Cowboy D-Force by Elle James EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Elle James
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- Genre: Western & Frontier Romance
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John Wayne Morrison turned on his barstool and surveyed the occupants
of the Blue Moose Tavern in Eagle Rock, Montana, trying to remember
how to behave like a civilian.
In one corner of the room, a group of rangy cowboys gathered around
the back corner, flipping quarters at a rattlesnake that had the misfortune of
finding its way into the bar.
“Here’s your beer.” The burly bartender banged a mug full of lager on
the bar, sloshing some over the top. He glanced at the dusty cowboys and
yelled, “Hey, get that snake out of my bar!” Then he muttered under his
breath, “Damned fools. Someone’s gonna get hurt. You’d think they’d have
more sense.”
“Are rattlesnakes part of the entertainment around here?” John asked.
The bartender wiped the spilled bear off the counter. “Slow night.” His
eyes narrowed. “You’re new around here. I’m Butch.” The man held out a
meaty hand. “Got a name?”
“Name’s John Morrison, but my friends call me Duke.” He gripped the
man’s hand and shook. Used to strong grips from his former Delta-Force
team, he wasn’t prepared for the bartender to choke the crap out of his hand.
Increasing the strength on his own grasp, he didn’t let go until the bartender
loosened his grip first and released.
“Duke, huh?” Butch flexed his fingers and went back to filling mugs
with beer. “Your middle name happen to be Wayne?”
Resigned to the usual ribbing he got when he gave anyone his full
name, Duke nodded. “As a matter of fact, it is. My father was a big fan of
old western movies. Stuck me with John Wayne.”
“Makes sense to go by Duke.”
“Yeah. It’s hard to avoid.” Duke took a long pull on his drink, letting the
cool liquid glide down his throat. The drive from Ft. Hood, Texas had taken
two days across some of the most desolate landscape in the country. Now
that he was in Montana, he was looking forward to being near the
mountains, hunting and finishing and riding horses. Hell, he hadn’t been on
a horse since he’d joined the army over twelve years ago.
“So, what brings you to Eagle Rock?”
“Coming home to Montana.”
“Coming home? Where ya been?’
“Military.” His gut tightened, and his knee throbbed. For the past twelve
years, he’d dedicated his life to protecting and serving the nation.
“Branch?” the bartender queried.
“Army.”
“Prior marine, myself,” Butch said. “Deploy?”
Duke nodded.
“See much action?”
Again, Duke nodded, not offering any more information. Most of his
deployments had been Top Secret. Only those with a need to know and with
the requisite clearance knew about those missions. The last one had been so
secret that only the Secretary of State and the President had known of its
existence.
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