Excerpt & #Giveaway: Bad Decisions & Back Roads (Southern Veterinary #2) by Zoe Forward
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Bad Decisions & Back Roads: Second Chance Veterinary Romance
by Zoe Forward
(Southern Veterinary, #2)
Publication date: August 3rd 2026
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The problem with bad decisions is you never stop wanting them.
I used to be the rebellious girl from the wrong side of the fenceline. He was the local hellraiser nobody could tame. While our families carried on a feud older than indoor plumbing, we fell for each other.
Then my vicious father found out. To save Timothy's life, I broke his heart and disappeared.
Now over a decade later, I'm back as a large-animal veterinarian, working at his brother's clinic and treating everything from prize dairy cows to Timothy's homicidal llama. Avoiding him should be easy.
It isn't.
He's a single dad running two businesses, still infuriatingly irresistible, and determined to make me pay for every year he spent hating me.
The problem? I never stopped loving him. But if he learns why I really left, I could lose him forever.
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A small helpless laugh escaped me. “Do you know where I can find spray whipped cream?”
His eyebrows lifted beneath the bit of hair hanging over his forehead.
I narrowed my eyes. “Please tell me that your brain did not just put whipped cream on my body.”
He looked almost offended. “Well,” he drawled, “it hadn’t…”
His slow grin spread. “But now that you mention it…” His gaze dipped, wicked amusement flashing in his eyes. “Question is, was your brain generous enough to imagine some on me too, or am I doing all the work here?”
A startled choke-laugh burst out of me as I dragged my eyes down his body, taking in the dark t-shirt tucked into jeans that hung a little low. I’d already checked out the backside and confirmed it still looked just as good as when he walked away the other day after agreeing to buy a tractor.
He leaned casually on his cart. “For the record,” he added, “I’m picturing collarbone. Maybe wrist. Then I’d go…lower…to areas that might enjoy some attention.” His gaze dropped to my chest. “Then it depends on how wild we’re getting.”
That sent me over the edge laughing. The image of him standing in a grocery aisle naked and covered in whipped cream looking deeply inconvenienced by it was the funniest thing I’d thought all week.
“So, what do you really need whipped cream for?” he asked.
I swallowed my last snort of laughter. “Obviously, I need to keep my fridge stocked in case you randomly swing by. You’ll have to bring your own sprinkles, if you can get them away from your dad.”
His mouth twitched. His eyes went bright with trouble.
USA Today bestselling author Zoe Forward is a parent, wife, veterinarian, and unapologetic chocolate lover. She writes spicy paranormal and contemporary romances that blend action, adventure, humor, and a touch of magic.
Zoe lives in the South with a lively menagerie of four-legged beasts and two slightly wild kids.
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