His Callahan Bride's Baby (Callahan Cowboys) by Leonard Tina

Author:Leonard, Tina [Leonard, Tina]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-04-01T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Falcon got up the next morning, his whole world bright. In the next room lay the woman he’d been trying to catch for months, pregnant with his daughter. He grinned, stretched, punched the air. Life was getting better all the time.

If he could just get Taylor to the altar.

“At least I ran off ol’ Benton.” He packed his suitcase, got ready to check out. Last night had stretched long without Taylor. He hadn’t tried to entice her into his room, and so he’d lain awake, his mind racing, too excited to sleep. Somehow he had to convince Taylor that a Christmas wedding was an absolute necessity. He didn’t want his daughter ever thinking her father had been a slacker.

Taylor could be stubborn, though, in the same league as Fiona and Ash. Wrangling her to the altar would take skill, finesse. A sure, patient hand.

“I’m in over my head,” he muttered. He was much more the get-the-job-done kind of guy, and that approach wasn’t going to work with Diablo’s best girl.

He picked up his suitcase, went to find his little woman. She didn’t answer when he knocked. Checking his watch, he tried not to be concerned. Their flight left in a couple of hours; they should be on their way to the airport.

Maybe she was downstairs eating breakfast. “My daughter was probably hungry,” he said proudly. Callahans were good eaters, and Emma would likely follow the family tradition. He went down to find Taylor, and when he couldn’t, he headed over to the desk.

“Mrs. Callahan took the early flight back, Mr. Callahan,” the desk clerk said, and Falcon was so stunned, he didn’t even notice the Mrs. Callahan bit.

“The early flight?”

“Yes, sir. She said she had a change in plans.”

“Thank you.” Falcon slunk back to the room to get his suitcase. That little devil! He knew exactly what she was up to: she hadn’t wanted to return with him. The whole town of Diablo would have been agog with gossip at them returning together. He hadn’t thought about it, but no one knew he’d joined Taylor and her mom on their trip.

“That little devil,” he muttered. “She gave me the slip.”

It was a week until Christmas. All he wanted for Christmas was a bride, his bride.

She was harder to catch than a shooting star.

He was going to have to figure out a way to do it.

* * *

TWO DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS, Falcon still hadn’t figured out how he was going to settle his footloose lady.

“Romance isn’t for lightweights,” Ash said. “It’s really more for tough guys.”

He didn’t point out that his sister’s face was longer than a shadow. “Still haven’t heard from Xav?”

“Stay on you, brother. I can handle my issue. My love interest isn’t having a baby.”

Still, her face was glum, despite her brave words. Falcon saddled his horse and pondered his dumb luck. “According to Jillian, Taylor says she needs time away from all men. So she went to stay with friends up north. Since her

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