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One Heart to Win Page 31

by Johanna Lindsey


“Next Sunday sounds wonderful.”

“You’ll have to move a bed to the porch for me.” She rolled her eyes, but he added, “I’m not kidding. But next Sunday is a nice date. We might even get our house built by then.”

“Now that’s absurd. There’s no way—”

“You’d be surprised, actually, I guess you will be. We’ve got carpenters, even masons, and one heck of a lot of people who will want to pitch in to see it happen. A barn can be built in a day. A fancy house will take a few days more. And you can design it however you want—if you want one here.”

He was suddenly looking a little worried, for having jumped the gun. She assured him by saying, “I thought we might take a trip to New York after the house is finished. We can pick out furniture together. And I can show you where I grew up, introduce you to my friends—”

“And talk me into staying? I will, you know, if that’s what you want. I don’t care where we live, as long as we’re together.”

“You’d do that for me?”

“I’d do anything for you.”

She wasn’t really surprised that he’d say that. It was part of his charm, just one of the many reasons she’d fallen in love with him.

“Lucky for you, I’m partial to Montana sunsets,” she teased. “Among other things. And I think we can find an empty bed for you in the house.”

Drawn by his looks, roped in by his charm, her heart had been won by this man. It made her smile quite brilliantly to realize that her grandchildren were going to be cowboys after all.

JOHANNA LINDSEY celebrates the publication of her fiftieth novel with One Heart to Win. World renowned for her “mastery of historical romance” (Entertainment Weekly), she has sold more than sixty million copies of her novels; all of her previous novels are national bestsellers, and many have reached the #1 spot on the New York Times bestseller list. Lindsey lives in New Hampshire with her family.

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This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Lindsey, Johanna

One heart to win / Johanna Lindsey. — First Gallery Books hardcover edition.

pages cm

I. Title.

PS3562.I5123O53 2013

813’.54—dc23

2013011681

ISBN 978-1-4767-1426-4

ISBN 978-1-4767-1430-1 (ebook)

CONTENTS

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-One

Chapter Twenty-Two

Chapter Twenty-Three

Chapter Twenty-Four

Chapter Twenty-Five

Chapter Twenty-Six

Chapter Twenty-Seven

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Chapter Thirty

Chapter Thirty-One

Chapter Thirty-Two

Chapter Thirty-Three

Chapter Thirty-Four

Chapter Thirty-Five

Chapter Thirty-Six

Chapter Thirty-Seven

Chapter Thirty-Eight

Chapter Thirty-Nine

Chapter Forty

Chapter Forty-One

Chapter Forty-Two

Chapter Forty-Three

Chapter Forty-Four

Chapter Forty-Five

Chapter Forty-Six

Chapter Forty-Seven

Chapter Forty-Eight

Chapter Forty-Nine

Chapter Fifty

Chapter Fifty-One

Chapter Fifty-Two

Chapter Fifty-Three

Chapter Fifty-Four

About Johanna Lindsey