A Cowboy's Temptation by Barbara Dunlop

Author:Barbara Dunlop
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-09-03T07:00:00+00:00

Seven

Despite the interruption, Darby’s guests enjoyed the next three days of their stay at Sierra Hotel. And overtop of Marta’s objections, Darby put some focus on toning down the railway rhetoric. They revised the website and sent a letter to the editor in favor of civil debate and discourse, talking about the fairness of the referendum process and encouraging people to vote.

Though everyone in Lyndon knew about the shotgun and air horn incident, and many of the anti-railway faction were incensed by it, Darby hoped she’d done her part to tone things down. At the end of the week, the guests departed.

With the rooms all cleaned, and no new guests due for several days, Darby gave her four staff members some time off. No sooner had they all left, and she’d curled up in the great room with a promising biography, than a vehicle pulled up in the driveway.

Disappointed, she rolled to her feet, making her way to the door, hoping it wasn’t a tourist looking for a room to rent. She hated to turn people away, but she wasn’t in the business of general tourism.

Out on the porch, she was surprised to see Abigail Rainer and her two sisters, Mandy and Katrina, getting out of the car.

“You said to come by and see the place,” Abigail called with a wave as they crossed the gravel turnaround. “Is this a bad time?”

“Not at all,” Darby replied, hurrying down to meet them, quickly deciding her reading could wait. This would be a golden opportunity to present her case to Seth’s three sisters.

“This is gorgeous,” said Katrina, craning her elegant neck to take in the front of the building. She wore detailed jeans and a white silk blouse. “How long has the bigger building been here?”

“I’ve been working on it for a couple of years now.”

When Darby inherited the property from her great-aunt, the roomy house had needed repairs. In order to turn it into Sierra Hotel, Darby had constructed an addition. The building was now six or seven times the original size.

Mandy joined them beside the SUV. She was dressed far more casually than her younger sister, in blue jeans and a blue flannel shirt, her chestnut hair pulled back in a ponytail.

“It reminds me of how long it’s been since I was up here,” she said. “I got along well with your aunt.”

“That’s good to know,” Darby acknowledged. “I only met her a couple of times, and I was pretty young.”

“Seriously?” Mandy asked.

“My mom wasn’t close to her family.”

“So this must have come as quite a surprise,” said Katrina.

“A good surprise,” said Darby.

Abigail arched her back against the weight of her protruding belly. “I absolutely love the deck.”

“There’s a bigger one out back,” said Darby. “It has a fantastic view of the lake.”

She motioned to the front porch. “If you’d like to see it, we can cut through the inn.”

While Mandy and Katrina chatted and walked ahead of them, Abigail fell into step beside Darby. “Seth seems worried about you,” she opened.

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