“Holy smokes. I’m a father.”
Sabrina McKinley broke Jonas’s heart when she left him for another man. Then the eldest Callahan brother gets the surprise of his life when he sees her again…holding his son. Even at six months, his bouncing baby boy was wearing the legendary Callahan smile!
Which means Sabrina has got to marry him, even if Jonas has to drag her to the altar.
Sabrina’s been head over heels for the hunky cowboy doctor since the day she first came to Rancho Diablo; it’s always been Jonas keeping her at arm’s length. She won’t settle for anything less than the real deal—the love and happiness that Jonas’s five brothers have found.
But when a revelation about a family secret comes out, Sabrina can see Jonas is ready to look toward the future. He won’t be the last bachelor on the ranch. After all, he’s a Callahan!
“Is this my son, Sabrina?”
So this was how it was going to be. She hadn’t planned to tell him on a beautiful, sunny May day in front of the hometown crowd, but he’d asked. “Yes. Joe is your son.”
Jonas studied the baby, and Joe seemed to study him in return. “I assume my name is listed as the father on the birth certificate?”
“Yes, it is. Of course it is.” Sabrina took Joe back from his father, who seemed reluctant to part with his newfound son. “We have an appointment, Jonas. I’m sorry.”
“What kind of appointment?”
“Six-month checkup and shots.”
“I feel I should be there.”
Sabrina stopped and looked up at the tall, handsome man whom she’d once loved with all her heart.
“I’m not trying to butt into your life, Sabrina. When Joe sees the doctor, I want to be there. Every time.”
“Fine. You can hold him when he cries.”
“He won’t cry. He’s a Callahan.”
Dear Reader,
Jonas Callahan doesn’t settle down easily! None of the brothers have, but Jonas is determined that he’s meant to walk alone in life. Until he finds out that his longtime love is carrying his child—not another man’s—and Jonas’s world is forever changed. In the painted canyons of Diablo, New Mexico, Jonas is going to have to allow the magic that has swept the other brothers to finally find him. It’s up to Jonas to change his own destiny and be the husband, father and Callahan he’s meant to be. Fortunately, Sabrina McKinley is more than up to the challenge—this stubborn cowboy doctor is her dream come true!
I hope you’ve enjoyed this series. My editor and I spent many hours putting it together. It was so much fun writing about these wily brothers and their cagey counterparts—not to mention their crafty Aunt Fiona. Family is fun and magical in its own right, and though it takes the brothers some time to find their own true loves and families, the magic of Rancho Diablo eventually tames them all. It’s my heartfelt wish that some of that special magic finds its way into your life, and as the Callahan cowboys ride into the New Mexico sunset, here’s hoping they leave you with many smiles and much happiness.
Best wishes always,
Tina Leonard
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A Callahan Wedding
Tina Leonard
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Tina Leonard is a bestselling author of more than forty projects, including a popular thirteen-book miniseries for Harlequin American Romance. Her books have made the Waldenbooks, Ingram and Nielsen BookScan bestseller lists. Tina feels she has been blessed with a fertile imagination and quick typing skills, excellent editors and a family who loves her career. Born on a military base, she lived in many states before eventually marrying the boy who did her crayon printing for her in the first grade. Tina believes happy endings are a wonderful part of a good life. You can visit her at www.tinaleonard.com.
The Callahan Cowboys series has been so much fun to write! I have enjoyed every minute of these brothers’ adventures, and for those moments of joy I must shower my gratitude on the following people: my editor, Kathleen Scheibling; all copy editors and other gurus of magic at Harlequin who are responsible for making my books the best they can be; my children, Lisa and Dean; my husband, Tim; agent Laura Bradford for negotiating this contract; and most of all, the readers who have loyally supported my work all these many years. Thank you so much.
Contents
Chapter One
“Jonas is an old soul.”
—Molly Cavanaugh Callahan, observing her
toddler as he tried to read the newspaper one day,
imitating his father, Jeremiah.
Jonas Callahan realized at once that the music he heard on the breeze was the lilting strains of a wedding march, beautifully played as always by the town of Diablo’s string quartet.
It had to come from Sam’s wedding. Though Sam had already married Seton McKinley once, they’d probably decided to make the leap from marriage-by-design to marriage-by-dream-come-true. Sam was sentimental like that. Oh, Jonas’s loony lawyer brother would claim he was a hard-boiled realist, but Sam was the biggest, cheesiest romantic of the entire Callahan clan. And a May wedding at Rancho Diablo was probably a dream come true—if one had romantic tendencies like that. Sam did. Jonas didn’t.
He dared not intrude on the magical moment