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Оглавление Wed to the Texan by Sara Orwig
When had a woman turned him down?
Jake’s pulse quickened. He hadn’t found love in thirty-two years, and he didn’t think he would in time to get what he wanted. He needed a wife to start a family with as quickly as possible. “I’ve been thinking about my future, Emily. And I’ve come to a decision. We should think about a marriage of convenience.”
“Marriage!” she gasped.
“That’s right. A marriage entered into with calm heads and logical planning. A marriage that will satisfy our needs, yet remain practical. We’ve worked together for several years. It’s ideal.”
“It’s preposterous!” she exclaimed.
“It’s perfect,” he said, taking her hand in his. “Emily, will you marry me?”
Taming Clint Westmoreland by Brenda Jackson
“I have better things to do with my time than entertain you for the next thirty days.”
She immediately saw red. “Entertain me? I guess you’re assuming if we do decide to live together for the next month it will be here, at your place.”
He shrugged as if to ease the tension in his shoulders and said, “Of course.”
She frowned. He sounded so sure and confident. “Wrong,” she said, taking great joy in bursting his bubble.
His eyes narrowed into slits as he continued to glare at her. “And just where do you assume you’ll stay?”
She glared back. “It’s not where I’ll stay, but where you’ll stay. I’m returning to Waco and if you want to fulfil the terms of the decree you will, too!”
