BOUND AND TIED
An Anthology
by Myla Jackson
Blurb
For a hot and sexy historical western and menage, check it out!
What
do a madame and a bounty hunter have in common?
They want the same man.
From River Bound in the Bound and Tied Anthology
When Rosalyn Smythe, aka
Madame Rosie, steps aboard the Marie-Dearie,
she hopes it’s the end of a year-long
search for her runaway fiancé, Dalton
Black. Her cabin holds a surprise: James
McKendrick. Notorious bounty hunter, old
lover…a man only too happy to help
her clear the air—and her
heart—of her murdering, thieving
bastard fiancé once and for all.
In disguise as a riverboat
gambler, Dalton is determined to find who
framed him for killing two U.S. Army soldiers
and who stole the gold they were carrying.
He wants his life back—and his woman,
who just happens to be on board and
on the arm of his former best
friend.
Convincing James he’s innocent
is easier than winning back Rosalyn’s
heart. Especially since Rosalyn seems to
be enjoying their competition for her affections
a little too much. There’s only one
place to work out his dilemma. In bed.
As the sheets become unbearably
hot, threads of evidence leading to the
real killer are unraveling, leading toward
one fateful card game—and one man who’s
hell-bent on making sure Dalton has nothing
left to lose.
Warning:
This title contains hot ménage a
trois scenes, bondage, and two men loving,
sharing and fighting for the love of one
woman with very specific bedroom desires
and a a bordello full of experience
to tempt any man beyond
redemption.
She nodded. “Good. If you’ll excuse me.” Rosalyn swung her
legs over the side of the bed and stood, swaying. “I’ll be leaving. Have the
porter send my trunks to the Rose
Palace.”
“What?” Both James and Dalton
spoke at once.
“You heard me. I’m moving back to the Rose Palace.”
She adjusted the front of her dress and pushed her hair out of her face. “You
gentlemen have a good life. I want no part of it.”
Dalton
leaped from the bed and blocked Rosalyn’s exit. “You can’t mean that.”
“I most certainly do.” With her fists propped on her hips,
her blue eyes blazing, Rosalyn was even more beautiful than Dalton had remembered during those long
months apart.
He ached with the need to hold her in his arms…for the rest
of his life. “Please, Rosalyn, don’t go. I want to marry you. I’ve wanted to
marry you ever since the day we met.”
She crossed her arms over her chest. “I can’t.”
James shoved Dalton
aside. “Then marry me. I’m better husband material than Dalton. I’ll be good to you, give you
everything you want or need.”
Rosalyn cupped James’s chin and smiled up at him. “I can’t
marry you either, James.”
“Is it because you don’t love me?” James grasped her hand in
his. “You could learn to love me. I’m sure of it.”
Dalton
wanted to slug his friend for trying to take his woman. He pushed his sleeves
up his arms, ready to pick a fight.
“No, James.” Rosalyn’s softly spoken words cut through Dalton’s anger. “I love
you.”
The knife in Dalton’s
gut twisted. “And you don’t love me?”
“I love you both.” She stepped away from James, keeping her
distance from Dalton.
“I just can’t stand the thought of watching you die. You two were nearly killed
because of me. If anything had happened to either of you, I don’t think I could
go on living.”
Dalton
stared at James. “I don’t understand. You won’t marry either of us because you
love us? What kind of cockamamie thinking is that?”
James’s lips twisted in a sad sort of smile. “That’s female
thinkin’, if you ask me.”
“Whatever it is, I’d rather not be near either of you when
you’re shot and killed by some disgruntled gambler. My heart can’t stand losing
you again.”
She retrieved her reticule from the floor, plunked a hat on
her head and tried to step around Dalton.
Dalton
wouldn’t let her. He gripped her arms and held her tight. “No. I won’t let you
walk out of my life.”
“It’s not your choice. It’s mine.” She stared up at him,
eyes swimming in tears.
Hope filled Dalton’s
chest. “If you didn’t love me, I’d let you go.”
“Okay, I don’t love you.” She sniffled, a tear slipping out
the corner of one eye and trailing down her cheek.
“Liar.” Dalton
captured the teardrop with his lips, pressing a kiss to her skin. “If you love
James more than you love me, I’ll let you go to him, no argument. He’s a good
man.”
“Damn right I am.” James’s chest puffed out. “I’d have the
captain of this steamboat marry us right here, right now.”
“Shut up, bounty man.” Dalton
ground his teeth. “I have more to say.”
“I’m done talking. Let me go.” Rosalyn struggled to break
free of his grip, but Dalton
held on.
“Not until you hear me out.” He rubbed her pale skin with
his thumbs, reveling in her silken softness. “I lost you for an entire year.
Every day that passed was harder and harder to bear without you. If I had
stopped believing that I’d finally find you, I wouldn’t be here today. I’d have
stepped in front of a moving train or thrown myself from a cliff. You are my
reason for being. Rosalyn Elizabeth Thomas, you are my heart and my soul.”
“Stop.” Rosalyn placed a hand on his chest. “Just stop.”
Tears ran freely down her face. “I can’t live like this, never knowing if the
next game will be your last, the next card player will put a bullet through
your heart. I love you too much to watch you die.”
“I love you too much to give up any chance of having you in
my life, even if only for a day, an hour or a single minute. Stay with me. Love
me. I’ll do anything you say to make you mine. Be my wife.”
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