Texas Rebels: Jude

Texas Rebels: Jude
Linda Warren

REBEL DADThe moment he looked into his newborn son’s eyes, Jude Rebel knew he was meant to be a father – that’s why he had to stop the adoption! Jude has kept his secret for twelve years…until Paige Wheeler returns to Horseshoe, regretting the decision that changed their lives for ever.At eighteen, all Paige wanted was to escape her difficult life in Texas. Now she’s back, she has a chance to make things right. Is it too late for forgiveness? Or have they all been given a second chance…?

Cast of Characters (#ulink_98820d96-938b-57b8-919a-9f96aaa796ff)

Kate Rebel: Matriarch of the Rebel family.

Falcon: The oldest son—the strong one. Reunited with his wife, Leah, and proud father of Eden and John.

Egan: The loner. Married to Rachel Hollister, daughter of the man who put him in jail.

Quincy: The peacemaker. Married to Jenny Walker, his childhood best friend.

Elias: The fighter. Falls in love with the archenemy of the family’s daughter.

Paxton: The lover. Never met a woman he couldn’t have, but the woman he wants doesn’t want him.

Jude: The serious, responsible one. Raising his small son alone.

Phoenix: The wild one and the youngest. He’s wild and free until Child Protective Services says he’s the father of a small boy.

Abraham (Abe) Rebel: Paternal grandfather.

Jericho Johnson: Egan’s friend from prison.

Texas Rebels: Jude

Linda Warren

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

A two-time RITA

Award–nominated author, LINDA WARREN has written thirty-eight books for Mills & Boon and has received the Readers’ Choice Award, the Holt Medallion, the Booksellers’ Best Award, the Book Buyers Best Award, the Golden Quill and RT Reviewers’ Choice Best Book Award. A native Texan, she is a member of Romance Writers of America and the West Houston chapter. She lives in College Station with her husband and a menagerie of animals, including a Canada goose named Broken Wing. You can learn more about Linda and her books at www.lindawarren.net (http://www.lindawarren.net).

To my brother, Paul William, who generated laughter in all of us.

Contents

Cover (#u16de9593-5302-5fa3-871e-c0da667e0714)

Cast of Characters (#ulink_7188b518-de7e-5401-8654-d4035b52f0ad)

Title Page (#u0b827916-3806-5884-a062-2ff73f7c86c1)

About the Author (#udd6927e7-8e88-53e1-8e55-0d599addb24a)

Dedication (#udeeab45f-8991-54fb-976f-1f0eced526de)

Prologue (#ulink_e750a6bf-6a79-5aae-9349-d5c4bd6b590f)

Chapter One (#ulink_67151deb-7ff5-5208-92a8-af6c48bdcf4a)

Chapter Two (#ulink_226fb8fe-1572-5414-abfd-6c2d771e59ee)

Chapter Three (#ulink_7190d1fb-bd6a-5f7c-83b5-9753d2422f4a)

Chapter Four (#ulink_e3c2ec55-6984-5db9-8c67-992506735a28)

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)

Chapter Fourteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fifteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Sixteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seventeen (#litres_trial_promo)

Epilogue (#litres_trial_promo)

Extract (#litres_trial_promo)

Copyright (#litres_trial_promo)

Prologue (#ulink_ce945438-297a-5df8-99d5-9c300971b659)

My name is Kate Rebel. I married John Rebel when I was eighteen years old and then bore him seven sons. We worked the family ranch, which John later inherited. We put everything we had into buying more land so our sons would have a legacy. We didn’t have much, but we had love.

The McCray Ranch borders Rebel Ranch on the east and the McCrays have forever been a thorn in my family’s side. They’ve cut our fences, dammed up creeks to limit our water supply and shot one of our prize bulls. Ezra McCray threatened to shoot our sons if he caught them jumping his fences again. We tried to keep our boys away, but they are boys—young and wild.

One day Jude and Phoenix, two of our youngest, were out riding together. When John heard shots, he immediately went to find his boys. They lay on the ground, blood oozing from their heads. Ezra McCray was astride a horse twenty yards away with a rifle in his hand. John drew his gun and fired, killing Ezra instantly. Both boys survived with only minor wounds. Since my husband was protecting his children, he didn’t spend even one night in jail. This escalated the feud that still goes on today.