Hitched by Ann Jacobs

Author:Ann Jacobs [Jacobs, Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Published: 2011-01-16T23:44:09.905000+00:00

Ann Jacobs

family and his animals, accepted responsibility for friends and family when they needed help. It came to Keely that Brad ran Roped and Lassoed as much to meet the needs of others in the lifestyle as to satisfy his own Dominant nature. He’d taken over and managed Diana’s as well as his own huge land holdings while she was in rehab.

And how could she keep herself from falling in love with a man who’d tromp through hip-deep snow to rescue one small, stubborn calf?

“Come on inside the barn before you freeze out there,” he yelled over the shrill sound off the wind as he moved toward the barn door. It wasn’t an order, but Keely found herself wanting to obey, and not just because she was getting chilled despite the fact she was wearing several layers of cold-weather clothes. Inside, she grabbed a towel off one of the stall rails and went down on her knees to wipe down the shivering baby.

Brad found another towel and knelt beside her. “Do it a little harder, sweetheart.

He’s got a tough little hide, and we need to get him warm before he runs off to find his mother.” He looked over at her and smiled. “I’m surprised you didn’t want to stay in the house out of the cold, but I’m glad you came out with me. You never told me you knew your way around barns and stables.”

Putting a little more muscle into rubbing the calf’s side, Keely considered how long it had been since she lived with her parents on a small ranch outside Laramie. “I’ve always loved the outdoors, and being around cattle and horses. But my close-up experience came when I was real young, before Daddy died.”

“Doesn’t matter about experience. What matters is that you care about animals as well as people.” The calf was getting restless by now, but they both kept on rubbing him until he bolted. “Guess the little guy’s thawed out enough now. What say we—”

Brad’s phone rang, and he snatched it out of his pocket. “Damn it, Jared, I told you to be careful. What the hell are you doing in the stable? Never mind. It doesn’t matter.

I’ll be right over, assuming one of the snowmobiles will start.”

He hung up and turned to Keely. “Jared hurt his good leg. Fool doesn’t want Ninia to find out. Want to take a ride on a snowmobile?”

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