In this #TeaserTuesday from A Rancher’s Pride, Sam has just learned he’s the daddy of a deaf four-year-old.  He’s still reeling from this news but determined to do his best by his daughter…even if it means fighting the woman who has just shown up on his ranch.

Sam crossed the yard and headed toward the front of the house at a lope, taking in the woman as he neared her. She looked even better close up. Long, golden-brown hair the color of honey pine. Eyes the blue of a lake in winter. And those curves. Whoa.

He’d never seen a vision like this one before, and he knew every soul in Flagman’s Folly.

“I’m Sam Robertson. What can I do for you?”

As she looked at him, those blue eyes froze over.

A warning bell rang somewhere deep in his memory. “Don’t I know you?”

“You should. I’m Kayla Ward.”

“As in Ronnie Ward?”

She nodded. “I’m her sister. You don’t recognize me?”

He looked closer. His insides tightened and his pulse picked up. Yeah, he remembered her now, no matter how briefly he’d seen her the first time they’d crossed paths.

He should have known her instantly. The one and only time in his life he’d seen her had been branded into his mind. But back then, her face hadn’t mattered to him. It was her actions that had rocked him. That had stuck with him through the years. She had helped Ronnie pack up and head out. Had walked off with his wife and—if only he’d known it—his daughter.

It would be just like his ex to send her here again, claiming she’d changed her mind about Becky.

Well, if this woman thought she’d waltz in here and take his daughter away, she had another think coming.

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Thanks for reading!  A Rancher’s Pride is the first Flagman’s Folly story and can be found at your favorite retailers.

All my best,

Barbara