Stone Cold Surrender

BRENDA
JACKSON

Stone
Cold
Surrender

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STONE
COLD
SURRENDER

Copyright
©
2004
by
Brenda
Streater
Jackson

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BRENDA
JACKSON

is
a
die
“heart”
romantic
who
married
her
childhood

sweetheart
and
still
proudly
wears
the
“going
steady”
ring
he
gave
her
when
she
was
fifteen.
Because
she’s
always
believed
in
the
power
of
love,
Brenda’s
stories
always
have
happy
endings.
In
her
real-life
love
story,
Brenda
and
her

husband
of
thirty-three
years
live
in
Jacksonville,
Florida,

and
have
two
sons.

A
USA
TODAY
bestselling
author,
Brenda
divides
her
time
between
family,
writing
and
working
in
management
at
a

major
insurance
company.
You
may
write
Brenda
at
P.O.
Box
28267,
Jacksonville,
Florida
32226,
by
e-mail
at

[email protected]
or
visit
her
Web
site
at

www.brendajackson.net.

To
all
my
readers
who
have
fallen
in
love
with
the
Westmoreland
family.
This
one
is
for
you.

Happy
is
the
man
that
findeth
wisdom,
and
the
man
that
getteth
understanding.

—Proverbs
3:13

Contents

About
the
Author

Chapter
One

Chapter
Two

Chapter
Three

Chapter
Four

Chapter
Five

Chapter
Six

Chapter
Seven

Chapter
Eight

Chapter
Nine

Chapter
Ten

Epilogue

Coming
Next
Month

One

T
he
woman
had
a
death
grip
on
his
thigh.
The
pain
was

almost
unbearable
but
her
hands
touching
him
felt
so
damn
good.

No
longer
satisfied
with
looking
at
her
out
of
the
corner
of
his
eye,
Stone
Westmoreland
slowly
glanced
over
to
stare
at
the
woman,
studying
every
single
element
about
her.
She
was
strapped
in
her
seat
as
if
the
plane
would
crash
unless
she
grabbed
hold
of
something.
Her
eyes
were
shut
tight

and
her
breathing
was
irregular
and
it
reminded
him
of
the
breathing
pattern
of
a
woman
who’d
just
experienced
the

most
satisfying
orgasm.
Just
thinking
about
her
touch

aroused
him….

He
leaned
back
in
his
seat
as
the
plane
leveled
off
in
the
sky
and
closed
his
own
eyes.
With
back-to-back
book

deadlines,
it
had
been
a
long
time
since
he’d
been
with
a
woman
and
a
mere
touch
from
her
had
sent
his
libido
into
overdrive.

He
opened
his
eyes
and
took
a
shaky
breath,
hoping
the

month
he
would
spend
at
his
cousin’s
ranch
in
Montana,

getting
his
thoughts
together
for
a
new
book,
would
do
him
some
good.
At
thirty-three,
he
and
Durango
were
only
a
few
months
apart
in
age
and
had
always
been
close.
Then

there
was
his
uncle
Corey
who
lived
not
far
from
Durango