Harlequin Western Romance February 2017 Box Set by Cathy Gillen Thacker

Author:Cathy Gillen Thacker
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488013850
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-09-15T00:00:00+00:00

EPILOGUE

It was controlled chaos in the campaign office of one Sheriff Bren Connelly. The final moments had kicked down and at any second a winner would be declared.

“Well, if we don’t pull this off, it won’t be for lack of trying,” said Jerry, the man sweating even though it was a cool June evening.

“If we don’t pull this off, I’m never hiring you again,” Bren said, resplendent in his black sheriff’s uniform. Around him were a number of his deputies, and even though it really shouldn’t surprise her, Lauren was touched by the support. They had no way of knowing if Bren would win. Everyone had known it would be a tight race, and it had been. Right now the polls showed Bren leading by a narrow 5 percent margin, but that could change.

She glanced at the clock.

“Relax, honey, I’ve got this.”

She glanced up at the man she loved and knew he did have this. Whatever the outcome was, they would be okay.

“I just wish it were over already,” she admitted.

“It will be soon,” said her brother, coming up to stand alongside her. He’d recently returned from yet another one of his business trips. The last one for a while, he’d promised. She hoped so, because she’d set up a surprise. She’d be moving out of the apartment soon and in with Bren. She didn’t want Jax rambling around in his big old home all by himself, so she’d suggested he hire a housekeeper/cook, a woman named Naomi Jones who came highly recommended. He would grumble when she told him about the interview she’d set up, but he had no choice. She wanted her brother to be happy, and it just so happened that Naomi was gorgeous. Bren said she was trying to matchmake. Kyle wasn’t so couth. He’d called her a pimp. She’d threatened to wash his mouth out with soap.

A hand slipped into her own.

“Whatever happens,” he said for her ears only.

“Whatever happens.”

It’d become their slogan in recent weeks. She looked up and smiled. He clutched her hand so hard the brand-new two-carat diamond ring that still felt strange on her finger must have left a dent in his own palm. She knew then that he wasn’t as blasé as he might seem.

Whatever happened.

They’d done everything they could to help him win. Jerry had been a miracle worker. When they’d announced to the world that they were a couple, Jerry had immediately gone to work. He’d enlisted the aid of a PR strategist, a woman named Emily who’d worked her butt off to take care of damage control. As it turned out, there was no damage. The citizens of Via Del Caballo were a lot more laid-back about their age difference than they’d given them credit for. Sure, there’d been a few snickers here and there, but nobody had really cared and Emily had made sure that the citizens of Via Del Caballo all knew that she was about to graduate in the fall with a bachelor of science in nursing.

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