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Saturday Snippet: First Cowboy
Saturday, July 28th, 2012

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CowboyI wrote my very first cowboy story in 2007. It was a short story and my first attempt at writing in first person. Something I wrote for a friend who was starting up a new publishing company. I loved this cowboy so much, I wrote another and another…

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Caught in a sudden thunderstorm on a lonely stretch of Texas highway, I pull into a dingy little diner to wait out the rain, never dreaming the cowboy of my dreams would follow me inside. Now I have a couple of choices, play it coy and safe? Or go for the big brass buckle…

Lightning clawed the dark like a crow’s foot, illuminating thick thunderheads that glowed yellow-green and ominous. The color of the sky before a tornado twisted its nasty tail.

Glad to be out of the rain and safe from the jagged, streaking light, I shivered against the cool vinyl booth as another flash lashed out like the end of a whip, lighting the horizon so intensely that for a moment the darkened parking lot was bright as high noon.

That was when I saw the large pickup roll in, pulling a horse trailer. It ground to a halt beside the diner’s plateglass window. The driver wasn’t going to bother trying to park it in the flooded lot.

I heard the muffled slam of the truck door, but the end of the lightning strike flickered out, plunging the parking lot back into darkness. The driver would be soaked before he even hit the door. Only twelve feet, but the rain was coming down in sheets. I’d been lucky, arriving before the worst of the storm struck. Mostly dry, I’d peered through the window at the deepening night, waiting for a lull.

I’d read the clouds as well as any West Texas native and headed to the nearest shelter. The tiny diner with its 70’s style brick façade, split vinyl bench seats, and peeling, laminated counter tops was a welcome haven.

The attached string of motel rooms was part of Plan B if the storm didn’t wane before midnight.

My arrival had been nearly forty minutes ago. Except for a bored waitress smoking a cigarette at a far table, I was the only occupant. Until now.

The door squeaked open, and a cowboy strode inside.

He pulled off his cream-colored hat and shook dark brown hair like a dog, sending droplets of water lashing against the glass door. His white T-shirt, soaked almost to transparency, clung to the hills and hollows of sharply defined muscles along his chest and abdomen.

Setting his cowboy hat on the table, he sank into a booth near the door, his expression a study in irritation. Dark brows drawn in a fierce frown, his lips crimped in a thin line.

The man needed a reason to smile.

I pursed my lips and let out a low whistle.

His green gaze sliced my way, taking away my breath. One dark eyebrow rose, his gaze sharpening, giving my face and chest a quick sweep.

When his glance locked with mine again, I figured I didn’t look exactly Coyote Ugly. Feeling brazen as hell, I smiled. “‘Fraid you’ll melt?”

The corner of his mouth curled—just a slight easing of tension I found promising. “I’m not that fragile,” he drawled.

“Seeing as we’re the only ones here, wanna join me?”

With a nod, he gripped the top edge of the bench seat to haul himself up, giving me an interesting view of flexing biceps. He set his cowboy hat back on his head and sauntered my way. The easy roll of his hips and the dull clap of his boots on the tiled floor heightened the little flame of awareness growing inside me. The man certainly filled out a pair of blue jeans.

My gaze dipped only a moment, taking in the oversized belt buckle and the equally impressive bulge at the front of his pants before sliding up to cling to his mossy-green eyes.

Something about him seemed familiar, like maybe we’d met once a long time ago. Only I knew I’d never forget someone like him.

His eyelids lowered then widened, a subtle once-over that left my breasts tingling and my thighs tightening.

He nodded toward the window. “Storm catch you, too?”

I never considered myself especially easy, but I was quick to make up my mind when I saw something I wanted. Something I had to have—and this cowboy, I definitely had to have. “I needed a break anyway,” I said, trying to keep our conversation light.

He continued to stare—at my hair and my breasts—until I warmed past the need to be cool. “You change your mind? Or you gonna have a seat?”

His soft snort, so typically male, plucked at my nipples. But he slid into the bench opposite me, stretching his bare arms wide across the top of the vinyl. All that lovely muscle and the shadows of his small male nipples came into prominence with the stretch of thin, opaque cotton. “Travel far?”

“From Atlanta,” I murmured.

“Much farther to go?”

“Home’s just down the road a piece.”

He cleared his throat. “My name’s Da—”

“Cowboy,” I interrupted him, setting the rules of this game.

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12 comments to “Saturday Snippet: First Cowboy”

  1. Laura Horton
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    · July 28th, 2012 at 9:24 am · Link

    What a teaser! I want to read more! I have just started reading your books and what I have read so far is great. I’m an avid reader but I have resisted the eformat for some reason. I’m ordering a tablet because I don’t want to wait for books in your series to come out in print. Keep up the good work!



  2. Trish
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    · July 28th, 2012 at 9:26 am · Link

    I love the short story!!! Hothot hot!!!!



  3. Liane Moonraven
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    · July 28th, 2012 at 9:40 am · Link

    HA! What a tease! I want/need more of these two! :mrgreen:



  4. Kathleen Charles
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    · July 28th, 2012 at 9:42 am · Link

    Well, I’m completely intrigued. Carry on! 😆



  5. Nareh
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    · July 28th, 2012 at 9:48 am · Link

    I love it. I want more. 🙂



  6. laura
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    · July 28th, 2012 at 10:17 am · Link

    I love it!!! Cant wait to read more!!!!



  7. Penny
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    · July 28th, 2012 at 10:40 am · Link

    Love it and more! Love cowboy stories. Ty for sharing. 🙂



  8. Fedora
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    · July 28th, 2012 at 2:54 pm · Link

    LOL! Great peek, Delilah–now I have to go check to see whether I have this one yet… 😉



  9. Joanne B
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    · July 28th, 2012 at 4:17 pm · Link

    That’s not fair. I want to know what happens next. Tease! Cowboy sounds fantastic. I’ll have to check it out.



  10. Suzanne
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    · July 28th, 2012 at 11:35 pm · Link

    Hey Delilah, it was getting to the best part. Love Cowboys and the way they fill out their jeans. This is great for first time, litlle wonder why all the ones after have gotten better and better. Thanks for sharing:)))
    😉



  11. Delilah
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    · July 29th, 2012 at 11:20 am · Link

    Thanks, ladies for dropping by! Suzanne’s the lucky winner. All she has to do is email me.

    The rest of y’all… The short is cheap, but very fulfilling. :mrgreen:



  12. Delilah
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    · July 29th, 2012 at 11:22 am · Link

    Oh! And it’s on Amazon too. Here’s the link: http://www.amazon.com/Cowboy-ebook/dp/B0054KS65C/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1343578899&sr=1-1&keywords=cowboy+delilah+devlin

    It has an updated cover with a cowboy who reminds me of Tim McGraw.



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