A Rancher's Vow by Patricia Rosemoor

Author:Patricia Rosemoor
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-12-26T16:00:00+00:00

REED WASN’T CERTAIN how he managed to get through his own wedding party. The ceremony had gone well enough, but immediately afterward, Pa had managed to set him on edge. For one heart-stopping moment, he’d thought the old man was going to face down Tucker about the mortgage right there in the midst of the celebration.

Thank God for Felice.

Now the guests had gone, all but Tucker. Even Josie had vacated her room for the night—Bart’s woman was bunking in with Lainey to give them a night of complete privacy.

As the time for him to be alone with his new wife approached, Reed was experiencing a different kind of tension, one he couldn’t quite delineate. It wasn’t as if he hadn’t had his share of women, after all.

“Daddy, you can’t drive home,” Alcina protested when Tucker tried to get his coat from the hall closet. “Not on those roads in this snow. There’s no rush for you to get back to Taos, anyway. And we have plenty of rooms available, as you well know.”

“But this is your first night together as man and wife,” Tucker protested. “I don’t want to impose.”

“You’re not imposing. You’re family. I expect you to stay. So does Reed. Right, Reed?”

“Yes, of course.”

There went the complete privacy, but how could he argue with her logic?

“All right, sweetheart, anything you say.”

“Good. Then let me show you to your room and make sure you have everything you need. And if you’re hungry, I can zap something in the microwave and bring it up to you.”

“That’s very thoughtful,” Tucker said. “I could use some food with a little substance.”

Reed watched father and daughter ascend the stairs, arm-in-arm. Alcina glanced back once and made a what-else-was-I-supposed-to-do face at him.

So they wouldn’t be alone, after all, Reed thought. Great. As if he didn’t have enough to strangle his gut as it was.

His motive for asking Alcina to marry him in the first place hadn’t been pure, a fact that had been eating away at him all week, even though he’d put it to her as a business deal. That still wasn’t totally honest, which she deserved. She would never have accepted if she’d known he’d only asked in an attempt to save the ranch through leverage with her father. And he’d done so at Pa’s suggestion. He feared he was more like Pa than he wanted to admit.

And the business part bothered him, anyway. It didn’t seem like business to him when he’d held Alcina in his arms. Kissing her had been very, very personal…as was what would happen between them once she got her father settled in.

He’d been awake most of the previous night.

Thinking about holding Alcina in his arms…undressing her…exploring her lush body to his heart’s content. The imagining had made him hard with raw hunger for her. He’d wanted to make her moan…make her beg for more…make her cry out in completion.

And now they wouldn’t even be alone.

Unable to relax, Reed paced the length of the parlor, trying to determine the best way to approach the awkward situation.

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