She grins up at me, the sun adding flecks of gold to her chocolate eyes. “How?”
“We waited for each other,” I say kissing her cheek. “You were a virgin. I’ve never been in love before. You were saving your virginity for me, and I was saving my heart for you.”
I drop to one knee. “Brooke Carlisle, I will love you for the rest of my life. Will you please not divorce me?”
“Shane, you’re all I’ve ever wanted, and I will love you until my last breath.” The tears tumble down her cheeks. “I would love to not divorce you.”
FOUR MONTHS LATER
I’m so overcome with happiness for Shane and Brooke, I don’t know what to say. In a span of six months, Shane’s made me the last single sibling standing. I laugh because I know how ridiculous it is to compare myself to my brothers. After all, I was the first to be married and have three kids to prove it.
Chase and Ryder took the news of Shane’s arranged marriage in stride. They were much calmer than I was when I got the news. And in another three months, I’ll be an aunt.
My brothers and their wives are all kicking back around the new fire pit Shane made in front of Brooke’s studio. It’s the cutest place I’ve ever seen. I’m not an artist, so I’d probably turn it into a she-shed, a place to get away from the kids and read.
It’s been so long since I’ve done anything for myself.
“What were you about to ask us, Jenny?” Lexi strolls over and refills my wine glass.
“Yeah, out with it,” Ryder asks. “What do you need?”
I sigh, hating to ask anyone for anything. As a single mom with a full-time job as an elementary school teacher, I’m used to taking care of everything myself, but I’m at my wits’ end. And once Brooke has the baby, we’re all going to want to spend every free second with them.
“What I need is a little time to myself. I have some time off in November and thought I’d take a drive to the cabin.”
“Done,” Emma offers. “I can babysit, no problem.”
“I was thinking of going away for at least few days.”
“Remind me to look at your car before you go.” Chase nods, grabbing another beer from the cooler. “The weather can get awfully dicey up in those mountains that time of year.”
“It isn’t the drive I’m worried about—it’s the kids.”
“Naw, they’re outnumbered.” Shane reaches for Brooke’s hand and kisses it. “There’s only three of them and six of us.”
I laugh. “Now that you put it that way . . . Are you sure you can manage?”
“Absolutely.” Chase grins. “Start packing.”
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Single mom Jenny West can’t remember the last time she had any time to herself. She adores her three kids and loves being their mom, but she sure wouldn’t mind finding a man who’d make her feel like a woman again.
Boy, does she find him.
After her car hurtles down an embankment in a snowstorm, she couldn’t imagine a sexier stranger to come to her rescue. And when the tall, built-for-lovin’-all-night cowboy throws Jenny over his shoulder and drags her back to his cabin, he heals her in ways she could never imagine.
A warm bath and getting out of her wet clothes were just a start. Now, she never wants to get dressed again. She could hide out in this cowboy’s bed forever.
It takes her a while to get over the fact that he’s younger.
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William is crazy about this beautiful woman. Now that he’s found her, he doesn’t want to let her go.
He isn’t about to tell her his real last name.
In fact, if her brothers find out who he really is, they just might kill him.
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