The Rancher's Return

The Rancher's Return
Kathy Douglass

“That’s all you have to say? You’re back now?” Ten years ago, the love of Raven Reynolds life disappeared without a trace. Now Donovan Cordero is back, standing on her doorstep. Along the way, Raven had the rancher’s child—though he didn’t know she was pregnant! Now, her prayers have been answered, but happily ever after feels farther away than ever. Because how can she rebuild a life with her child’s father if she’s engaged to another man?

“That’s all you have to say? You’re back now?”

Ten years ago, the love of Raven Reynolds’s life disappeared without a trace. Now Donovan Cordero is back, standing on her doorstep. Along the way, Raven had the rancher’s child—though he didn’t know she was pregnant! Now her prayers have been answered, but happily-ever-after feels further away than ever. Because how can she rebuild a life with her child’s father if she’s engaged to another man?

“[Kathy Douglass] pulls you right in from page one, and you won’t want to leave.”

—#1 New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller

KATHY DOUGLASS came by her love of reading naturally—both of her parents were readers. She would finish one book and pick up another. Then she attended law school and traded romances for legal opinions.

After the birth of her two children, her love of reading turned into a love of writing. Kathy now spends her days writing the small-town contemporary novels she enjoys reading.

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The Rancher and the City Girl

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The Rancher’s Return

Kathy Douglass

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THE RANCHER’S RETURN

© 2019 Kathleen Gregory

Published in Great Britain 2019

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Contents

Cover (#uc7b597f9-0385-56c8-9af3-3e7c1c8bc0ab)

Back Cover Text (#u59d32987-0b99-51e8-b137-f7498c1ef1c6)

About the Author (#u7ca31f06-9606-5733-97e1-a1c787c744f3)

Booklist (#u889d8c36-60a5-5907-ba70-360eadd5e0b2)

Title Page (#u649993ef-f701-55c0-999b-87e4fdd8a011)

Copyright (#u9ac3b6d4-2f35-5973-9625-807e84c0e1a8)

Dedication (#u31745e3e-f176-55af-a191-dcbc33e7ef84)

Chapter One (#u0bbdbfc6-5180-5f82-8717-ab9db09fc217)

Chapter Two (#u49af7464-4846-5051-9e4b-40df1ab614ac)

Chapter Three (#u9f627660-d776-5054-af92-630750583445)

Chapter Four (#u8081e10c-0f16-5243-880c-5f02ea27eb70)

Chapter Five (#uf1ab0a1f-4b04-50c4-8732-e437ccc9847b)

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)