Warrior Heart by Jane Bonander

Author:Jane Bonander [Bonander, Jane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯)
ISBN: 9780671529819
Publisher: Pocket
Published: 1997-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

13

Jackson stewed, pacing the jailhouse floor. What did the woman have to think about? As Dawn Twilight’s natural father, his custody was assured. He was offering to share his daughter with Libby, and it wouldn’t be a bad life. He was eager to settle down. He knew she suspected he’d leave again, but if she dragged her feet because she didn’t want to live with him, then she ought to be grateful if he did leave, for she’d still have his daughter.

But he wasn’t leaving, and it rankled that she wasn’t more amenable to his offer. Never again would he abandon Dawn Twilight. He’d lost too much precious time as it was. And as his thirty years pressed in around him, he longed for a peaceful life, one filled with many children and a warm, willing woman.

He’d been attracted to Libby O’Malley that very first day. Who wouldn’t have been? Not only was she capable, sensible, and strong, but there was a lushness about her that she couldn’t hide, no matter how tart her tongue. Her fury at discovering who he was had only added to her passion. Pasty, passionless people neither loved nor hated. Libby O’Malley did both with a vengeance.

Jackson cursed. Ever since Corey had suggested the possibility of a union with Libby, it had been on his mind. But he’d seen the fear in her eyes. Fear of what? She wasn’t a naive little virgin, afraid of intimacy; she’d been married before. Even so, fool that he was, he’d assured her he wouldn’t touch her until she was ready—if ever.

Other than that, what more could he promise? He’d do anything to keep Dawn Twilight’s love. Why wouldn’t she?

There had been a time when he would not have given a damn about any person who stood between him and his daughter. Even though it wasn’t intentional on her part, Libby had made him see that for Dawn Twilight to be happy, she must have both of them. Now he had to convince her that getting married was the right thing to do. But that had to be done properly. He’d have to court her, and courting wasn’t an easy concept for him. Women were usually more interested in him than he was in them. It had been a long, long time since he’d had to work at it.

His thoughts continued to grind away in his mind until the door opened behind him. It hit the wall with such force that the windows rattled.

Jackson turned, finding an impatient Danel Mateo filling the doorway. “Danel, what can I do for you?”

“They done it again, Sheriff. They done it again. They poisoned another herd of my sheep.”

Grabbing his hat, Jackson ordered, “Take me there, Danel. I want to see for myself.”

They rode east, into the low hills that rolled at the foot of the mountains, into the land of lush grasses and tree-lined rivers.

“Damned s.o.b. gunnysackers,” Danel growled, his drooping black mustache twitching with anger.

Gunnysackers, as Jackson had come to learn,

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