title: Beneath The Texas Moon
author:  Elle James 
description: Raised an Air Force brat, Elle James got her work ethic from her dad, creativity from mom and inspiration from her sister. As a member of the reserves, she's traveled, managed a career, and raised three children. She and her husband even raised ostriches and emus. Ask her what it's like to go toe-to-toe with a 350-pound bird!Former manager of computer programmers, Elle is happy to write full time in NW Arkansas.
zlib_text: **Contents**
  
    
  
  Title Page
  
  CHAPTER ONE
  
  CHAPTER TWO
  
  CHAPTER THREE
  
  CHAPTER FOUR
  
  CHAPTER FIVE
  
  CHAPTER SIX
  
  CHAPTER SEVEN
  
  CHAPTER EIGHT
  
  CHAPTER NINE
  
  COPYRIGHT
  
  DADDY’S SWEET GIRL
  
  A LITTLE RANCH STORY
  
  Lucky Moon
  
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  **CHAPTER ONE**
  
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   **DAMON**
  
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  I don’t want to be here. Not when I know _she’s_ nearby. So close I can
  practically smell the vanilla scent of her skin. So close I can almost hear
  her sweet voice.
  
  ‘Damn it Candy,’ I grunt, lifting a clod of earth with the blade of my shovel,
  ‘why can’t I get you out my head?’
  
  I pause for a minute, my hand resting on the handle of my spade. I lean into
  it, put my foot up on the blade, then tilt my Stetson back. I look up into the
  wide blue. Dang, that’s beautiful. There’s no sky like an Arizona sky. People
  talk like Texas has a monopoly on big skies, but it simply ain’t the case.
  This sky here, almost powdery blue, stretches out in every direction. Tiny
  white clouds dot the hor