Jake's Honor: Cowboys of Coulee Crossing

Connie has always been the plain one. The responsible one. The dutiful one. She always stood in her beautiful cousin's shadow, but now her cousin is dead. Connie is left to pick up the pieces and do right by her little niece, Megan, which means delivering the girl to her father. But nothing is as it seems. Jake denies being the father. Worse, the attraction Connie once felt for the enigmatic rancher still exists, though she has always been invisible to him.

Jake Hooper lost his mother, his father, and then his sweetheart, who left him without so much as a word of explanation. When Connie shows up with a child she claims is his, he knows it can't be true.

Jake determines to take Connie and Megan to Fort Macleod. They aren't his responsibility. And after all the loss he has suffered, he can't bear to open his heart again.

But the more time they spend together, the more one charming little girl and her fiery aunt sneak into Jake's heart. Will he be able to cut ties and leave them on their own? Or will his honor-and his heart-require a different answer?

Read more books by award-winning author Linda Ford:

Glory, Montana:
Loving a Rebel (The Preacher's Daughters)
A Love to Cherish (The Preacher's Daughters)
Renewing Love (The Preacher's Daughters)
A Love to Have and to Hold (The Preacher's Daughters)
Cowboy Father (The Cowboys)
Cowboy Groom (The Cowboys)
Cowboy Preacher (The Cowboys)
Rancher's Bride (Frontier Brides)
Hunter's Bride (Frontier Brides)
Christmas Bride (Frontier Brides)

Love on the Santa Fe Trail:
Wagon Train Baby
Wagon Train Wedding
Wagon Train Matchmaker
Wagon Train Christmas

Dakota Brides series:
Temporary Bride
Abandoned Bride
Second-Chance Bride
Reluctant Bride

War Brides series:
Lizzie
Maryelle
Irene
Grace

Wild Rose series:
Crane's Bride
Hannah's Dream
Chastity's Angel
Cowboy Bodyguard

Big Sky Country series:
Montana Cowboy's Baby
Montana Bride by Christmas
Montana Cowboy Daddy
Montana Cowboy Family
Montana Groom of Convenience
Montana Lawman Rescuer