Five-Star Cowboy by Charlene Sands

Author:Charlene Sands [Charlene Sands]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2008-03-18T23:00:00+00:00

It was an old-fashioned baby shower the way Julia and Laney had always planned while sitting together in their Queen of the Island chairs at the beachfront café back in Los Angeles when they were young girls dreaming their grown-up dreams.

Julia had a massive white tent set up by the lake, only a stone’s throw from the dock. Tables for eight covered with blue-and-white tablecloths were decorated with flower arrangements, little glass baby bottles filled with candy and teeny hand-knitted baby bootie favors.

She had games set on the tables, ready to go, and if the men in the group groaned, Julia wouldn’t care. They’d play the toilet paper wraparound to guess Laney’s belly size and do baby crossword puzzles.

An ice sculpture shaped like a baby holding a bottle in a bassinet sweated a bit in the Arizona morning heat, but Julia had been assured that it had three full hours of ice-life, before dripping into a puddle.

The invited guests were in their seats, and with the flaps to three sides of the great tent down they were hidden from view to anyone walking out of the hotel’s back entrance. All was ready and Julia waited impatiently now, anxious to pull off the surprise and see her friends.

Brock Tyler, Trent’s brother, sidled up next to her. “Trent said they’ve arrived and settled into their room. He’s bringing them outside now for a tour of the grounds.”

“Thank you,” she said, staring into the same deep, dark Tyler eyes. Brock was handsome, but not in a rugged, no-nonsense way like Trent. With his hands thrust in the pockets of his pleated black slacks, wearing custom-tailored Armani, Brock had a devil-may-care look about him.

A heartbreaker of a different kind, she presumed.

“Sure glad Evan’s having the first Tyler grandchild,” he said with a grin. “Takes the pressure off.”

“Your mother is thrilled.”

“Enough to lay off me and Trent for a while?”

Julia shrugged. “I don’t know her that well, but I suppose she’ll want more grandchildren…eventually.”

“That’d be Trent’s job next.”

Julia snapped her head up, envisioning Trent as a father.

Brock stared at her, caught her contemplating, and winked with a knowing nod. “I thought so.”

“What?” she asked, his cocksure expression claiming that he already knew too much about her relationship with his brother.

He leaned over and whispered in her ear, “If my brother’s not dating you, I’d worry about him.”

“Oh, we’re not dat—”

“Here they come,” Kim called out, waving her cell phone. “I’ve got spies who said they just exited the hotel.”

Brock ushered her inside the tent and she checked the flaps again, making sure they were secure. “Please, everyone, stay as quiet as you can. Trent will bring them around to the open end of the tent.”

Just minutes later, Trent led Evan and Laney to the front side of the tent facing Destiny Lake.

“Surprise!” everyone called out.

Laney took a step back, her eyes widening and her expression filled with astonishment. She scanned over the tables, at all of her closest friends and family standing now with smiles, clapping and applauding.

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