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THE BRADDOCK BOYS: TRAVIS

This book is dedicated to the real Holly
and her hubby Tim.

Thanks for being such great friends!

THERE WERE WOMEN EVERYWHERE.

That was the first thought that struck as Travis Braddock pulled up at the front gate of the CB Ranch. The lawn in front of the sprawling two-story house had been set up for an outdoor ceremony, complete with a red carpet for the bride, huge flower arrangements and lots of free standing candelabras because it was an evening affair. Hed expected a small shindig, but there were at least a hundred people crowded into the rows of white chairs that flanked either side of the aisle. Mostly females.

Hungry females.

A mix of perfume, lush sensuality and raw need wafted through the open window of the Land Rover and teased his nostrils. His groin tightened and he stiffened.

An overabundance of women was usually a good thing.

Particularly for a one hundred and fifty year old vampire who fed off sex as ravenously as he did blood. But Travis wasnt here because of the beast that lived and breathed inside of him.

Tonight was all about revenge.

Hed spent the last one hundred and fifty years blaming his three brothers for the massacre that had killed their family while theyd been off raiding for the Confederacy. He pointed the finger at his youngest brother Cody because hed run off and joined the army in the first place, forcing the rest of the brothers to leave home just to keep an eye on him. He held Brent responsible because hed refused to call it quits a week early when the war had been all but lost anyway. And he resented his oldest brother Colton because hed forced them to detour to Austin to file an official report about their last raid before heading home to discover the carnage.

Hed blamed his brothers. But the real blame lay with his sister-in-law. Rose was the one responsible.

A traitor.

A killer.

He ignored that tiny niggle that told him he was jumping the gun. That maybe there was some crazy explanation for what had happened. That maybe, just maybe, Rose Braddock hadnt set fire to the Braddock spread and fed her own family to the wolves all those years ago.

His nephew had died in that tragic fire. So had his mother. A half dozen ranch hands. And Rose herself, or so theyd all thought. The entire place had been a blazing inferno when Travis and his brothers had ridden in.

Theyd been too late to save anyone that fateful night, even themselves. One minute theyd been trotting along, making plans for the future and the next, theyd found themselves smack dab in the middle of a fiery nightmare. Before theyd had a chance to figure out what was going on, much less rescue anyone, Travis and his three brothers had been attacked from behind and left for dead.

Theyd died that night. But theyd also been reborn. Thanks to an ancient vampire whod happened upon the scene and given the Braddock brothers a second chance.

Hed done the same for Rose.

Thats the story Cody had recently uncovered when hed tracked down their maker right here in Skull Creek, Texas. Rose hadnt died in the fire as originally thought. Rather, shed fled the scene with a man. The pair had been attacked a few miles away by Indians. Garret Sawyer had arrived after the attack and done the only thing he could to help the innocent couple whod been left for dead by a band of Commanches. Hed turned them, just as hed turned the Braddocks.

Innocent?

Like hell. Rose wasnt the loving sister-in-law, the caring mother, the perfect daughter-in-law theyd thought. Shed fooled the entire family. Every damned one of them.

But not for long.

Cody had sent a letter explaining the truth about Rose and the all-important fact that he now knew her whereabouts.

The news had chased Travis around a few weeks before finally catching up with him at the Bar T Ranch in Montana. Hed been hired on to break some horses for the owner and was smack dab in the middle of a midnight session when one of the hands had flagged him down with the frayed envelope.