Montana Boss: Montana Cowboys, #2

By Hildie McQueen

A witty, sexy contemporary western romance.

Shannon Aldean's excitement after a great one-night stand quickly fizzles when her entire family shows up the next morning...while the guy is still there.  Stress soon turns to panic when her date turns out to be the her new boss at the local ranching supply company.

Drew Emerson wants to simplify his life, move on from under his deceased brother's shadow by buying his own ranching company in small Longview, Montana.  Soon he finds out how hard it is to move forward without first reconciling his past. 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Hildie McQueen
• Release date: Jan 14, 2017
• ISBN: 9781386914860

Hildie McQueen

Amazon bestselling author Hildie McQueen loves action, love and unusual settings. Author of western historical, Highland historical, paranormal and contemporary romance, she writes something every reader can enjoy. Most days she can be found in her pajamas hiding from deliverymen while drinking tea from her David Gandy coffee mug. In the afternoons she browses the Internet for semi-nude men to post on Facebook. Hildie's favorite past-times are romance conventions, traveling, shopping and reading. She resides in beautiful small town Georgia with her super-hero husband Kurt and two unruly boy Chihuahuas and a spoiled rotten girl Chi named Lola. Visit her website at www.hildiemcqueen.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HildieMcQueen Twitter: https://twitter.com/HildieMcQueen Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+HildieMcQueen

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Montana Boss

Bestselling Author

Hildie McQueen

Pink Door Publishing

Cover Artist: Robin Ludwig Design Inc.

Editor:  Gayla Leath, Dark Dreams Publishing

Copyright Hildie McQueen 2016

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The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental and not intended by the author.

Other Works by Hildie McQueen

(In reading order)

Contemporary Western Romance

Montana Bachelor

Montana Boss

Montana Beau

Montana Born

Montana Bred

Fords of Nashville

Even Heroes Cry

The Last Hero

Standalone Romance

Cowboy in Paradise

Her Hero

Taming Lisa

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Dedication

To my wonderful friend Amanda Wicklum, who remains strong and positive, in spite of life's adversities.

Chapter One

What had started out as a pretty nice day was literally in the crapper by the afternoon.  Shannon Aldean held the edge of her wrap skirt under the bathroom hand dryer.  It had unraveled and dropped into the toilet.  Somehow she'd managed to keep most of it around her while she rinsed it in the sink and now attempted to dry it before hurrying to an impromptu meeting.

The company has been sold. The office manager Mr. Havers leaned forward in his executive leather seat and looked at each face around the conference table waiting for one of the long-time employees to vapor lock and fall out of their chair at the news. When he didn't get reactions other than wide eyes as the employee waited for him to continue, the balding man placed his palms on the table for effect. He tapped fingers and then continued. Burrows Ranch and Home Supply will cease to exist effective one month from today.

Shannon didn't have time for the drama. Yes, it was early Friday afternoon and although the others didn't mind wasting an hour or two in a useless meeting, she had payroll to get done. Each minute spent waiting for Mr. Havers to finish the announcement meant another minute staying late.

Mr. Havers, may I ask a question?

Her supervisor's eyebrows lifted and his eyes lit up at someone asking a question. Of course, Shannon. By all means.

Who are the new owners? Will we all keep our jobs? Will our pay be affected? Is there a memo outlining all the changes?

Mr. Havers visibly deflated at her asking all the pertinent questions at once. A young entrepreneur purchased the company. Everything stays the same for now. Our office here in Longview will remain the same, he said referring to their current facility in the small town near Bozeman, Montana. New name is Longview Ranch Supply. I do have a memo. He motioned to the doorway where Katie, the administrative assistant, sat holding a folder full of papers.

Great. Shannon stood and headed for the door, realizing the entire conference room was quiet and she was the only one leaving. I'm a bit behind, I have payroll to finish, she announced, grabbing a paper from Katie.

Fill me in later, she whispered to her friend who nodded, her lips quivering as she attempted to keep from laughing out loud.

One of the perks of working in payroll was no one dared to speak up and stop her when she was behind, especially on a Friday.

Burrows Ranch and Home Supply was a small subsidiary of the much larger Emerson Ranching Industries in Billings. Boasting forty employees. Although small, their client base was quite large. They attracted ranchers from all the surrounding towns.

Coming to happy hour? We're celebrating we still have jobs. A couple of hours later Katie hovered in the doorway of Shannon's office. She swung her head sideways while waiting for an answer. Her blond hair swayed across her face and into a perfect just below the chin bob. Everyone's going.

Shannon narrowed her eyes and wondered how Katie didn't get dizzy pulling that hair flip maneuver all the time. Where is this celebration taking place?

Tuesday's, Katie replied with a wide grin. Gary's supposed to be there. Katie's crush on Gary was a well known and often talked about subject at the office. The only person who didn't seem aware of it—was Gary. The quiet website designer, who worked directly for Emerson, remained in his messy office most of the day, leaving only to refill his coffee cup or use the bathroom. It was speculated he'd designed a sort of sci-fi transporter since he was rarely seen arriving in the mornings.

Going with the gang to happy hour was tempting. Are you sure it’s Tuesday's? Last time you told me Tuesday's and everyone was at Friday's. Including you.

I'm positive. Katie wiggled her fingers and turned away. Gotta scoot. I'm freshening up my make up before heading out. Maybe I'll swing past Gary's office and remind him. Her eyes landed on Shannon's hair. I love the new haircut. Your hair looks amazing all day now. Her awe filled voice made Shannon reach up and run her fingers through her layered shoulder length red locks.

I do love my new style. Don't know why I waited so long to cut it, she agreed.

The ponytail you wore everyday was not flattering at all. No one ever told her she looked horrible in a ponytail until she cut her hair.  First her mother and now Katie.

It did?

Yeah.

For years she'd obviously resembled a troll and no one thought to point it out.

After five o’clock Shannon finally hung up with the administrative assistant in the Bozeman division office. The woman went over the company's new owner's itinerary several times and then insisted Shannon repeat everything backs to her. Obviously the VIP was extremely OCD and his admin was terrified of him. Or it could be the woman was overdoing it in an effort to get promoted or into his pants.

Shannon studied her notes. Thankfully she did not have to worry about Mr. OCD until Monday.

She picked up her tote bag and headed for the door.

It had arrived: the end of the week and now she had a relaxing weekend to look forward to. Even though it was corny, she did a fist pump and waved her arms in the air. No early mornings and no heels for two entire days.

Heck yeah, she may as well go to happy hour.

Chapter Two

"Mr.

Reviews for Montana Boss

[Linda Cress · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Great book . I thoroughly enjoyed this book of romance in a small town. It was my first time reading a book by this author. I highly recommend them.