The Founding Father. Diana Palmer

      

       Praise for Marie Ferrarella

      “A joy to read.”

      —RT Book Reviews on Christmas Cowboy Duet

      “Ferrarella’s romance will charm with all the benefits and pitfalls of a sweet small-town setting.”

      —RT Book Reviews on Lassoed by Fortune

      “Heartwarming. That’s the way I have described every book by Marie Ferrarella that I have read. In the Family Way engenders in me the same warm, fuzzy feeling that I have come to expect from her books.” —The Romance Reader

      “Ms. Ferrarella warms our hearts with her charming characters and delicious interplay.”

      —RT Book Reviews on A Husband Waiting to Happen

      “Ms. Ferrarella creates fiery, strong-willed characters, an intense conflict and an absorbing premise no reader could possibly resist.”

      —RT Book Reviews on A Match for Morgan

      Her Mistletoe

      Cowboy

      Marie Ferrarella

       www.millsandboon.co.uk

      MARIE FERRARELLA, a USA TODAY bestselling and RITA^® Award-winning author has written more than two hundred and fifty books for Mills & Boon, some under the name Marie Nicole. Her romances are beloved by fans worldwide. Visit her website, www.marieferrarella.com.

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      To Father Anthony

      of

      St. Joseph’s Indian School

      Thank you for all you’ve done

      and

      keep up the good work!

      Contents

       Cover

Praise for Marie Ferrarella

       Title Page

       About the Author

       Dedication

Prologue

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

       Chapter Four

       Chapter Five

       Chapter Six

       Chapter Seven

       Chapter Eight

       Chapter Nine

       Chapter Ten

       Chapter Eleven

       Chapter Twelve

       Chapter Thirteen

       Chapter Fourteen

       Chapter Fifteen

       Chapter Sixteen

       Chapter Seventeen

       Epilogue

       Extract

       Copyright

       Prologue

      “No.”

      Stunned, Garrett White Eagle stared at his older brother, Jackson. He’d just checked his email and when he read the notification from the editor in chief of a well-known magazine, asking to do an in-depth article on the work he and his brother were doing at the Healing Ranch, he thought that Jackson would be as excited about it as he was.

      Obviously not.

      This was going to take some work on his part, Garrett decided.

      “No?” he repeated incredulously. “What do you mean, no?”

      Jackson rose from behind the scarred, second-hand desk he’d rescued from being turned into kindling half a dozen years ago. He had a full day ahead of him at the ranch and he’d already wasted enough time with the stack of unpaid bills that seemed to be breeding on his desk. Apparently, moving them from one pile to another didn’t diminish their number or get them paid off any sooner.

      He couldn’t think about them right now. The boys were waiting for him at the corral. The bunkhouse was almost filled to capacity and every teen currently staying at the ranch required individual care. He’d sworn when he took all this on