Welcome to my blog, and this weeks #WIPITUP WEDNESDAY blog hop!!
I don't have a title for my historical western WIP yet, so I have to call it by the working title on my computer. Well I'm pretty sure it's going to be the the "Trail Drive series" but I haven't titled this individual book yet.
You may remember the last time I blogged about this story, Jessica and Johnny had been riding for two days and had just seen the dust from the cattle drive. In this scene, they finally come upon it, hungry, thirsty and dusty.
“We could use another man,” Mr Jordan
said, scratching his chin. “We could use both of you actually. Can you ride
miss?” he looked at Jessica.
“Oh
no.” Jessica shook her head, disgust dripping from her voice. “No way. I’m not
staying with a bunch of filthy, stinking cattle men! Drovers smell! We’re not
staying here!” She stomped her foot, sending a cloud of dust swirling up around
her, making her cough. “I didn’t come all the way out here to play nursemaid to
a herd of stupid cattle!” she declared between coughs. “I want to go home!”
Mr
Jordan frowned, then turned away. “I’m sorry you feel that way ma’am.” He
strode back towards the camp, his fists clenched tightly by his sides in anger.
Jessica could feel the men’s eyes on her. Had
they heard her? She hadn’t spoken that loudly, had she? Gulping, she knew that
she had. Her objections hadn’t been spoken softly, purely for the benefit of
Johnny’s ears. No, she’d shrieked her outrage loudly at the very idea of making
camp with these men; they would have to be deaf not to have heard her.
She
felt Johnny’s hand grip her arm then she squealed as he hauled her roughly up
in front of him on his horse, draping her belly-down across his saddle, her
body balanced precariously on his legs and dangling down either side of the
horse, the saddle horn pressing into her side.
Check back again next time for more previews of Johnny and Jessica!
I don't own these pictures. I stole them off my Trail Drive Series board on Pinterest
Thanks for visiting! There are lots of other awesome authors participating this week, you can hop to their blogs below:
Great scene Kelly, she is feisty! Oh dear, looks like she may be in trouble :)
ReplyDeleteHugs
Roz
Thanks Roz! Yes she is indeed in trouble :)
DeleteI adore her sass. Jessica sounds like the type of girl who really speaks her mind. And Johnny is just the Alpha male she needs to tame her wild spirit. I love the Help Wanted poster. ☺
ReplyDeleteThanks Melody, there are so many awesome pictures on Pinterest, I procrastinate for ages on there :)
DeleteI do believe the men are going to get another earful, though a very different kind. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteOh they definitely are! Thanks for visiting :)
Deletewonderful heroine :D
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Joelle :)
DeleteOh! I love when the heroine has so much spark! Sounds great. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Adaline! Dull heroines are no fun :)
DeleteAnd????? I need to know what he is about to do. :) :)
ReplyDeleteNext week :) Thanks for visiting!
DeleteGreat story so far
ReplyDeleteThanks LouAnn! :)
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