One Heart to Win
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“Next Sunday sounds wonderful.”
“You’ll have to move a bed to the porch for me.” She rolled her eyes, but he added, “I’m not kidding. But next Sunday is a nice date. We might even get our house built by then.”
“Now that’s absurd. There’s no way—”
“You’d be surprised, actually, I guess you will be. We’ve got carpenters, even masons, and one heck of a lot of people who will want to pitch in to see it happen. A barn can be built in a day. A fancy house will take a few days more. And you can design it however you want—if you want one here.”
He was suddenly looking a little worried, for having jumped the gun. She assured him by saying, “I thought we might take a trip to New York after the house is finished. We can pick out furniture together. And I can show you where I grew up, introduce you to my friends—”
“And talk me into staying? I will, you know, if that’s what you want. I don’t care where we live, as long as we’re together.”
“You’d do that for me?”
“I’d do anything for you.”
She wasn’t really surprised that he’d say that. It was part of his charm, just one of the many reasons she’d fallen in love with him.
“Lucky for you, I’m partial to Montana sunsets,” she teased. “Among other things. And I think we can find an empty bed for you in the house.”
Drawn by his looks, roped in by his charm, her heart had been won by this man. It made her smile quite brilliantly to realize that her grandchildren were going to be cowboys after all.
JOHANNA LINDSEY celebrates the publication of her fiftieth novel with One Heart to Win. World renowned for her “mastery of historical romance” (Entertainment Weekly), she has sold more than sixty million copies of her novels; all of her previous novels are national bestsellers, and many have reached the #1 spot on the New York Times bestseller list. Lindsey lives in New Hampshire with her family.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Lindsey, Johanna
One heart to win / Johanna Lindsey. — First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
pages cm
I. Title.
PS3562.I5123O53 2013
813’.54—dc23
2013011681
ISBN 978-1-4767-1426-4
ISBN 978-1-4767-1430-1 (ebook)
CONTENTS
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
Chapter Thirty-Two
Chapter Thirty-Three
Chapter Thirty-Four
Chapter Thirty-Five
Chapter Thirty-Six
Chapter Thirty-Seven
Chapter Thirty-Eight
Chapter Thirty-Nine
Chapter Forty
Chapter Forty-One
Chapter Forty-Two
Chapter Forty-Three
Chapter Forty-Four
Chapter Forty-Five
Chapter Forty-Six
Chapter Forty-Seven
Chapter Forty-Eight
Chapter Forty-Nine
Chapter Fifty
Chapter Fifty-One
Chapter Fifty-Two
Chapter Fifty-Three
Chapter Fifty-Four
About Johanna Lindsey