Torn between his first love…and a forbidden attraction he can no longer deny.
Jonah McLendon is no stranger to polyandrous love. Having grown up in a poly family, he didn’t think twice when his high school sweetheart, Chloe, revealed her secret desire for a ménage with his best friend. There was only one problem. He didn’t expect to fall for Pryce, too.
Beaten within an inch of his life after Chloe exposes their secret, and Pryce having been shipped off to a religious boarding school a half state away, Jonah tells the biggest lie of his life and leaves Falcon Ridge with his heart in pieces. When he returns a year and a half later, the last thing he expects to find is his best friend engaged to the girl who betrayed them both.
No longer the scared, confused kid he once was, Jonah is determined to get to the bottom of Pryce’s sham of an engagement, but the truth behind Chloe’s betrayal could change all their lives forever.
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Excerpt
Enjoy
this sizzling-hot excerpt of Jonah's return to Falcon Ridge, book six
in
The McLendon Family Saga by USA Today bestselling author D.L. Roan.
“Where’s
your foreman, or the other ranch hands for that matter?” Jonah
asked as he bent down and picked up a handful of bolts beside his
boot and tossed them onto the workbench. “Why aren’t they out
here helping you?”
Pryce
furrowed his brows as he doubled his efforts, moving with deliberate
purpose, cleaning the dirt from the trailer parts and reorganizing
them on the table. “They’re gone,” he said. “Most of them
anyway. We can’t pay them, and no one’s going to work for my
father for free, except me apparently.”
“What
about when the calving starts? You got any help coming?” Pryce
couldn’t possibly think he could do everything on his own.
“Our
calves aren’t due for another two months, but I’ve got a skeleton
crew lined up if I need them.”
“If
you need them?” Jonah jerked the part out of Pryce’s hand and
took him by the shoulders. “You can’t do this by yourself. Forget
the storm. You could lose more than your stock.” One accident and
he could lose his life!
“I’ve
already lost more than you could possibly imagine,” Pryce said
through his gritted teeth.
Jonah
fisted his hands into the front of Pryce’s coat and backed him
against the side of the horse trailer. All the months he’d spent
telling himself he was wrong, that he didn’t want Pryce, that he
couldn’t want him, were nothing but wasted time. This need inside
him hadn’t gone away just because he did. Every ridiculous excuse
he’d meticulously crafted evaporated in a single breath. There was
no other truth but the one in front of him, and he was done running
from it.
“You
didn’t lose me,” Jonah breathed, their faces so close his
hat tipped back and fell to the ground behind him.
Pryce’s
hot breath coated Jonah’s lips with a teasing taste of him. “But
you lost me,” he said and met Jonah’s gaze.
“So
it’s true.” Jonah’s angry words sliced through the cold air
between them. “You’re marrying Chloe.” Familiar resentment rose
to the surface and he didn’t bother to fight it. He pressed his
hips against Pryce’s, feeling the hard lie Pryce was about to
tell for what it was. Even if he was in love with the traitorous
bitch, Pryce couldn’t deny the truth any more than he could. “Did
you tell her about us?”
Pryce
licked his lips, his body tensing in response to the seductive
contact he still so obviously craved, his gaze dropping to Jonah’s
mouth. “There is no us,” he breathed. “It was only one kiss.”
“Wrong.”
Jonah descended on his mouth, prodding with his tongue until he
pushed past Pryce’s lips to claim the boy-turned-man the way he’d
craved since the last time their lips touched.
Pryce
pushed against his chest with a protesting grunt, but his token
resistance subsided when their tongues clashed in a frantic duel.
Jonah pressed his weight against him, trapping him against the
trailer, countering each of Pryce’s desperate strokes with his own.
The long denied need for his best friend’s taste drove him to reach
deeper. He gripped Pryce’s face and tipped his head back,
their teeth clicking together in their haste for more. Welcomed heat
flooded Jonah’s veins as he thrust his tongue alongside Pryce’s
as deep as he could reach before retreating and moving in for another
drugging taste. Damn, he’d needed this.
