Rough Rider & Matchmaking with a Mission by B.J. Daniels

Author:B.J. Daniels
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Three

McKenna called her Realtor friend right after breakfast to find out what she knew about Harper House.

“You heard about the auction? Minimum bid is what is owed in back taxes, but I don’t expect it to go much higher than that given the condition of the house. It’s really a white elephant. Why don’t you let me show you some houses that don’t need so much work?”

“Don’t try to talk me out of it,” McKenna said with a laugh. It amazed her that April sold anything the way she always tried to discourage buyers. “If the price doesn’t go too high, I intend to buy it.”

She had worked all through college, saving the money her parents and Eve had sent her. She also had money from a savings account her grandma Nina Mae Cross had started for her when she was adopted into the family.

“With auctions, you just never know,” April said. “But I can’t imagine there would be that many people interested in the place. The property isn’t bad, though. The fences are in pretty good shape, and it does border your family ranch, so that is definitely a plus. The barn needs a new roof. But you might want to just tear down the house and build something smaller on the land.”

McKenna couldn’t imagine doing that. Something about that house had always interested her. She had just hung up when her cell phone rang.

“Have I got good news for you,” a female voice said.

She was about to hang up, thinking it was someone trying to sell her something, when she recognized the voice. “Arlene?”

“Who else?” Arlene Evans let out one of her braying laughs. She was a gangly, raw-boned ranch woman who’d had her share of problems over the last year or so, including her husband leaving her alone with two grown children still living at home and her oldest daughter in the state mental hospital.

McKenna had signed up for Arlene’s rural online dating service at a weak moment—following a wedding and some champagne. She now regretted it greatly.

It wasn’t a man she needed but the courage to do what she’d always wanted: start a horse ranch. She’d loved paint horses from the first time she’d seen one. Descended from horses introduced by the Spanish conquistadors, paints were part of the herds of wild horses that once roamed these very plains.

With paints becoming popular with cowboys for cattle work, McKenna believed she could make a good living raising them. If she could get the Harper property for the right price at the auction Saturday. It was all she could think about.

“I’ve found you just the man,” Arlene gushed. “He’s perfect for you. I hear wedding bells already.”

“Slow down,” McKenna said, wishing she’d read the small print to see how she could get out of this.

“He’s handsome, a hard worker, loves horses and long walks and...did I mention he’s handsome?” Arlene laughed again, making McKenna wince. “He’s going to be out of the cell phone service area until Saturday night, so he’ll meet you at Northern Lights restaurant at seven.

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