Luke: A West Bend Saints Romance
Sabrina Paige
Luke
F**k being good. I won’t be tamed.
There are three things in life I’m damn good at: f**king, jumping out of planes, and chasing forest fires.
Settle down? With someone like Autumn Mayburn? Forget it.
She's uptight, smart-mouthed, and hell, she has a kid. She's ten years older than me.
There are a million reasons I shouldn't touch her.
F**k all of those reasons.
The single mama with the smokin’ hot body and the sass to match is going to be mine.
Autumn
I hate bad boys. Especially infuriatingly cocky, womanizing, ooze-sex-from-every-pore bad boys.
I’m a mom. A businesswoman. I have responsibilities The last thing I need is to get played by Luke Saint.
He thinks that just because he saved my orchard from a fire, he can tell me how to run it.
He thinks he knows what I need, what I crave.
The problem is, I think he might be right.
DEDICATION
To my husband, who endures having to plot with me and read my drafts and edit endlessly.
To my darling daughter, who is the light of my life.
To the authors and readers who’ve supported me along the way. This journey keeps getting better and better.
AUTHOR’S NOTE
Thanks for sticking with me through this series! I know it’s been a long wait for Luke’s story, but I hope it’s worth it!
I’m sure you’ve read lots and lots of books since I wrote Elias and Silas, the first two books in the West Bend Saints Series, and you may have forgotten all about West Bend.
So, to celebrate the release of Luke’s story (and for a limited time), I’ve included Elias and Silas’ books in your copy of Luke!!
Luke’s story builds on the first two books, as far as what’s happening in the town of West Bend, so if you missed them when they released – or if you want a refresher – read them before you get to Luke!
To find Elias and Silas, use the table of contents or click the links below:
Elias (Book One)
Silas (Book Two)
I hope you enjoy the series! All loose plot lines involving the town of West Bend are tied up in this book. I do plan to write Killian’s book, but it will be a standalone, related to the West Bend Series, but with no cliffhangers.
LUKE (WEST BEND SAINTS #3)
CHAPTER ONE
**Note** If you haven’t read the first two books in the series – or if you’d like to refresh your memory about what’s happening in West Bend – the prior books in the series are included in your copy of Luke! This book builds on the first two books, so I’d recommend starting with books one and two before diving into Luke.
You get the complete West Bend Saints Series with this copy! Scroll back a few pages and see my author’s note in the beginning of this book or the table of contents for the links to Elias and Silas!
Autumn
Today should have been the happiest day of my life. Today was the day that Edward and I had been hoping for these past four years.
The test was positive.
I took it three times this morning, just to make sure. Then I drove straight to my doctor's office and got the blood test. Still positive.
I did a happy dance in the office room. My doctor wasn’t just my OB; he was my family doctor. He’d known me for all of my thirty-four years, and I think he was as tickled as I was. He knew how hard this journey has been for us.
And then, two hours later, the phone call that changed everything.
"Now, Doc Statham, don't tell me that I have to come back for an appointment already," I said, my voice teasing. Nothing could knock me off the cloud I was floating on.
Nothing, that is, except the words that came out of his mouth after that. "Your father," he said. "I'm sorry, Autumn."
I shook my head, trying to get my brain to process what he was saying. His voice sounded like it was far away, like he was speaking to me through some kind of tunnel. "No," I said. "It's not possible."
"It was sudden, Autumn," he said. "Heart attack on the golf course."
"Where -- is everyone at the hospital?" I asked. "But -- they'll fix him. He's in surgery, right?"
"I'm sorry." He said it again. It was the phrase I continued to hear later, echoing in my head, rattling around in my skull. I'm sorry, over and over and over.