The Perfect Homecoming (Pine River) by London Julia

Author:London, Julia [London, Julia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2015-02-24T08:00:00+00:00

When Luke pulled into the drive in front of the house, Madeline bounded out onto the porch, but halted on the top step. Cooper opened the passenger door, and her face lit with delight. “Hey!” she said, hopping down the steps. “What a nice surprise!”

“Hello, Madeline,” Cooper said.

“I invited him for dinner,” Luke said, coming around the back of his truck. He planted a kiss on the top of her head. “Hope you don’t mind.”

“Of course I don’t mind,” she said, poking Luke in the ribs. “It’s lasagna. That’s all we ever eat around here. Come in, Cooper! Libby and Sam are in the kitchen.”

Cooper cleaned off his boots as best he could, then walked in to meet Libby and her boyfriend, Sam Winters. Sam was a deputy sheriff, he said, and looked a little like Luke—big, muscular, and trim. He had the shadow of a beard and dark golden-brown hair that was longer than was stylish. He was quiet, and he didn’t say much, but Cooper could see how much he adored Libby.

Libby practically leapt into Cooper’s arms. “I can’t believe it!” she said breathlessly, hugging him as if they were cousins instead of slight acquaintances. “Cooper, right? Is it okay if we call you Cooper?”

“Let him breathe, baby,” Sam said low.

Libby laughed and pushed her dark corkscrew curls out of her eyes. “I hope you like lasagna. That’s all Madeline ever makes.”

“It’s not the only thing!” Madeline protested from the kitchen.

“Cooper is going to shower in the guest bath,” Luke said. “I’m going to grab a shirt for him to borrow.”

Cooper and Sam chatted about all the places Luke had taken Cooper today as they waited for Luke to return with a clean shirt. Once Sam understood what Cooper was doing in town, he was very interested, too. “I don’t know how you feel about fly-fishing, but I can show you some of the best waters in Colorado for it.”

“Oh, please, say you’ll go with him, Cooper,” Libby begged. “Then I don’t have to.”

“You don’t like to fish?”

“I have no idea if I like it or not. But I am very sure I don’t like hooks in my face.”

Cooper looked at Sam; Sam grinned fondly at Libby. “She’s heard one too many tales from Tag down at Tag’s Outfitters,” he said.

Luke returned with a clean T-shirt and showed him to a shower. When Cooper had cleaned up, and had combed his fingers through his hair to tame it as best he could, he made his way back to the front of the house. He stepped outside and jogged down the steps to Luke’s truck to toss his dirty shirt inside, and noticed that the temperature had taken quite a dip since they’d come up to the ranch.

Cooper returned to the house, pausing at the front door to clean the bottom of his boots again on the welcome mat. He heard someone on the stairs and looked up; a moment later, a pair of very shapely legs in skintight jeans came into view.

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