A Long Tall Texan Summer: Tom / Drew / Jobe

A Long Tall Texan Summer: Tom / Drew / Jobe
Diana Palmer

Three gorgeous, iron-willed men, forged under the hot Texan sunTom WalkerDiscovering he has a daughter could be stubborn Tom’s last chance to win back Elysia Craig, the mother of his child and the woman he lost so long ago.Drew MorrisWhen Kitty Carson became his receptionist, Drew didn’t know what had hit him. She attracted trouble like a magnet, making Drew determined to protect her!Jobe DoddNo one believed that this rugged rancher would ever settle down – until Sandy Regan made it her mission to tame him!Discover Diana… The author of over a hundred books, Diana Palmer is one of the top ten romance authors in America. This is sweeping, intense, passionate romance at its very best!

Praise for the novels of New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer

“Nobody does it better”

—New York Times bestselling author Linda Howard

“Palmer knows how to make the sparks fly.”

—Publishers Weekly

“Diana Palmer is a mesmerising storyteller

who captures the essence of what a

romance should be.”

—Affaire de Coeur

“Nobody tops Diana Palmer when it comes to delivering

pure, undiluted romance.

I love her stories.”

—New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz

About the Author

The prolific author of over one hundred books, DIANA PALMER got her start as a newspaper reporter. One of the top ten romance writers in America, she has a gift for telling the most sensual tales with charm and humour. Diana lives with her family in Georgia.

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OUTSIDER

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TRUE COLOURS

HEARTLESS

INNOCENCE PROTECTED

WED IN WINTER

DANGEROUS

A Long Tall

Texan Summer

Diana

Palmer

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For Kelly R, Donna B and Irene S

Prologue

“This bud of love, by summer’s ripening breath,

May prove a beauteous flower when next we meet.”

—William Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet, II, ii, 121

Tom Walker

“If love were what the rose is, And I were like the leaf, Our lives would grow together In sad or singing weather.”

—Algernon Charles Swinburne

A Match (1866), st. 1

Prologue

The christening was a delightful affair. It seemed that everyone in Jacobsville, Texas, was there to give their best wishes to Dr. Jebediah Coltrain and his wife, Dr. Louise Coltrain, on the birth of their son, John Daniel.

Afterward, at the reception, the champagne flowed like water. The beautiful day in mid-June was clear and warm.

Dr. Drew Morris was standing close to the punch bowl enjoying the company of his friends. Beside him stood Ted Regan and Ted’s foreman, Jobe Dodd, along with Ted’s sister, Sandy. Sandy was giving Jobe a black glare, which he was returning with interest. On the other side of him stood newcomer to town Tom Walker, who’d just opened an investment firm.