MIXING BUSINESS WITH PLEASURE
Rancher Adam Hartley knows that big rewards mean big risks. His plan to expand the family business in Blue Falls, Texas, is a good one. Unfortunately, someone else beat him to itâand bought the old abandoned restaurant heâd been eyeing. Yep, a beautiful newcomer just stole his dream...and his heart, too.
Except single mom Lauren Shayne knows that love is dangerous. Love almost destroyed her business and her reputation, and she wonât ever make that mistake again. So why is she so attracted to Adam? The drop-dead-sexy cowboy seems determined to win over Lauren and her adorable twin babies...but how can she be with him if sheâs not sure she can trust him?
TRISH MILBURN writes contemporary romance for Mills & Boon. Sheâs a two-time Golden Heart® Award winner, a fan of walks in the woods and road trips, and a big geek girl, including being a dedicated Whovian and Browncoat. And from her earliest memories, sheâs been a fan of Westerns, be they historical or contemporary. Thereâs nothing quite like a cowboy hero.
Also by Trish Milburn
Her Perfect Cowboy
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ISBN: 978-1-474-07744-6
TWINS FOR THE RANCHER
© 2018 Trish Milburn
Published in Great Britain 2018
by Mills & Boon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF
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Thanks to Beth Pattillo for helping me brainstorm
Laurenâs character and for being a friend from back when I was taking my first fledgling steps into the world of romance writing.
Chapter One
The floorboards creaked as Lauren Shayne took her first steps into the building that sheâd become the owner of only minutes before. Her hands shook from the enormity of what sheâd done. The mortgage on what had been a German restaurant called Ottoâs years ago wasnât small, but neither was her dream for the place.
A dream that she would have never guessed would take her so far from home.
Despite her initial âthis is perfectâ reaction to seeing the inside, the fact it was four hours from her home in North Texas gave her significant pause. Taking the leap had required a week of denial, then pondering and number-crunching after every adult member of her family had told her to go for it. Sheâd finally reasoned she could get the place opened and leave the day-to-day running to a manager who lived in Blue Falls or nearby. If it did well enough for her to expand in the future, then maybe she could finally find a space closer to home.
But she couldnât let her imagination run wild. Not when there was still a lot of work and a ton of luck standing between her and making even one restaurant a success. Loyal watchers of The Brazos Baker cooking show, or fans of her cookbooks and magazine alone, werenât going to be enough to keep the place afloat. And she needed to get the bulk of the work done before her TV show resumed production after the current hiatusâthat would require her to be back in her kitchen on a regular basis.