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He looked downright irresistible.

Propped alongside his daughters in their bed, he was engaged in his nightly ritual of bedtime. The girls were sleepy as he read them a story.

Marissa took a moment to look at him, so handsome, so sexy.

She just stepped into the room when one of the girls said, “Daddy, we’ve been thinking.”

“Thinking about what?” Grady asked.

“That we’d like to have a new mommy,” she announced, so innocent it tugged at Marissa’s heart. “And if you married Marissa, she’d be our new mommy.”

The room was so quiet you could hear the proverbial pin drop. That’s all Marissa could think of as the child’s announcement echoed around the room.

Then blood rushed from her face and she gave a tiny gasp. Grady’s neck snapped around and he looked at her. Stared at her. Through her. Into that place she allowed only him.

She waited for him to gently tell his daughter that it was impossible. That people only got married when they were in love.

What he said made her heart pound …

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The Cedar River Cowboys: Riding into town with romance on their minds!