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Brett Finally Gets His Release

No, not that kind. Not yet anyway. :) I had a bazillion requests for Brett Malloy’s story. Okay, maybe not a bazillion, but quite a few.
Brett is the intense Malloy who doesn’t say much, but when he does, boy howdy people take notice. Readers first got to know Brett and Trevor Malloy in The Treasure, Ray and Lily’s story. He was intriguing and mucho sexy. Although in typical Trevor Malloy fashion, his story (The Gift) had to be told first. That was okay with Brett—he’s very good at waiting.

So the day has finally come for his story to be released. Hooyah!! I’m damn excited to have book 6, The Tribute, to be available by Samhain Publishing. For those of you who love the Malloys, cowboys, or just love a good old fashioned romance with brooding cowboys, evil bad guys, good sex, and kick-ass heroines, The Tribute is for you.

The Tribute
by Beth Williamson
Genre: Western Romance, Historical Romance
ISBN: 1-59998-447-4
Length: Novel
Price: $5.50
Publication Date: March 27, 2007
Cover art by Scott Carpenter

Can a man who lives in the shadows and a woman who lives in the light find a place to belong together?

Book Six of the Malloy family series

Brett Malloy has always been considered a loner, a man apart from the Malloy clan. Quiet, reserved and intense, Brett hides from the world on his new ranch with only an ex-gunslinger and a runaway boy for company. When circumstances put him flat on his back, his childhood crush, Doctor Alexandra Brighton arrives to nurse him back to health.

Alex has always loved Brett despite the fact that a more difficult man couldn’t be found on the face of the earth. A woman who firmly believes everyone should live life to the fullest, Alex takes Brett’s quiet surliness as a mission. She’s going to teach him what it means to live, and how to find love and passion in the most unexpected places.

When rancher King Dawson claims Alex as his own, Brett has to choose between the darkness of his shadows and the light of Alex’s love.

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Excerpt:

Brett woke again, this time with a much clearer head, but an enormous headache that seemed to reverberate all the way to his toes. He opened his eyes and realized he was lying on the examining table in Alex’s clinic. He caught a whiff of her unique scent and knew she was nearby.
“Alex?” It came out as more of a croak, but at least it was a noise.
She appeared beside him almost instantly, a sleep crease in her cheek. “How are you feeling?”
“Awful.”
A furry head popped up beside her. That funny-looking dog that followed her around. What was his name again? Ug. That was it.
“I don’t doubt it. You have a nasty wound on your head. Do you have any nausea or dizziness?”
Her cool hands felt his brow, then opened his eyes a bit wider. As she peered into them, he felt himself drowning in the depths of her gaze. Falling deeper, faster than he’d ever been. As his control slipped, he tried to grab onto it. He cleared his throat and the moment snapped. When she took her hands off him, he breathed a little easier.
“I’m a bit dizzy but my stomach feels fine.” Though he had a feeling if he stood up he’d lose his breakfast.
“I was afraid of that. I think you have a concussion. You’re going to need to stay here for a couple of days.” She frowned, her eyebrows making an angry blonde V.
“No need to worry. I can go back home. Kincaid—”
She cut through the air with her hand, silencing him.
“I’m speaking as your doctor, Brett. Believe me, the last person I want in this clinic for two days is you.” She walked over to the counter, tossing that remark over her shoulder.
“What does that mean?”
When she turned back, Alex’s face had flushed a sweet shade of pink. “You know exactly what it means, Brett Malloy.”
“Aw, Alex, you can’t still be mad about—”
She waved her hand again and yelled, “Stop.”
Brett winced and closed his eyes. Ug licked his left hand and uttered a small whine.
“Sorry about the shout. I’m not about to hear any gibberish from you about how I should feel. You had that chance and you threw it away.” She hastily opened another blanket and threw it on top of him. “I’ll be back to check on you in a few hours. Try to sleep.”
With a bang of the door, Alex left him alone with the dog. Ug laid his paw on the cot and gazed at him with doggie understanding. Brett had been hoping she’d let bygones be bygones, but obviously not. Brett sighed. Now he’d really have to woo her.
Dammit.

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