The Wrangler And The Runaway Mom

The Wrangler And The Runaway Mom
RaeAnne Thayne

WAY OUT WESTTHE WITNESSWhen a terrified Dr. Maggie Rawlings saw her ex-husband killed, she feared her little boy might be next. They started running, with every man a potential threat–even if her son was constantly in search of a daddy. And a cowboy. And he found both in Colt McKendrick….FBI agent-disguised-as-rodeo-cowboy Colt knew the drill: protect Maggie and her son, and then, when the danger passed, move on. But with each trusting look from the adorable little boy–not to mention each sizzling moment spend with Maggie–Colt was finding a hands-off policy harder and harder to live by….Because there's nothing like a cowboy.

THE WITNESS

When a terrified Dr. Maggie Rawlings saw her ex-husband killed, she feared her little boy might be next. They started running, with every man a potential threat—even if her son was constantly in search of a daddy. And a cowboy. And he found both in Colt McKendrick…

FBI agent-disguised-as-rodeo-cowboy Colt knew the drill: protect Maggie and her son, and then, when the danger passed, move on. But with each trusting look from the adorable little boy—not to mention each sizzling moment spent with Maggie—Colt was finding a hands-off policy harder and harder to live by…

Previously published.

“My feelings for you are not in the least brotherly, Maggie.

“I would have thought that kiss in your trailer earlier proved that.”

At that reminder, the air seemed to vibrate suddenly with charged tension. Maggie cleared her throat. “I, ah, I’ve been meaning to talk to you about that.”

“What about it?” Colt asked.

“Well, obviously, it was a—mistake.”

“A mistake?”

“Of course,” Maggie answered. “It was a chemical reaction...stimulated by the fact that we were in such close proximity, alone there in the trailer.”

“Well, Doc, I hate to point this out, but we’re in even closer proximity right now. And we’re alone. Feeling any chemical reactions?”

“No,” Maggie answered, as primly as a schoolmarm. “It must have been a...one-time occurrence, and now it’s completely out of our systems.”

This time Colt laughed. “A chemical reaction. Right. You keep telling yourself that, Doc. Maybe sooner or later you’ll even believe it.”

The Wrangler and the Runaway Mom

RaeAnne Thayne

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

RAEANNE THAYNE

lives in a crumbling old Victorian in northern Utah with her husband and two young children. She loves being able to write where she is surrounded by rugged mountains and real cowboys.

For Kjersten Thayne,

the best daughter a mother could ask for,

and for Avery Thayne, who deserves coauthor status,

since he insisted on sitting on his mother’s lap

through nearly every page.

Contents

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Introduction (#ub5ecab5b-4d8b-550e-be28-02496da6b4c7)

Title Page (#ud50bf679-ff6f-590c-8c90-bfd54185fb12)

About the Author (#u7b499b62-0b4f-5ec8-b1ba-cb4db8ecb28e)

Dedication (#u27228269-84c5-51d7-9432-d80dc375116a)

Prologue (#u611d356d-3a6c-558d-949d-11fad1b70e55)

Chapter 1 (#u66e72104-5a6c-5056-b3f1-059b270fce6f)

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