Tempted by the Texan
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Ryder laughed. “Who would have ever thought four years ago that we’d be standing around talking about babies instead of the merits of a Brahman cross over a purebred bucking bull?”
“Jaron, could you watch Alisa while I change Brett?” Mariah asked, pushing the stroller up beside him.
“No problem.” He waited until she picked up their smiling son, then kissed her cheek and whispered in her ear, “Thank you, darlin’.”
“For what?” she asked, smiling back at him.
“You didn’t give up on me when you had every reason to,” he said, meaning it. “You and the kids are my world and I never want you to doubt how much I love all of you.”
“And we love you, cowboy.” The deep emotion he detected in her emerald eyes robbed him of breath.
“How would you like to head home and get the kids down for a nap as soon as you change our son’s diaper?” he asked, needing to show her how much he cherished her. “I’d really like to make love to their mother.”
“I like the way you think, cowboy.” She gave him a smile that sent his hormones into overdrive. “Let’s hope we can stay awake long enough for that.”
He laughed. “Yeah, that’s something we haven’t had a whole lot of lately.”
“We probably can’t count on much of that for another eighteen years or so,” Mariah said, grinning as she headed toward the ladies’ room to change their baby boy.
As he watched her disappear down the hall, Jaron couldn’t help but feel blessed. He had the love of a good woman, two beautiful babies and a band of brothers who had his back no matter what. And all because as a troubled kid he’d been lucky enough to be sent to the Last Chance Ranch.
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Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
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Chapter 1
Twelve days and counting...
Pushing a lock of twisted hair that had fallen in her face behind her ear, Sienna Bradford, soon to become Sienna Davis once again, straightened her shoulders as she walked into the cabin she’d once shared with her husband—soon-to-be ex-husband.
She glanced around. Had it been just three years ago when Dane had brought her here for the first time? Three years ago when the two of them had sat there in front of the fireplace after making love, and planned their wedding? Promising that no matter what, their marriage would last forever? She took a deep breath knowing that for them, forever would end in twelve days in Judge Ratcliff’s chambers.
Just thinking about it made her heart ache, but she decided it wouldn’t help matters to have a pity party. What was done was done and things just hadn’t worked out between her and Dane like they’d hoped. There was nothing to do now but move on with her life. But first, according to a letter her attorney had received from Dane’s attorney a few days ago, she had ten days to clear out any and all of her belongings from the cabin, and the sooner she got the task done, the better. Dane had agreed to let her keep the condo if she returned full ownership of the cabin to him. She’d had no problem with that, since he had owned it before they married.
Sienna crossed the room, shaking off the March chill. According to forecasters, a snowstorm was headed toward the Smoky Mountains within the next seventy-two hours, which meant she had to hurry and pack up her stuff and take the two-hour drive back to Charlotte. Once she got home she intended to stay inside and curl up in bed with a good book. Sienna smiled, thinking that a “do nothing” weekend was just what she needed in her too frantic life.