THEYâRE BOTH IN TRIPLE TROUBLE!
Some cowboys are meant to be family men, and Deputy Dan McCabe is one of them. Only, this eligible bachelor just canât seem to find the right woman. Or ratherâhe has found her. But single mom Kelly Shackleford just keeps turning him down as if sheâs immune to his charms. What could be the only way to Kellyâs heart? Her rambunctious, adorable toddler triplets!
Kelly knows that sexy cowboys and romance donât mix in any lasting way. Dan is just a friend, thank you very much. But a spark of attraction is turning âjust friendsâ into something warmer and much, much deeper. Kelly doesnât want a husband or a broken heart...so why canât she stop falling for this heartbreaker of a cowboy?
CATHY GILLEN THACKER is married and a mother of three. She and her husband spent eighteen years in Texas and now reside in North Carolina. Her mysteries, romantic comedies and heartwarming family stories have made numerous appearances on bestseller lists, but her best reward, she says, is knowing one of her books made someoneâs day a little brighter. A popular Mills & Boon author for many years, she loves telling passionate stories with happy endings and thinks nothing beats a good romance and a hot cup of tea! You can visit Cathyâs website, www.cathygillenthacker.com, for more information on her upcoming and previously published books, recipes and a list of her favourite things.
ISBN: 978-1-474-07780-4
The Texas Cowboyâs Triplets
© 2018 Cathy Gillen Thacker
Published in Great Britain 2018
by Mills & Boon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF
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Chapter One
âGuess my legendary Texas charm finally paid off.â
Dan McCabe didnât know how true those words might have been if Kelly Shackleford had been in the market for a man in her life. Thankfully for both of them, she wasnât.
Reassuring herself that she was not on a foolâs errand, Kelly emerged from her SUV and sauntered toward the irrepressible lawman slash cowboy. Sizing him up all the while. Six feet four inches. Mesmerizing blue eyes. Thick dark hair. A body to die for. And a face so ruggedly handsome it nearly took her breath away.
âWhat makes you think that?â she asked, stopping just short of where he appeared to be working on extending the height of the fence on some kind of livestock pen. He lifted a fistful of T-shirt and wiped the sweat from his face, giving her an all too brief but tantalizing view of his powerful pecs and taut abs. As the fabric dropped to his waist, she caught a mouthwatering glimpse of the dark strip of hair that arrowed down into the fly of his faded jeans.
He waited until her gaze returned to his eyes before he answered her question with a lazy grin, âYou came all the way out to my new ranch to see me.â