The Cowboy Takes a Wife - Sample
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Last published Mon, Aug 7, 2023
Two damaged hearts - and one sweet baby to bring them together.
When rancher Wyatt Black discovers an abandoned baby on his doorstep, he needs help ASAP - and finds it in his next-door neighbor, Ellie. There's no way he's capable of caring for the newborn on his own, and his rough childhood has left him doubting he'll ever be father material. But as little Darcy starts to wrap him around her little finger, and Ellie turns his bachelor's quarters into a family home, he wonders if he's been wrong all along.
Elli Marchuk has been grieving in private for the life she's lost - her baby, her marriage, even her job. When the grouchy rancher next door asks for her help, she's hesitant. But an innocent child needs her, so she puts her personal misgivings aside. Helping Wyatt with Darcy starts to heal all the broken parts of her heart, especially when she and Wyatt develop tender feelings for each other.
But Darcy will only be with them for a short time. And Elli isn't at all sure she's ready to take a second chance on love, even with a man as strong and sure as Wyatt...
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