BLURB:
Will Ashlyn
Callahan finally find her magic? The
last Callahan rides in the exciting conclusion to the bestselling series, The
Callahan Cowobys!
Four Babies—and
Her Whole Family—to Protect
Ashlyn Callahan
has always known that her fate can only bring danger to those she loves. That's
why she flees Rancho Diablo—and the ornery cowboy she loves—to hide out in
Texas Hill Country. But all hell breaks loose when Xavier Phillips finds
her…and her four newborn babies.
Xav finally
tracks down his warrior woman—only to discover she's the mother of two perfect
little boys and two perfect little girls. And he's the father! Now Ash has to
marry him. With the future of Ash's entire clan at stake, Xav is ready to lay
his life on the line to safeguard the family legacy. Not to mention create a
homecoming—and a wedding!—worthy of his Chacon Callahan bride!
EXCERPT:
Ash Callahan wasn’t easy to
track. She used only cash. There were no phone calls, no computer emails to
track. It was as if she’d disappeared—which she’d obviously intended to do.
In the end, he’d gone to
Running Bear for direction, only to be amazed that Running Bear hadn’t heard
from Ash, either. Those two shared the same untamed spirit.
But Xav got a pointer or two
from Running Bear that sent him on a path to find her. Now he shifted on the
white-painted porch, hearing footsteps inside, hoping his journey wasn’t a dead
end. It had been too many months since he’d held the love of his life in his
arms.
A middle-aged woman opened
the door, a questioning frown on her face. “Yes?”
“Hi.” He gave her his most
friendly smile. “I’m Xav Phillips, from Diablo, New Mexico. I’m looking for a
woman named Ashlyn Callahan.”
The woman shook her head,
glancing over her shoulder when a baby’s cry burst in the background. “I’m
sorry, no. I’ve never heard of her.”
He couldn’t say what made
him linger on the porch. Maybe it was because he’d come so far and was so
disappointed to find his search turning up a dead end again. Another baby’s
cries joined the first, sending up a wail of epic proportions between them,
which made the woman anxiously begin to back away.
“Excuse me,” she said, “good
luck finding whomever you’re looking for.”
She closed the door. Xav
hesitated, then leaned his ear against the wood. He heard soft voices inside
comforting the babies, and then unbelievably, he heard a voice he’d know any
day, any night, whether he was awake, asleep or even in a coma.
“Sweet baby, don’t fuss. My
little prince,” he heard Ash say, and in a flash, he slid over to the enormous
glass window framing the Christmas tree so he could peer cautiously inside the
house.
Behind the large, ruffle-branched
Christmas tree, four white bassinets lay together in a room decorated for the
holidays amid beautifully wrapped gifts. He held his breath, watching Ash
comfort a tiny infant boy. Ash’s shock of pale hair had grown into a waterfall
of silver liquid she wore in a ponytail. Xav grew warm all over despite the
cold, and Cupid’s arrow shot right into his heart, the same way it had every
time he’d ever gotten within two miles of her.
He was head over heels in
love with her, and nine long months apart had done nothing to diminish those
emotions. The ring in his pocket practically burned, reminding him how long
he’d waited to ask her to marry him.
She put the baby down and
picked up another, a sweet, pink-pajamaed little girl, and Xav’s heart felt like
it splatted on the ground. She acted as if these were her children, so loving
and gentle was she as she held them. Xav was poleaxed with new thoughts of
making Ash a mother. Motherhood and Ash weren’t a combination he’d ever really
put together in his head, but watching her with these children made him realize
his original proposal wasn’t the one he wanted to offer her.
He didn’t want to fall back
on a business arrangement to save his ego.
No, he was going all in. He
was going to tell her the truth about the shot she’d allegedly fired at Wolf,
because clearly that was why she was hiding out here, helping the older lady
babysit her family’s babies. Or maybe she ran a babysitting service. It didn’t
matter. The point was, Ash was in hiding and he was going to tell her the
truth: She was not the hunted one. She was not destined to bring destruction to
Rancho Diablo and her family.
And then he was going to ask
her to be his wife.
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
USA
Today bestselling and award-winning author Tina Leonard writes with humor,
sexiness, and fun. With nearly three million books sold, she plans to keep
writing the stories readers enjoy. Her schedule keeps her very busy creating
independent heroines and the irresistible heroes who love them. Visit Tina at www.tinaleonard.com, www.twitter.com/Tina_Leonard, www.facebook.com/authortinaleonard,
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Sounds like a wonderful read!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the excerpt and the chance to win!
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That... is a LOT of little babies. Holy cow. Yeah that would be some surprise!
ReplyDelete~Anna
herding cats & burning soup.