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“This is a matter of the future, yours and the baby’s.”

Nancy stared out over the corral. “But marriage? I just buried my husband.”

His gut bunched at the memory. “I know. But I also know you’re going to be too busy soon to run a ranch. And that baby will need a father.”

Tears were gathering in her eyes again. “That’s true,” she murmured. “But I’m not ready to be a wife.”

“And I’m none too ready to be a husband,” Hank assured her. “But I made you a promise, and I intend to keep it.”

The tears were falling now. “Oh, Hank, that’s so kind of you. I don’t know what to say.”

Kindness wasn’t his reason, but he didn’t correct her.

“Just think on it,” he urged, fisting his hands to keep from wiping the tears from her cheeks. “And I’ll understand if you’d rather find a better fellow than me.”

She turned then and stood on tiptoe to press a kiss against his cheek. “I’m beginning to think there is no finer fellow than you,” she murmured.

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LONE STAR COWBOY LEAGUE:

THE FOUNDING YEARS—

Bighearted ranchers in small-town Texas

Stand-In Rancher Daddy—

Renee Ryan, July 2016

A Family for the Rancher—

Louise M. Gouge, August 2016

A Rancher of Convenience—

Regina Scott, September 2016