The Rancher's Bargain
A temptation for the rich rancher?James Harris needs a nanny for his nephew. Lydia Walker’s sister reneges on an extravagant bachelor-auction bid. The Rancher makes a bargain. He’ll cover the debt, and Lydia will care for the baby. But will their unexpected passion lead to more than they bargained for?
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Can a bachelor auction gone wrongâ¦
mean temptation for the rich rancher?
James Harris needs a nanny for his nephewânow! So when Lydia Walkerâs sister reneges on an extravagant bachelor-auction bid, the Texas Cattlemanâs Club president has an idea. Heâll cover the debt, and Lydia will care for the baby. Neither is prepared for the passion that blindsides them. But is a permanent personal arrangement more than they bargained for?
JOANNE ROCK credits her decision to write romance after a book she picked up during a flight delay engrossed her so thoroughly that she didnât mind at all when her flight was delayed two more times. Giving her readers the chance to escape into another world has motivated her to write over eighty books for a variety of Mills & Boon series.
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ISBN: 978-1-474-09197-8
THE RANCHERâS BARGAIN
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Contents
It is okay to say no to unnecessary crazy.
Lydia Walker repeated it like a mantra while she read the digital headline from a story that had run in the Royal, Texas, newspaper earlier in the week while sheâd been out of town.
Local woman boosts charity bachelor auction with $100K bid!
Seated at her tiny kitchen table with a cup of coffee grown cold, Lydia hovered her finger over the scroll button on her cell phone. She wished she could just swipe right and not worry about the âlocal womanâ who happened to be her irresponsible sister Gail. The impulsive sibling who did not have $100,000 to her name. What had Gail been thinking?
In spite of herself, Lydia started reading the article again.
Gail Walker, a local entrepreneur, made the surprise bid on Lloyd Richardson, a local rancher. Ms. Walker could not be reached for comment while she is out of town on a romantic getaway with her chosen bachelor, but the Great Bachelor Auction master of ceremonies, James Harris, said heâs grateful for the generous donation that benefits the Pancreatic Cancer Research Foundation. âThis is what the event is all aboutâ¦â
Closing her eyes, Lydia flipped the phone facedown on the table to stop herself from going over the story a third time.
Definitely unnecessary crazy.
She had just gotten back into town after a visit to her motherâs home in Arkansas for Thanksgiving, a trip sheâd been guilted into since she hadnât been home in almost two years. Her mom had used the time to corner Lydia about being in Fionaâs upcoming wedding to a fourth husband, making the holiday a total disaster. Lydia had wanted her sister to make the long drive with her, but Gail had insisted she needed to stay in Royal and personally oversee her fledgling grocery delivery service. An excuse Lydia had accepted, proud of Gail for doing something fiscally responsible for a change.
