A Christmas Blessing

A Christmas Blessing
Sherryl Woods

Return to the heart of the Adams Dynasty with this fan-favorite Christmas tale from New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods… Widowed Jessie Adams was about to give birth, and she needed help–fast! Unfortunately, the closest ranch in her small Texas town belonged to her late husband's brother, Luke, who didn't know a thing about delivering babies. And though this charismatic rancher was her only hope, he was the last person Jessie wanted to be stranded with in her time of need.

Widowed Jessie was about to give birth, and she needed help fast. Unfortunately, the closest ranch in town belonged to her brother-in-law. Though this charismatic rancher was her only hope, he was the last person Jessie wanted to be with.

Previously published.

A Christmas Blessing

Sherryl Woods

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A CHRISTMAS BLESSING

© 1995 Sherryl Woods

Published in Great Britain 2015

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Table of Contents

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Chapter One (#ucd74e489-d18a-5379-a143-abaeb33e11c8)

Chapter Two (#u14e01a57-b13c-59e8-b8db-a5cfc974d281)

Chapter Three (#u506fcd7c-f81c-5052-8f86-e1f5785659eb)

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Chapter One (#ulink_ceeb3de6-2eee-5d10-8b39-b1cad6cfd340)

Getting Consuela Martinez out of his kitchen was proving to be a much more difficult task than Luke Adams had ever envisioned. His housekeeper had found at least a dozen excuses for lingering, despite the fact that her brother was leaning on his car’s horn and causing enough ruckus to deafen them all.

“Go, amiga,” Luke pleaded. “Enjoy your holidays with your family. Feliz Navidad!”

Consuela ignored the instructions and the good wishes. “The freezer is filled with food,” she reminded him, opening the door to show him for the fourth time. Though there were literally dozens of precooked, neatly labeled packages, a worried frown puckered her brow. “It will be enough?”

“More than enough,” he assured her.

“But not if you have guests,” she concluded, removing her coat. “I should stay. The holidays are no time for a good housekeeper to be away.”

“I won’t be having any guests,” Luke said tightly, picking the coat right back up and practically forcing her into it. “And if I do, I am perfectly capable of whipping up a batch of chips and dip.”

“Chips and dip,” she muttered derisively.

She added a string of Spanish Luke felt disinclined to translate. He caught the general drift; it wasn’t complimentary. After all this time, though, Consuela should know that he wasn’t the type to host a lot of extravagant, foolish parties. Leave that sort of thing to his brother Jordan or his parents. His brother thrived on kissing up to his business associates and his parents seemed to think that filling the house with strangers meant they were well loved and well respected.

“Consuela, go!” he ordered, barely curbing his impatience. “Vaya con Dios. I’ll be fine. I am thirty-two years old. I’ve been out of my playpen for a long time.”