Sweet Callahan Homecoming
by Tina
Leonard
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BLURB:
Will
Ashlyn Callahan finally find her magic?
The last Callahan rides in the exciting conclusion to the bestselling
series, The Callahan Cowobys!
Four
Babies—and Her Whole Family—to Protect
Ashlyn
Callahan has always known that her fate can only bring danger to those she
loves. That's why she flees Rancho Diablo—and the ornery cowboy she loves—to
hide out in Texas Hill Country. But all hell breaks loose when Xavier Phillips
finds her…and her four newborn babies.
Xav
finally tracks down his warrior woman—only to discover she's the mother of two
perfect little boys and two perfect little girls. And he's the father! Now Ash
has to marry him. With the future of Ash's entire clan at stake, Xav is ready
to lay his life on the line to safeguard the family legacy. Not to mention
create a homecoming—and a wedding!—worthy of his Chacon Callahan bride!
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EXCERPT
Ash Callahan
wasn’t easy to track. She used only cash. There were no phone calls, no
computer emails to track. It was as if she’d disappeared—which she’d obviously
intended to do.
In the end,
he’d gone to Running Bear for direction, only to be amazed that Running Bear
hadn’t heard from Ash, either. Those two shared the same untamed spirit.
But Xav got a
pointer or two from Running Bear that sent him on a path to find her. Now he
shifted on the white-painted porch, hearing footsteps inside, hoping his
journey wasn’t a dead end. It had been too many months since he’d held the love
of his life in his arms.
A middle-aged
woman opened the door, a questioning frown on her face. “Yes?”
“Hi.” He gave
her his most friendly smile. “I’m Xav Phillips, from Diablo, New Mexico. I’m
looking for a woman named Ashlyn Callahan.”
The woman
shook her head, glancing over her shoulder when a baby’s cry burst in the
background. “I’m sorry, no. I’ve never heard of her.”
He couldn’t
say what made him linger on the porch. Maybe it was because he’d come so far
and was so disappointed to find his search turning up a dead end again. Another
baby’s cries joined the first, sending up a wail of epic proportions between
them, which made the woman anxiously begin to back away.
“Excuse me,”
she said, “good luck finding whomever you’re looking for.”
She closed
the door. Xav hesitated, then leaned his ear against the wood. He heard soft
voices inside comforting the babies, and then unbelievably, he heard a voice
he’d know any day, any night, whether he was awake, asleep or even in a coma.
“Sweet baby,
don’t fuss. My little prince,” he heard Ash say, and in a flash, he slid over
to the enormous glass window framing the Christmas tree so he could peer
cautiously inside the house.
Behind the
large, ruffle-branched Christmas tree, four white bassinets lay together in a
room decorated for the holidays amid beautifully wrapped gifts. He held his
breath, watching Ash comfort a tiny infant boy. Ash’s shock of pale hair had
grown into a waterfall of silver liquid she wore in a ponytail. Xav grew warm
all over despite the cold, and Cupid’s arrow shot right into his heart, the
same way it had every time he’d ever gotten within two miles of her.
He was head
over heels in love with her, and nine long months apart had done nothing to
diminish those emotions. The ring in his pocket practically burned, reminding
him how long he’d waited to ask her to marry him.
She put the
baby down and picked up another, a sweet, pink-pajamaed little girl, and Xav’s
heart felt like it splatted on the ground. She acted as if these were her
children, so loving and gentle was she as she held them. Xav was poleaxed with
new thoughts of making Ash a mother. Motherhood and Ash weren’t a combination
he’d ever really put together in his head, but watching her with these children
made him realize his original proposal wasn’t the one he wanted to offer her.
He didn’t
want to fall back on a business arrangement to save his ego.
No, he was
going all in. He was going to tell her the truth about the shot she’d allegedly
fired at Wolf, because clearly that was why she was hiding out here, helping
the older lady babysit her family’s babies. Or maybe she ran a babysitting
service. It didn’t matter. The point was, Ash was in hiding and he was going to
tell her the truth: She was not the hunted one. She was not destined to bring
destruction to Rancho Diablo and her family.
And then he
was going to ask her to be his wife.
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
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Today bestselling and award-winning author Tina Leonard writes with humor,
sexiness, and fun. With nearly three million books sold, she plans to keep
writing the stories readers enjoy. Her schedule keeps her very busy creating
independent heroines and the irresistible heroes who love them. Visit Tina at
www.tinaleonard.com, www.twitter.com/Tina_Leonard,
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