Catherine Mann – Hot Holiday Rancher (страница 1)
Being stranded for Christmas
never had so much sizzle!
Texas Cattleman’s Club member Jesse Stevens just hired a matchmaker to lure an appropriate wife to his remote ranch. But when a flash flood dumps Houston heiress Esme Perry on his doorstep instead, days before Christmas, is it a sign? Esme is smart, sexy…and a big-city girl to the core. Totally wrong for him. So why can’t they keep their hands off each other?
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Hot Holiday Rancher
Catherine Mann
ISBN: 978-1-474-09278-4
HOT HOLIDAY RANCHER
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To my children, the best gift all year round!
Contents
Note to Readers
Esme Perry had basked in the sun on a private beach in the South of France. She’d surfed with the best of them in California, Hawaii and Australia. But not even the threat of heatstroke or sharks had concerned her as much as the rush of water rolling down the country Texas back road toward her low-slung Porsche.
Rain sheeting against her windshield, Esme shifted into Reverse, willing her pulse to slow.
Not that she had a choice but to move. Flash floods were dangerous, especially in the country.