Pryce
threaded his fingers through his hair and pulled him closer. The
vibrant sting to his scalp raced to Jonah’s groin and a growl
rumbled through his chest. He ground his cock against the ample bulge
in Pryce’s jeans, extracting a mirroring desperate groan from him
before Pryce twisted away, gasping for air.
Reluctantly,
Jonah backed off, but didn’t release him. He braced his
forearm against the trailer beside Pryce’s head, their
feverish breaths billowing around them in a cloud of desire and lust.
With
a firm grip on Pryce’s chin, he gazed down at him, nowhere near
satisfied. “Now there’s two kisses,” Jonah panted. “And you
can bet your ass there will be more.” He punctuated his point by
trailing his lips along Pryce’s jawline, the seductive feel of his
five-o’clock stubble making them both release a shuddering breath.
Pryce
shoved him away and Jonah let him go. He hadn’t taken more than a
step when Pryce cursed. “Chloe?”
Jonah
glanced back at him, then over to the open barn door where Chloe
stood frozen, her eyes wide with shock.
“Chloe,
it’s not what—dammit wait!” She bolted like a spooked colt and
Pryce shot out of the barn after her. "Chloe!"
My Review
*ARC received in return for an honest review
I can't get enough of this family, I'm totally addicted to them!
Return to Falcon Ridge can be read as a standalone however, I strongly suggest you start at the beginning of the series to understand the background and dynamics of all of the characters and to avoid spoilers.
I've followed the McLendon family from the very start of their journey so I kind of guessed going in that this would be a very emotional read but I was totally unprepared for just how emotional it was. What a ride I've been on! The plot moves along at a great pace and so engrossing that you don't realise how far you've read. It had me gripped from the very beginning. My heart felt like it was in a constant vice with the turmoil Jonh, Pryce and Chloe went through, especially the last 20%, which had my heart pounding so fast with the tension, I couldn't read fast enough.
Although The Hardest Goodbyes (book 5) is my favourite of the series so far, this has to be a very close second. D.L. Roan is an absolute genius at wringing every drop of emotion and feeling from you. You feel like you've been through the wringer several times by the end of one of her books but most importantly, you come away feeling like the characters are a part of your life, your friends.
I loved the connection between Jonah, Pryce & Chloe, it was heartbreaking, raw, beautiful and oh so HOT!! They were just perfect for each other. I love the way D.L. takes a taboo subject, pushes it to the limits, and beyond, and turns it into something so natural and beautiful that you find yourself falling in love with those characters and cheering them on.
I can't recommend this book, this series, enough. If you've not discovered the McLendon Saga do yourself a favour and go 1-click now, you don't know what you're missing.
Three
hearts beat as one, for one. Always.
The
McLendon men only know one way to love; together. Founders of Falcon
Ridge, the largest cattle and horse breeding ranch in Montana, three
generations of cowboys traverse the rocky path through the trials of
their unconventional relationships and create a family legacy that
will make you believe in everlasting love.
Book
1: The Heart of Falcon Ridge #FREE
"Everything
inside him ached for Claira in a way that was completely unfair to
the memory of his wife." ~ Grey McLendon
Six years after losing
their wife, the McLendon brothers are focused on running their family
ranch, Falcon Ridge, and raising their rambunctious twin boys.
They've never believed they could find another woman with which to
share their hearts and family.
When Matt and his twin,
Mason, meet their sons' classy new teacher, hope and love aren't the
only things that spring back to life. Matt is convinced she was
Heaven sent to heal their family. Mason hopes he's right, but knows
they have a bigger problem than convincing Claira to take a chance on
their unconventional family; a much bigger, surly, older brother kind
of problem.
After their wife died,
Grey McLendon planned to live the rest of his life comfortably numb
from the neck down, even if it killed him...and it just might if he
can't reconcile his guilt, and desire for Claira, before her
treacherous past catches up with her.
