Love on the Line by Kirsten Fullmer Book Tour and Giveaway :)
Love on the Line
Women
at Work Book 1
by
Kirsten Fullmer
Genre:
Women's Fiction, Romance
Andy
may not have pipeline know-how, per se, but she’s got brains and
every right to prove that she can do the job. Her estranged grandpa,
Buck, believes she has what it takes to be his engineering assistant,
and she’s not about to let him down.
Rooster
isn’t a bad guy. He respects women; he was raised by one of the
best. But that new girl is too small and… feminine. She’s a
distraction, plain and simple, and she doesn’t belong on a
pipeline. This job is his chance to impress Buck Brennan, a pipeline
legend, and no girly greenhorn is going to ruin it for him.
Will
Andy prove herself to her grandfather and forge a relationship with
the old man, or will continuous disagreements and unexpected sexual
tension between Andy and Rooster derail their hard work?
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An
elbow in her side caused Andy to jolt forward and she stumbled her
way down the rest of the wooden trailer steps. Several men glanced
her way as they passed, then quickly looked away as if she were
fascinating yet horrifying, like kryptonite.
Trying
to remember where Buck had parked his work truck that morning, she
headed across the yard. As she picked her way through the snow and
frozen mud, she noticed a group of nine or ten men who looked
different than the others, standing near flat bed trucks with dual
tires and machines of some sort on the back. They stared at her
silently as she passed. Unlike the other workers, these men were in
no hurry. They didn’t wear hardhats or safety glasses, instead they
wore soft cloth caps with long bills, some of which were turned
sideways, with the bill flipped up against their heads. Their jeans
were clean, new dark blue, and ironed crisp with a crease. Arrogance
radiated off the group.
There
had been a group of boys like that back in high school. She
remembered their eyes boring into her as she passed in the hall,
their eyes glued to her chest. Invariably one would shove another,
causing them to fall directly into her. How could she report being
groped when -- A
horn honk startled Andy, causing her to trip on a clump of frozen
mud. With her cheeks flaming, she tore her gaze from the haughty men
to find Buck’s truck pulled up by her side. Glad to have a
get-away, she tugged open the door and stretched hard against layers
of clothing to get her foot up into the truck. Pulling herself up
into the cab, she settled into the seat, out of the wind and away
from the glares of strangers. With a grunt she tugged the door closed
behind her. As
they drove through the yard, Buck was silent, but offered a nod and
the lift of two fingers from the steering wheel in greeting as he
passed workers. Heat pumped from under the dash as the truck growled
and bumped over the frozen ruts, jarring and rattling the paperwork
and gear scattered throughout the double cab. “Who
were those guys?” Andy asked, leaning forward to see the group of
haughty men in the side mirror. Buck
pulled the truck to a stop at the gate of the yard. “Who?” He
bent forward to peer up then down the road, waiting for a break in
the traffic streaming past on the highway. “The
ones wearing the funny hats.” He
glanced in the mirror. “Them’s welders,” he snorted. Unsure
why a welder would be different than any of the other workers, she
shrugged. Time
clicked past as they drove. Brilliant bursts of morning sunlight
flashed through the towering hardwood forest as it slid past Andy’s
window. Never before had she seen such dense growth. Even the ground
cover was thick and deep. This place was very different that the open
rolling green fields of Kansas. Bushes, briars, and plants of every
kind made her wonder how anyone could navigate between the trees. She
turned from the scenery and back to Buck. “Where are we going?”
She asked. It was a simple enough question, but having no idea what
lay ahead, she braced herself for the unexpected.
Kirsten grew up in the Western US and graduated from high school in 1984. She married soon there after and quickly built a family. With three young children and number four on the way, she returned to college in 1992. Her career as a draftsman included many settings ranging from a steel fabrication shops to prestigious engineering firms. Balancing family life with the workplace forced her to become the queen of multitasking. In 2001, bored with the cubical life, she moved on to teach drafting in technical college, then to opening her own consulting firm teaching 3D engineering software. Due to health problems, Kirsten retired in 2012 to travel with her husband for his job. She now works writing romance novels and enjoys spoiling her three grandchildren. Since 2017 Kirsten has lived and worked full time in a 40' travel trailer with her husband and her little dog Bingo.
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