Unmasking The Maverick (Montana Mavericks: The Lonelyhearts Ranch Book 4) by Teresa Southwick

Author:Teresa Southwick [Southwick, Teresa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction, Forever Love, Bachelor, Single Woman, Sensual, Hearts Desire, Lifetime Love, Life-Changes, Second Chances, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Romantic Schemes, Small Town & Rural Area, Cowboy & Western Romance, Beautiful & Feisty, Love-Family & Forever, Action & Adventure, Rust Creek Falls, Montana Mavericks, The Lonelyhearts Ranch Series, Military Service, Former Marine, Stockton Ranch, Animals-Horses & Cattle
Publisher: Harlequin Special Edition; Original Edition
Published: 2018-10-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Brendan’s last delivery of the day was a repaired toaster oven. After reluctantly accepting payment, he walked away with a broken vacuum cleaner. He put it in the rear passenger section of his truck with the other things folks had given him to fix. It seemed customer satisfaction was so high he had as many broken items as before, and that didn’t include the list of ranch jobs he’d promised to do. Job security if he wanted it.

The last stop had been on North Broomtail Road, and Daisy’s Donuts was ahead on the right. He knew he could get a cup of coffee there and that sounded pretty good right about now. So he pulled into the lot behind the store and parked. As he walked inside, the sweet baked goods smell made his stomach rumble. He couldn’t remember whether or not he’d eaten lunch.

This was where Eva Stockton worked, doing the baking, but he didn’t think she’d be here now. Since it was coming up on dinnertime, most likely she would be home, cooking for her husband.

A feeling of loneliness seasoned with a dash of envy rolled through him. It was a little surprising that he so quickly recognized the emotions since they were rare for him. He’d always been a little smug about having everything he needed. Then he came to Sunshine Farm and realized he had nothing. That was another reason why he was leaning toward reenlistment.

He glanced around at the empty tables of the shop and at the glass display case. There weren’t many customers this late in the day. Before he could approach the counter, the bell tinkled over the door he’d just walked through.

Automatically he turned to see who came in and recognized Fiona. He was really happy to see her, no two ways about it. Loneliness retreated and her sunny smile chased away the darkness. A man could get used to that. In fact, every time he saw her it was like the first time, when he felt as if he’d been smacked upside the head with a two-by-four. In a good way.

He was grinning like a fool and didn’t care. Maybe it was low blood sugar. “Hi.”

“I thought that was your truck in the parking lot.” She moved close and looked up at him. “In Montana a Texas license plate sticks out like a fly in milk.”

“So this isn’t a coincidence.”

“Only in the sense that I was at the newspaper the same time you stopped here,” she said.

So it had been deliberate on her part to come inside and see him. The fact that she’d made the effort had him feeling pretty doggone good.

“What were you doing at the Gazette?”

“I’m following up on my promise to Luke—to organize his first annual Halloween party fund-raiser.” She glanced through the big window to the newspaper building across the parking lot. “Every edition of the paper has a list of what’s going on here in town. My friend works there. She’ll give Luke’s foundation benefit good play.

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