The Rebellious Rancher. Kate Pearce

      

      THE COWBOY AND THE ACTRESS

      He lunged for her at the same time she went for him, and they only narrowly avoided cracking heads before he started kissing her, and that was that. She straddled his lap and let him have it, her hands roaming over him, relearning every taut muscle in his body and luxuriating in the feel of him.

      “Silver.” He finally came up for air. “We shouldn’t—”

      “Shut up.”

      She bit his lip and kissed him, her fingernails scratching his scalp as he groaned and let her have her way with him. She inched one hand under his T-shirt and he shuddered.

      “Silver.” This time he held on to her hands. “We really do need to talk about this.”

      She undulated against him. “Then talk.”

      Ben struggled to draw a breath that didn’t smell like Silver, and the heat of her, and the need ...

      Books by Kate Pearce

      The House of Pleasure Series

      SIMPLY SEXUAL

      SIMPLY SINFUL

      SIMPLY SHAMELESS

      SIMPLY WICKED

      SIMPLY INSATIABLE

      SIMPLY FORBIDDEN

      SIMPLY CARNAL

      SIMPLY VORACIOUS

      SIMPLY SCANDALOUS

      SIMPLY PLEASURE (e-novella)

      SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE (e-novella)

      The Sinners Club Series

      THE SINNERS CLUB

      TEMPTING A SINNER

      MASTERING A SINNER

      THE FIRST SINNERS (e-novella)

      Single Titles

      RAW DESIRE

      The Morgan Brothers Ranch

      THE RELUCTANT COWBOY

      THE MAVERICK COWBOY

      THE LAST GOOD COWBOY

      THE BAD BOY COWBOY

      THE BILLIONAIRE BULL RIDER

      THE RANCHER

      The Millers of Morgantown

      THE SECOND CHANCE RANCHER

      THE RANCHER’S REDEMPTION

      THE REBELLIOUS RANCHER

      Anthologies

      SOME LIKE IT ROUGH

      LORDS OF PASSION

      HAPPY IS THE BRIDE

      A SEASON TO CELEBRATE

      MARRYING MY COWBOY

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      THE REBELLIOUS RANCHER

      KATE PEARCE

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      Table of Contents

      THE COWBOY AND THE ACTRESS Also by Title Page Copyright Page ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Chapter Nine Chapter Ten Chapter Eleven Chapter Twelve Chapter Thirteen Chapter Fourteen Chapter Fifteen Chapter Sixteen Chapter Seventeen Chapter Eighteen Chapter Nineteen Chapter Twenty Chapter Twenty-One Chapter Twenty-Two Epilogue Ruth’s Frosted Animal Cookies for Ben

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      Copyright © 2020 by Kate Pearce

      This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales, or persons living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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      ISBN: 978-1-4201-4825-1

      ISBN-13: 978-1-4201-4828-2 (eBook)

      ISBN-10: 1-4201-4828-1 (eBook)

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      Huge thanks to Sian Kaley and Jerri Drennen for reading this book early for me and for having widely different opinions. I’d also like to thank professional bareback rider Kenny Haworth for answering my questions about trail rides and what to pack in the wilderness.

      Chapter One

      Miller Ranch

      Morgan Valley, California

      Ben