Book
2: A McLendon Christmas
MFMM
Ménage Romance
Join Gabby and her
three favorite cowboys at Falcon Ridge for a special Christmas
holiday. Meet the newest tiny members of the McLendon family, catch
up with all your favorite characters from DL’s ‘McLendon Family
Saga’ and get a sneak peek at all the fun and excitement in store
for their future.
HEAT WARNING:
Contains three sexy cowboys who are still very much in love with
their wife, love making love with her—together—and spare no
details when doing so…every chance they get. Grey still has a dirty
mouth, but thanks to Gabby’s efforts, tries to keep it clean in
front of the children. It doesn’t always happen. Recommended for
adult readers only.
Book
3: Rock Star Cowboys
MFM
Ménage Romance
The McLendon Twins are
all grown up and - oh my gawd - are they ever a double
handful! The perfect combination of reckless and charming, the golden
boys of Grassland have become country music gods. Carson is the life
of the party. Connor loves their music, but he's had it with Carson's
antics and life on the road. He's ready to call it quits when their
beloved Papa falls ill and they are called home to their family ranch
on Falcon Ridge; a place that holds both their hearts and the painful
secret that changed their lives forever.
Occupational Therapist
Breezy Youngblood once loved Connor and Carson to the moon and back.
She was a mere girl when her world was shattered and she was forced
to leave Grassland with only her broken heart. When she's asked to
return to help the McLendon patriarch recover, she's forced to face
the tragedy that destroyed her dreams of ever calling Falcon Ridge
her home. Will Connor and Carson embrace the second chance they've
been given, or turn their backs on the one person who can make them
whole again?
Book
4: Rock Star Cowboys: The Honeymoon
MFM
Ménage Romance
No Paparazzi. No
harassing media or hovering drones. Finally, Connor and Carson get
Breezy all to themselves on the honeymoon of lifetime and they aren't
about to let a moment go to waste.
NOTE: This novella
is not a standalone. Rock Star Cowboys must be read to fully
appreciate this lavish, sexy epilogue. Available in eBook format
only.
Book
5: The Hardest Goodbyes
MM
Romance
Some goodbyes are
cathartic—a good riddance to those things that hold us back. Some
are bitter-sweet. It hurts to say the words, but we know the pain is
only temporary, and we’ll soon be reunited.
Some goodbyes are
forever. Those are the hardest to say.
At the height of the
Cold War, a soldier and a spy begin a forbidden, unlikely affair that
leads to a lifetime of love and loss, triumph and tragedy. Daniel and
Cade’s ageless passion has forged an extraordinary family, and
healed the hearts of those they love, but their journey was never
easy.
From their first
goodbye to their last, this is their story.
Book
6: Return to Falcon Ridge
Torn
between his first love…and a forbidden attraction he can no longer
deny.
Jonah McLendon is no
stranger to polyandrous love. Having grown up in a poly family, he
didn’t think twice when his high school sweetheart, Chloe, revealed
her secret desire for a ménage with his best friend. There was only
one problem. He didn’t expect to fall for Pryce, too.
Beaten within an inch
of his life after Chloe exposes their secret, and Pryce having been
shipped off to a religious boarding school a half state away, Jonah
tells the biggest lie of his life and leaves Falcon Ridge with his
heart in pieces. When he returns a year and a half later, the last
thing he expects to find is his best friend engaged to the girl who
betrayed them both.
No longer the scared,
confused kid he once was, Jonah is determined to get to the bottom of
Pryce’s sham of an engagement, but the truth behind Chloe’s
betrayal could change all their lives forever.
Vi Keeland is a #1 New York Times Bestselling author. With more than a million books sold, her titles have appeared in over fifty Bestseller lists and are currently translated in twelve languages. She resides in New York with her husband and their three children where she is living out her own happily ever after with the boy she met at age six.
