World rodeo champ Clayton Rankin had honorably married Rena when she’d gotten pregnant…hell, he’d given the twins his name!
He’d provided a fifteen-hundred-acre ranch near Austin, cattle, and every luxury money could buy. Trouble was, a four-time roping champ didn’t have a lick of practice at opening up his heart.
When Rena packed up four-year-old twins Brandon and Brittany for a drafty fixer-upper in Salado, Clayton had to track them down. Truth was, soothing chicken-pox blisters with magical sock mittens was a far cry from winning back an angry wife.
What more could a wife want? Cuddles? Well, cowboys don’t take too easily to cuddles. But Rena needed tenderness—and Clayton would do anything to keep his woman.
So he’d darn well convince his beautiful Texas bride that he was 100% husband material. Even if it meant a lifetime of tenderness…
Cowboy Romance: Clayton’s traveling buddy Pete Dugan tries to keep the peace while Clayton hauls his horse trailer between Oklahoma and Texas, desperate to prove he can offer more than rodeo buckles.Second Chance: After four years of emotional silence following a hasty courthouse wedding, Rena refuses to settle for shared bedsheets and demands the one thing Clayton has never spoken aloud.Small Town Setting: Leaving behind her wealthy parents in Tulsa, Rena sets up her new By Design decorating shop in Salado while trying to build a life on her own terms.Forced Proximity: Sharing close quarters under a fixer-upper roof to nurse sick twins forces Clayton to confront the buried childhood abandonment that kept him from opening his heart.Also by This Author: Merger of Fortunes, SÓLO POR TI and The Texan's Business Proposition.
