His Prairie Princess (Prairie Brides) by Morgan Kit

Author:Morgan, Kit [Morgan, Kit]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Angel Creek Press
Published: 2013-03-02T22:00:00+00:00

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Harrison rushed into the kitchen so fast he nearly knocked Doc over. “Blazes, boy! What’s the trouble? The house on fire?” Harrison glanced toward the parlor down the hall then back to him.

“Oh, I see. The house ain’t on fire but you sure are! Did ya kiss her?”

Harrison straightened. “Good Heaven’s no!”

Doc slammed the lid back on the stewpot. He’d been sneaking a bite when Harrison all but ran him over. “Well why not? What’s the matter with you? The prettiest girl around for a hundred miles and you’re telling me you didn’t kiss her?”

“She’ll hear you.”

“I hope she does!”

“Kissing her would have been a travesty.”

“A what?”

“A mistake.”

Doc stared at him a moment. Both heads turned at the sound of Sadie running up the stairs, closely followed by the slam of a door. “Well you can bet she heardthat!” Doc scolded.

Harrison sank heavily into the nearest chair. “It’s not that I didn’t want to. But I don’t want her to think the wrong thing.”

“This is Clear Creek, boy. Women are more than just scarce. They’re practically non-existent. I’m telling you right now, if you fancy that pretty little thing you’d best stake claim on her before someone else does.”

“But when her father comes ...”

“I don’t care none about her father! I saw my Sarah for the first time and two weeks later we were married. And that was in Philadelphia! After we settled in Kansas I brought more than my share of babies into the world, a lot of which came out west with us. Now those folks went on to Oregon City. Most of them are probably married by now. But this is Clear Creek. Your chances of finding a woman out here are slim to none. But look at you! The good Lord saw fit to drop one right in front of you!”

Harrison felt like a cad. He wanted to kiss her all right. Really kiss her. Kiss her until she swooned in fact. But Mrs. Dunnigan had the town thinking Sadie was no better than her mother. He didn’t want to do anything to add fuel to the fire. He wanted more time with her. Escorting Sadie back to her ranch with a few of the Sheriff’s men and meeting her father would give him that time. Not to mention, now that he thought of it, time to think of a good reason Mr. Jones should let him marry her. Doc was right. If he wanted her he needed to do something about it. But there were obstacles, namely Harrison Cooke hadn’t a penny to his name.

First he had to deal with his current dilemma. Convincing Sadie's father he could provide for her paled against the fact she obviously thought he didn’t care a whit about her. He just wanted her body. Which he did, but with a wedding ring attached and that meant he wanted her heart. He would have to explain it to her. Yes, he’d march up there right now and tell her how he felt.

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