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All Kaylie Whittaker wanted for Christmas was to protect her daughter from the madman who killed her husband… All five-year-old CeCe Whittaker wanted was to have a real home for the holidays… All Texas Ranger Sergeant Mitch Manning wanted was to drown his sorrows in a bottle. Then Kaylie and CeCe snuck into his abandoned ranch house, looking terrified and obviously on the run, and his detective instincts surged to life. But he’d lost one family because of his job, and he refused to make room for this woman and her little girl in his heart. Still, he was a Texas Ranger and he would protect them or die trying…
Author

USA Today Bestselling and award-winning author Rita Herron fell in love with books at the ripe age of eight when she read her first Trixie Belden mystery. But she didn’t think real people grew up to be writers, so she became a teacher instead. Now she writes so she doesn’t have to get a real job. With over ninety books to her credit, she’s penned romantic suspense, romantic comedy and YA novels, but she especially likes writing dark romantic suspense and crime fiction set in small southern towns. For more on. Rita and her titles, visit her at www.ritaherron.com. You can also find her on www.Facebook/ritaherron.com and Twitter.com/ritaherron.