Amethyst
The
Smoky Blues Book 9
by
Emily Mims
Genre:
Contemporary Romance
CAN’T
GET HER…
Deke
Gregory has a type – petite, feminine, pliable. His ex-wife was his
ideal, but she wasn’t his, obviously. Faced with the realities of
joint custody and a family “village” raising his son, Deke sets
out to find a woman who ticks all his boxes and thinks he walks on
water. Enter Doctor Taylor De Witt: tall, strong, willful,
opinionated, and too busy to be bothered with soothing his rough
edges. Imagine his surprise when he falls for her – hard.
OUT
OF HIS HEART
Taylor
De Witt knew she would be a heart surgeon since college. Now a single
mother with a schedule that requires roller blades, she has little
time for her family, never mind a social life. When she meets Deke
Gregory she thinks he’s a Neanderthal – yummy, but from a
different era. Little does she know what their mutual attraction will
bring, including examining her life to include an everlasting love.
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Deke found Charlie sitting by himself staring at his phone. The boy
took one look at the dress and shoes and his shoulders sagged.
“Brian’s in a bad way, isn’t he?”
Deke sank down beside him. “Yeah, he is. But your mom said she can
fix him.” “She probably can. But sometimes…” He trailed off.
Deke choked back his terror. Charlie spoke the truth. There were no
guarantees. “I know that. But let’s think positive. If anybody
can fix Brian, it’s your mom. She’s the best. Okay, buddy?”
“Okay.” Charlie nodded.
Deke looked down at the shoes. “Will your mother have to operate
barefooted?”
“Nah,
she keeps a change of clothes and tennis shoes in her locker.”
“Speaking
of clothes, you need to call your grandmother to come get you and the
dress.”
“I
already did when I saw them hand the dress to the lady at the desk.
Grandma’s pissed.” “Is she?”
Too damn bad.
“You
better believe it. She said Mom’s letting Kelly down and that Kelly
won’t ever speak to
Mom again.”
“It
couldn’t be helped. Don’t they know how sick Brian is?”
Charlie looked at him shrewdly. “That doesn’t always matter if
you’re the one she’s letting down.”
Deke winced. At that moment Beatrice Gentry, dressed in a
mother-of-the-bride outfit almost as gaudy as Taylor’s, blasted
through the emergency room doors practically vibrating with fury. She
looked around the waiting room, finally zeroing in on Charlie and
Deke sitting beside him. She marched up to them and yanked the dress
and shoes out of Deke’s arms. “Come on, Charlie, we’ve got to
get moving. Damn your mother’s hide, anyway,” she snarled as
Charlie stood up. “One damned day we asked for. One damned day she
needed to have someone cover for her. One damned day for her little
sister. Do we get it? Nooo, she’s buried in an OR and Kelly’s
down her maid of honor. She’ll be lucky if your aunt ever speaks to
her again.”
Deke rose to his feet, barely able to leash his ire. “Mrs. Gentry,
that’s enough. I’m sorry about the wedding. But
Brian’s in a bad way this morning and she’s in there trying to
save him.
That’s more important than a wedding, I don’t care how
disappointed her sister is.” Beatrice eyed him like a turd on her
shoe. “Tough shit. We asked her for one day.”
“Damn
it, don’t you understand?” Deke trembled with fury. He was almost
yelling and didn’t care. “It’s Brian in
there. The wedding’s not that important. That’s my son. She’s
trying to save the boy I love.”
“I
understand all too well.” Beatrice lowered her voice and looked at
him with contempt. “It’s okay for her to miss Kelly’s wedding
to save your kid, but when she missed your shindig to save Gina
Harker’s life, she was all wrong and you broke up with her for it.
That nameless, faceless single mother of three teenagers that Taylor
stayed behind to help that afternoon is my best friend’s daughter.
Taylor saved her life. Did you give a damn about that? No, you
didn’t. You came out and said so. You told her you didn’t care
who it was, that you were tired of never coming first. You decided
you didn’t matter to her and you kicked her to the curb.”
Beatrice stopped and took a breath. “Yes, I’m angry and I’m
disappointed. But Kelly and I will forgive her, which is more than
you were willing to do.” She looked him up and down.
“How
does it feel now that the shoe’s on the other foot?” Like
crap. It felt like crap.
Deke stumbled backward as Beatrice’s tirade sunk in. Taylor had
made the same decision the afternoon she was supposed to fly to
Washington that she had today. She’d opted to stay behind and save
a life. She’d chosen to do the best thing she could for her
patient.
She’d chosen to put her patient first.
And he’d broken up with her for it. And yet today, it was perfectly
well and good for her to do the same thing, because today it
was his child whose life was in danger. And she’d
asked him that very thing standing in his living room with tears in
her eyes.
Yeah,
he was a real shit.
Author
of eighteen romance novels under the pseudonym 'Emily Elliott', Emily
Mims combined her writing career with a career in public education
until leaving the classroom to write full time. 'Solomon's Choice' is
her first romantic suspense and the first novel she has published
under her own name. The mother of two sons, she and her husband
Charles split their time between Central Texas and eastern Tennessee.
For relaxation she plays the piano, organ, dulcimer, and ukulele. She
says, "I love to write romances because I believe in them.
Romance happened to me and it can happen to any woman-if she'll just
let it."
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Thank you for hosting me today. Readers, do you have any questions for me?
Best, Emily
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