From Maverick To Daddy
Teresa Southwick
Harlequin Special Edition, Jul
15 2014, $5.50
ISBN: 9780373658299
In Rust
Creek Falls, Montana, rancher Caleb Dalton visits his lawyer dad Ben to take
him out for a beer at Ace in the Hole; only the eight years old Asian “receptionist”
insists he wait since he has no appointment.
Ben’s paralegal Mallory Franklin comes into the waiting room and
apologizes for her orphaned niece Lily keeping Caleb waiting to see his
dad. Manhattan transfer Mallory and Ben
discuss why they have not met before as they obviously travel in different
circles. Before the two Dalton males
leave, Lily informs Caleb that Mallory needs a husband, preferably a cowboy who
can teach her to ride a horse.
As his family welcomes the two females and they are especially
kind to Lily, Caleb becomes the little girl’s favorite cowboy. As Caleb and Mallory fall in love, he panics
over his feelings for the guardian and her waif; but like Mallory accepts
Lily’s needs come before their desires.
This Montana Mavericks: Twenty Years In The Saddle romance is a
warm contemporary starring two people with different needs falling in
love. Although Lily is too precocious,
her antics make for a pleasant Montana Mavericks Cowboys (see The Maverick's
Christmas Homecoming) family drama.
Harriet Klausner
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