rose to take her dishes back to Max.

“I can take those for you,” Brick said, shooting to his feet.

She smiled but shook her head. “Stay here by the fire with Ella.” She was glad when he sat back

down. She needed to be alone. Brick was sweet and a good wrangler. He amused her with his blatant

attempts to charm her, but he was wasting his time. While he resembled his brother, they didn’t seem

to be anything alike. Angus was a mystery to her.

The more she was around him, the more she felt a strange sense that they’d been here before.

She couldn’t shake the feeling that she knew this man, as in another life. It was crazy. Sometimes she’d

find herself studying his face as if a memory was so close she could almost touch it.

“He’s handsome, isn’t he?” Max asked, startling her. She hadn’t realized that she’d reached the

chuck-wagon. Her mind had been miles away.

“Pardon?” she asked, turning to face him as she conjured up her most innocent face.

Max laughed. “You were staring at Angus Savage—and not for the first time, I might add.”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about. I was…thinking.”

“Thinking? I can just imagine.” He turned back to his cooking.

She didn’t want to know what he’d imagined. Nor did she want to continue this conversation.

Still, she asked, “Have you ever run across someone you felt as if you knew in another life?”

He chuckled. “That your story?”

“I’m serious.”

Max turned to look at her. “I can see that. I suppose it’s possible the two of you met before.

Your mother and his were good friends.” The cook frowned. “I think she took you with her up to

Cardwell Ranch once years ago.” So that could have been it, she thought. “You don’t remember?”

She shook her head and yet as he said it, she had an image come to mind of mountains shooting

up from a green river bottom and a large red barn set against a wall of rock and pine trees. A memory

teased at her. “How old would I have been?”

“Eight or nine,” he said as he turned back to his cleaning up. “You didn’t stay long, just

overnight, I think. That’s probably why you don’t remember.”

But she did remember a little. Now it really nagged at her. It wasn’t just that she’d seen him before. She

couldn’t shake the feeling that something had hap-pened during that visit; she was sure of it.

She turned to look at Angus again. He’d rejoined his brother and cousin on a log by the fire. His

face shone in the campfire light. Max was right about one thing; the cowboy was handsome as sin. Had

he re-membered her? He would have been a little older than she was by a couple of years at least.

“Why don’t you just ask him?” Max said with a laugh. “Otherwise, it’s going to drive you crazy.”

He was right about that, as well, but what if Angus didn’t remember her? She’d feel foolish.

Then again, what if he did? What if he was just waiting for her to say something?

“While you’re making up your mind, why don’t you hand me your dishes?” Max said with a

shake of his head as he took them from her.

Leaving camp, she checked the cattle, glad that Brick and Royce had volunteered to take the first

shift. She didn’t expect trouble. Not tonight. T.D. was angry and vengeful, but he never planned ahead.

He knew she was taking the herd up into the high country for summer grazing today. Maybe he would

even wait until she returned to continue threatening her, rather than try to catch them. His laziness

might pay off for her.

But unfortunately, she also knew that her being up here in the mountains put her at a disadvantage. T.D.

wasn’t stupid. He would realize how vulnerable she was up here. Anything could happen in the

mountains on a cattle drive. People got injured. Others died. And T.D. was desperate to get his hands on

her ranch. He would come after her.

In the distance she heard a coyote howl. Another answered, then another. She was more

worried about wolves and bears, than coyotes. But she could only protect her herd so much. It was the

nature of the business.

The camp was quiet as she walked back toward the fire. From out of the dark shadows, she

spotted a lone figure still illuminated in the flames. Ella gave her a nod as she pulled up the log next to

her again. The heat of the blaze felt good this high in the mountains since it was only early June.

Jinx could feel the long day in the saddle in her muscles. She yearned for sleep, but it had been

hard to come by for some time now. It wasn’t just T.D. who haunted her dreams.

 

 

My thoughts

Rating : 4

Would I recommend it: yes

Would I read more by this author ? yes 

 

This is the third book by this author I've read and just like the last two times she didn't let me down, As soon as I started reading I got lost in the story and didn't wait to stop reading at all. Her characters came to life off the page and it it was like watching a movie with each turn of the page. I loved the inter action between Jinx and Angus  as well as between the interaction between her and the rest of the characters. Another thing I loved was that the romance was second to the rest of the story and that even though it was part of it , it didn't take anything away from it , that it was even slow burning which can some times be a bad thing but not in this story it worked really well.Over it was a good mix of suspense and romance . With that said I want to think the publishers as well as NetGalley for letting me read and review it .