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Chapters (50)
  1. Also by
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. CHAPTER ONE
  5. CHAPTER TWO
  6. CHAPTER THREE
  7. CHAPTER FOUR
  8. CHAPTER FIVE
  9. CHAPTER SIX
  10. CHAPTER SEVEN
  11. CHAPTER EIGHT
  12. CHAPTER NINE
  13. CHAPTER TEN
  14. CHAPTER ELEVEN
  15. CHAPTER TWELVE
  16. CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  17. CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  18. CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  19. CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  20. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  21. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  22. CHAPTER NINETEEN
  23. CHAPTER TWENTY
  24. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
  25. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
  26. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
  29. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
  31. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
  32. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
  33. CHAPTER THIRTY
  34. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
  35. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
  36. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
  37. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
  38. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
  39. CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
  40. CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
  41. CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
  42. CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
  43. CHAPTER FORTY
  44. CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
  45. CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
  46. CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
  47. CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
  48. CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
  49. EPILOGUE
  50. Teaser Chapter

“You wouldn’t happen to know if Frank Keller was ever in the military?” Ellie asked.

“No idea.”

“I’ll find out. Anyone else you can think of besides Keller who might hate your guts?”

Kade grinned. “No.”

Ellie laughed. She rose from her chair. “It’s getting late. I’ve got to be up early, and as you once pointed out, I don’t want to miss my beauty sleep.”

He remembered, and desire slipped through him. He knew exactly how to give the lady a very good night’s sleep. “I’ll see you at breakfast.”

He watched her cross the room to the door and tried not to notice the way her jeans cupped that round behind. His groin tightened. Damn, he needed a woman.

Unfortunately, he had reached the point where only one woman would do. He wanted to pursue the attraction, but with the two of them working together, it wasn’t a good idea. Ellie walked out of the study. The door closed quietly behind her, and Kade softly cursed.

CHAPTER TEN

CHAPTER TEN

THE WEATHER CHANGED, GREW OMINOUS. THICK BLACK CLOUDS rolled in over the valley. Lightning erupted, and heavy sheets of rain poured down, turning the pastures to mud. Then the winds swept in, gusts up to sixty miles an hour, heralding an early winter storm of epic proportions that no one had expected.

Kade had been up twenty-four straight hours, most of them in the saddle. He and the men were moving stock from one pasture to another in search of safe havens from the battering wind and rain. When Wyatt, Alejandro, and Roy Cobb showed up to take their shift, Kade, Seth, and Turtle headed back to the ranch.

The men rode into the barn to take care of their horses. Kade swung down from the saddle, rain dripping from the brim of his hat onto his yellow rubber slicker, and Billy ran up to take the reins of Kade’s big buckskin, Hannibal.

“Rub him down real good, Billy, and make sure he gets an extra scoop of grain.”

“Yes, sir.”

As the men headed for the bunkhouse to change out of their wet, muddy clothes, Billy led the tired animal away, and Kade headed for the kitchen. Wearily climbing the steps, he removed his wet hat and slapped it against his thigh.

He was wearing his fringed leather chaps against the cold and the yellow rain slicker that helped keep him dry. Stepping into the kitchen, he hung his hat on the rack, along with his slicker and the Carhartt jacket underneath.

“Kade! You’re back.” Ellie. “Come in and get warm. We’ve been worried about you.” The concern in her voice warmed him more than the temperature in the kitchen.

“Sí, you should’ve come in sooner,” Maria chided, and if he hadn’t been so tired, he might have smiled. “I’ll get you a cup of coffee,” she said.