The Cowboy's Secret Baby

The Cowboy's Secret Baby
Karen Rose Smith

Suddenly a Father… When an injury forces Ty Conroy home to his family ranch, he comes face to face with a big secret. His son! Ty never anticipated being a dad, but there’s no denying that his amazing night with Marissa Lopez has come with consequences…Marissa wants to give Ty a chance as a father – so when he asks her to move to his ranch, she agrees. But Marissa knows that nothing – and no one – can keep a rodeo cowboy in one place. And when he left this time, she’d be damned if he’d take her heart with him… again.

He wastheirson.

And Ty was entranced with him.

He’d never really watched a baby’s antics before, and he was mesmerized—with more than Jordan. There was such a look of devotion on Marissa’s face. Her eyes sparkling with the joys of motherhood, she was absolutely beautiful. Beautiful in a way he hadn’t recognized before.

“I’ve never held a baby,” he admitted to her.

Her lips quirked up. “They’re just as squiggly as a baby calf.”

That analogy brought an unexpected chuckle from him. “Okay.” He’d held on to baby calves before.

Marissa was close enough that he caught the scent of her. Oh, how he remembered that scent. That night he’d made love to her, her hair had smelled like flowers, and that’s the scent he caught now. It triggered a response in his body that was totally inappropriate. He willed himself to block off any attraction to her. To focus on Jordan.

He slid his large hands under Jordan’s tiny arms and lifted him from Marissa’s hold. His little boy was solid and warm.

His little boy.

Ty’s chest constricted and his throat tightened. Just what in the blue blazes was happening to him?

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The Mommy Club It’s about caring, family… and love

The Cowboy’s Secret Baby

Karen Rose Smith

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

USA TODAY bestselling author KAREN ROSE SMITH’s eighty-seventh novel will be released in 2015. Her passion is caring for her four rescued cats, and her hobbies are gardening, cooking and photography. An only child, Karen delved into books at an early age. Even though she escaped into story worlds, she had many cousins around her on weekends. Families are a strong theme in her novels. Find out more about Karen at www.karenrosesmith.com (http://www.karenrosesmith.com).

To my son…

who has always made everything brand-new.

Contents

Cover (#u230545be-e5e5-56e5-921e-02b670efe776)

Introduction (#u9abede0f-6b79-5a3d-aed0-84d2478c1f40)

Title Page (#uf22ad07d-8861-5362-a492-430598427a35)

About the Author (#ufefc1773-8c6a-581a-9079-94902f6a97e0)

Dedication (#u3c59a01b-f276-53af-9455-36ba7a406f1b)

Chapter One (#uc40dc4a3-ee48-5687-805c-ff306349f501)

Chapter Two (#ubea0d31a-6ede-5156-ad7f-769f90098a89)

Chapter Three (#ue9dd4eb7-5eac-531d-8797-c37b04f20ee8)

Chapter Four (#u2dea96e3-7a8c-5b63-8822-b9fb2e42975a)

Chapter Five (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Six (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eight (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nine (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Ten (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eleven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twelve (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Epilogue (#litres_trial_promo)

Extract (#litres_trial_promo)

Copyright (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter One (#ulink_1525a29c-974f-510f-84d2-b8131ce71ad3)

Marissa Lopez’s heart began beating faster. Her stomach seemed to turn upside down. Oh, no. That couldn’t be Ty Conroy over there, could it?

She’d stopped in at the physical therapy center to talk to her friend, Sara Cramer. On her lunch hour, she didn’t have a whole lot of time. But she needed Sara’s advice.

However, now—

“What’s wrong?” Sara asked. “You suddenly went pale.”

Marissa pointed her chin toward the other side of the room, where one of the physical therapists was sitting in a chair across from Ty.

Ty.

The father of her baby. Ty. The father of her baby who didn’t know he was the father of her baby.