What’s better than a secret baby?
How about a baby left on the doorstep of a smoking hot cowboy who has no plans to settle down—or even stick around?
If you’ve been reading along with my Careys of Cowboy Point series, you’ve already met the youngest of the Carey brothers, Knox. Knox is the baby of the family—but he’s also a bit of a mystery. Over the course of the series we’ve seen hints that he had something going on with the new doctor in the small community in the hills above Marietta, Ramona Taylor. We’ve also heard his older brothers’ commentary about that connection… and really everything else.
Older brothers are a man’s best friends—and his harshest critics.
But this Christmas, it’s time for Knox to come into his own.
Let’s set the scene: It’s Christmas Eve and there’s snowstorm, because it’s December in the Rocky Mountains. Knox’s power goes out, which doesn’t bother him much. He’s a Montanan born and bred. Power outages go with the territory.
It’s not the power or the generator that gets to him. It’s the strange sound he hears outside his door. It sounds like a baby—and there are a lot of baby’s around High Mountain Ranch of late, thanks to the year his brothers have had—but there shouldn’t be a baby on his doorstep. He is perfectly happy being an uncle, thank you.
But when he opens the door, all he can see is the swirling snow—coming down hard—and a sweet little baby wrapped up against the cold.
Not a parent in sight.
Obviously, he scoops her up and brings her inside at once.
But he doesn’t know how long she was out there. He doesn’t know if she’s okay. He runs through a list of his closest family members—geographically speaking—but the ones he think could come help him know as much about babies as he does. That won’t help if the poor little thing needs medical attention.
There is one other person he could call, but that presents a complication.
Because Knox and the good doctor Ramona have been on and off for a year and a half now, and Ramona was crystal clear that this last round of off was off for good.
He knows he shouldn’t call her—but he also knows what a good doctor she is.
Neither one of them is expecting to get snowed in.
Or that Christmas might find a way to work its magic on the two of them after all…
I hope that you all have enjoyed your time in Cowboy Point with the Careys! I’ve had such a great time writing these stories. And I intend to write a whole lot more! The first book in my next Cowboy Point series comes out in February and, yes, will feature some familiar faces. I can’t wait!
Happy Reading!
Megan
About the Author.
USA Today bestselling, multi-award-nominated, and critically-acclaimed author Megan Crane has written more than 150 books, and shows no sign of slowing down. She publishes romance as Megan Crane and M.M. Crane with an exciting backlist of women’s fiction, rom-coms, chick lit, and young adult novels. She’s also won a large and loyal fanbase as Caitlin Crews with Harlequin Presents, Harlequin Dare, Harlequin Historical, and contemporary cowboy books. And for paranormal fun, Megan partners with Nicole Helm to publish as Hazel Beck for her witchy rom-com novels.
Megan has a Masters and Ph.D. in English Literature, has taught creative writing classes in places like UCLA Extension’s prestigious Writers’ Program, and is always available to give workshops (or her opinion). She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her comic book artist husband, though, at any given time, she is likely to either be huddled in a coffee shop somewhere or off traveling the world. Preferably both.
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