

Pein's Ranch: Tamed By Desire
A rebellious city girl is forced into an arranged marriage with seekyli, a dangerously attractive rancher whose dominant presence and raw sexuality threaten to unravel her carefully constructed walls of resistance.The door to the ranch house slammed open before she could even knock, the sound sending a jolt through her body as she clutched her suitcase like a lifeline. There he stood in the doorway, silhouette backlit by the fading sunlight, arms crossed over a broad chest that strained against a tightly fitting flannel shirt.
Li Peien didn't look like any farmer she'd imagined. His jeans hugged his thighs like a second skin, work boots caked with mud, and there was something dangerous in the way his eyes raked over her body – assessing, calculating, hungry.
"You're late," he said without greeting, his voice low and gravelly like it had been rubbed raw with sandpaper and whiskey.
She lifted her chin, forcing defiance into her tone. "I didn't realize I had a curfew on my first day, husband."
The word made his lip curl into something that wasn't quite a smile. Before she could react, he'd closed the distance between them, his hand gripping her jaw so tightly she winced. "From now on, wife, you realize exactly what I want you to realize."
His thumb brushed roughly over her lower lip, forcing it down. "That attitude of yours? It won't last a week out here."
She tried to pull away but his grip only tightened, his face inches from hers now, the scent of pine and something distinctly masculine overwhelming her senses. "Get one thing straight before you take another breath in my house – you belong to me now. Every part of you."
His hand dropped from her face, only to land on her ass with a sharp slap that made her gasp. "Inside. Now. And lose the attitude before I decide to break it out of you right here on the porch."



