Mating Behavior by Mandy M. Roth

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self-publishing endeavor named The Raven Books. It spawned from the
name of a nightclub in Mandy’s wildly popular Daughter of Darkness
Series. In July 2010 they opened The Raven Books to third party
distribution and by Dec 2011 had sold WELL over 150,000 ebooks.
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Cowboys and Supernaturals
Blaze of Glory
By
Mandy M. Roth and Rory Michaels
     
    Sheriff Jonathan MacSweeny is in charge of
keeping the peace in Prospect Springs. Frontier living isn’t what
it used to be. It’s hard to survive in the New Old West and it’s
even harder when your area doesn’t exactly embrace
supernaturals—and you howl at the moon. That being said, he’s good
at his job and has a reputation with the ladies. When he learns his
childhood sweetheart is to be married off to the town sleazebag, he
goes in guns blazing to see to it she’s his. Problem is, Molly
isn’t the same girl he remembers from ten years prior. Now she’s a
gun-toting, foul-mouthed, vixen with a badge of her own.
    Special Marshal Molly Cogan never planned to
set foot back in Prospect Springs. When her friend gets the
harebrained idea to steal her identity in an attempt to protect her
from the bounty the outlaws have on her head, Molly finds herself
standing right smack dab in the middle of chaos—or home in her
case. It isn’t long before Jonathan is there, flashing that famous
MacSweeny boy smile and tempting her in ways she wasn’t prepared
for. This heart-hardened Marshal has her work cut out for her if
she plans to face her past fears and her past sweetheart.
     
    Warning: This novella contains strong
language and shape shifting cowboys who will melt your socks off.
This novella also has explicit, graphic sexual content and is not
for the faint of heart.
     
     

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Chapter One Excerpt
    New West Frontier, Prospect Springs, New Earth,
2807
     
    “Jon, what the hell do you think you’re
doing? You can’t go riding into town, kicking up a row and laying
claim to another man’s property.”
    Jonathan MacSweeny glared at his best friend
and cousin, Eli MacSweeny. Jonathan’s temperament had been bad to
start with. It only worsened since he’d gotten up and this wasn’t
helping it along any. At the current rate of progression, he’d be
likely to shoot fire from his eyes and tear a man limb from limb
before the night was out. The first was out of reach even for
someone like Jonathan, but the second was a distinct
possibility.
    “Just because the man had a hand in fatherin’
her doesn’t mean he owns her,” Jonathan stressed. “And if I feel
like making a scene, I will.” He fisted the reins of his horse—the
need to be on their way was great for Jonathan. Every second they
delayed was a second he could have had with the woman who turned
him inside out with nothing more than a glance.
    “According to the law, her daddy does own
her. Least ‘til she’s married off, then her husband does.” Eli
tipped his head slightly, sending dark strands of hair over his
shoulders. The jet-black hair was a MacSweeny trait, one the ladies
seemed to adore and the church-going elderly women seemed to take
as a sign of the devil. Probably didn’t help much that the boys had
inhuman eyes. They weren’t exactly human so it sort of went
hand-in-hand.
    Thankfully, over the years, the religious
people in Prospect Springs had come to understand that although by
all outward appearances the MacSweeny family was touched by the
devil,