The Triplets' Rodeo Man
Jack Morgan came home to the Morgans' Texas ranch on urgent family business–not to get roped into marriage. But he's finding it impossible to steer clear of his attraction to angelic Cricket Jasper. Now the virtuous deacon is pregnant…with triplets! The sexy rodeo rider has always been in Cricket's secret prayers. But she never dreamed she'd be having Jack's babies!She knows the firstborn Morgan son came home to make things right with his estranged father. Now he's about to become a father. What will it take to make a family man out of this wandering rover? Because if three babies and the love of a good woman aren't enough to settle down this lonesome cowboy, nothing will be!
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âI'm going to be a father?â
âYes,â Cricket said softly. âTo triplets, actually.â
Jack Morgan couldn't move, couldn't speak. Never had his life rushed by so fast, not even the eight seconds he rode to the buzzer.
This was different.
His brothers congratulated him, pounded him on the back, shook his hand.
He tried to say he was excited, too, but all that came out of his mouth was a rusty croak no one heard over all the sudden hugging and kissing of Cricket.
He knew he needed to say something to her, act pleased, brag like an expectant fatherâbut all he could do was try to keep his knees from knocking together and suck air into his lungs.
He'd never been so scared.
How could he âa man who spent all his time on the rodeo circuitâbe a father?
Dear Reader,
March is a month for new beginningsâa time when everything feels fresh and new as winter begins to ebb away. Though itâs still cold in many places, we can begin making our summer reading lists, as it wonât be too much longer before the kids are out of school!
Itâs time for some healing and new beginnings in the Morgan family. In The Tripletsâ Rodeo Man, Jack Morgan, the eldest son, must find his way back home. But can a wild man like Jack fall for a good girlâthe town deacon, no less!âlike Cricket Jasper? This is one relationship maybe even stalwart matchmaker/patriarch Josiah Morgan couldnât have bet onâand yet Cricketâs long had her eyes on Jack. Used to rodeo life and being the outcast of his family, Jack will have many new challenges if he wants to win Cricket. Is it possible that the ladylike deacon has an even wilder side than his own?
Jack knows his brothers were lured into ready-made family life, in Texas Lullaby (June â08), The Texas Rangerâs Twins (January â09), and The Secret Agentâs Surprises (February â09), so heâs well aware that heâs the last bachelor Morgan brotherâand the man who has the most to lose. Or gain. Can this black sheep turn into a family man?
I hope youâve enjoyed THE MORGAN MEN miniseries. As March brings us hope of reborn wonder in the world around us, I hope youâll let the Morgans and their triumphs over their personal trials warm your corner of the world.
Best wishes and much love,
Tina Leonard
Tina Leonard
The Triplets Rodeo Man
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Tina Leonard is a bestselling author of more than forty projects, including a popular thirteen-book miniseries for Harlequin American Romance. Her books have made the Waldenbooks, Ingramâs and Nielsen Book-Scan bestseller lists. Tina feels she has been blessed with a fertile imagination and quick typing skills, excellent editors and a family who loves her career. Born on a military base, she lived in many states before eventually marrying the boy who did her crayon printing for her in the first grade. Tina believes happy endings are a wonderful part of a good life. You can visit her at www.tinaleonard.com.
Many thanks to my editor, Kathleen Scheibling,
for believing in this series, and to Lisa, Dean and Tim, who understand that time with family is my personal dream.
A word of gratitude to Pat Wood for assisting me
with this book during a time of her own difficultyâ Pat, you are a true friend.
Any factual errors are mine.
Contents
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Epilogue
Chapter One
âYou reap what you sow.â
âJosiah Morgan to his four sons, a general reminder.
Late March, Union Junction, Texas
Jack Morgan stood at his fatherâs bedside in the Union Junction hospital, staring down at the large sleeping man. Josiah Morgan had the power to impress even in his peaceful state. Jack couldnât believe the old lion was ill. He didnât think Pop had ever had so much as a cold in his life.
But if his brother Pete said Pop was weak and in need of a kidney transplant, then those were the facts. Jack took no joy in his fatherâs situation, even though the two of them had never been close. He hadnât seen Pop in more than ten years, not since the night of his rodeo accident, his brothersâ car accident and the all out battle he and Pop had waged against each other.
It had been a terrible night, and the details of it were still etched in his mind. And then there was the letter heâd received through Pete from his father just last month.
Jack, I tried to be a good father. I tried to save you from yourself. In the end, I realized you are too different from me. But Iâve always been proud of my firstborn son.
Pop
As patriarchal letters went, it stank. Jack figured Pop wouldnât have sent a letter at all if he wasnât sick, so heâd decided to come see for himself. He hadnât expected to care what happened to the miserly old man; Josiah was miserly with his affection, miserly with his money, time, everything. At least that was the father Jack remembered. Still, Jack preferred his father fighting.
