Dakota Wedding
Dakota
Hearts
Book
6
Lisa
Mondello
Genre:
Contemporary Western Romance
Date
of Publication: November 30, 2014
ISBN:
978-1-940512-07-5
ASIN:
B00OC90HNU
Number
of pages: 212
Word
Count: 74200
Cover
Artist: Melyssa Naujoks
Book
Description:
From
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lisa Mondello, book 6
of the popular DAKOTA HEARTS western romance series.
Ian
McKinnon was just getting steady on his feet, looking forward to the
opening of the Wounded Veterans Center and a big McKinnon wedding
celebration, when tragedy struck again. The soldier who'd saved his
life while in the military has died. He's charged with his most
important mission: find his friend Carlos's family in Mexico or
become guardian and raise Carlos's children. The only mandatory
stipulation of his friend's will was that Ian live under the same
roof with Abby Townsend, a firefighter from Carlos's firehouse. Abby
knew the kids well and she could help ease them all through the
transition of becoming a family. Okay, so Ian may not be daddy
material, but he'd grown up with a whole lot of McKinnons running
around. He could handle the kids just fine. The beautiful Abby
Townsend was another story.
Abby
took one look at Ian and shook her head with utter disbelief. What
were her dear friends thinking by naming a man whose nickname was
"The Hazard" as guardian of their three small children? She
only needed to spend one year in Ian's house in South Dakota. She had
to either find Carlos's family, or convince Ian that she was the
better person to raise the children. Abby knows how hard it is to
lose someone you loved. She'll be there to protect the children in
any way she can. But can she protect her heart from falling in love
with a man known for taking too many risks...and risk heartbreak
again?
DAKOTA
HEARTS Series:
Book
1 - Her Dakota Man
Book
2 - Badland Bride
Book
3 - Dakota Heat
Book
4 - Wild Dakota Heart
Book
5 - His Dakota Bride
Book
6 - Dakota Wedding
Coming
in 2015, check for more Dakota Hearts books.
If
you're a fan of western romance, contemporary romance, stories full
of angst and emotion, and sexy cowboy and military heroes, then
you'll enjoy Lisa Mondello’s Dakota Hearts, Texas Hearts and Fate
with a Helping Hand series of romance novels.
Excerpt:
There
was a time when the prospect of standing on two feet was beyond Ian
McKinnon’s imagination. That had been a darker time in his life. A
time he didn’t ever want to go back to again.
As
he made his way up the driveway leading to the home he’d spent the
last year refurbishing, feeling the early autumn sun on his face, he
could finally see light. He felt at peace.
His
cousin’s SUV sat next to his Jeep in the driveway. As he rounded
the corner, he found Hawk sitting on the porch overlooking the river
in the back yard.
Hawk
smiled and stood up when they made eye contact. But the look on
Hawk’s face immediately told Ian he wasn’t here for a social
call.
“Can
we go inside and talk?”
Ian
sighed and tried to force a smile. “Something tells me I’m not
going to like this conversation. So if it’s all the same to you why
we just have it right here on the front porch?”
“I
was hoping to spare you.”
Ian
laughed without any humor. “That bad, huh? Just give it to me
straight.”
Hawk
shook his head and chuckled low. “You always did things your own
way.”
Ian
climbed the few stairs and pivoted so he could sit opposite Hawk on
the porch. He braced himself for whatever news he was about to get.
“You
got a call from Vermont this morning. Your mom took the call. No one
has your new number.”
“I
didn’t get the new number until last week. I haven’t had a chance
to call Carlos and Brenda yet. Both of them are excited to come out
and see the house and the Wounded Veterans Center now that it’s
nearly complete. But both of them have my cell phone number. They
could have used that.”
He
was rambling and his stomach hurt just looking at Hawk as his cousin
struggled with what he was about to say.
“Carlos
and Brenda’s lawyer only had your parents’ telephone number.”
“Lawyer?”
Hawk
nodded, taking a deep breath. “Carlos and Brenda are dead.”
*
* *
Ian
couldn’t breathe. He glanced at his reflection in the bathroom
mirror and wiped the cold moisture from his face with a crisp clean
towel he’d just purchased at a fancy department store in Rapid City
last week.
Two
years after a mortar blast in Afghanistan took part of his leg, Ian
was not only standing, he was running. And he was looking forward to
life again. Soon the Wounded Veterans Center he’d worked tirelessly
on with his cousin, Ethan, and Hawk’s girlfriend, Regis, would be
open, and they’d be celebrating the McKinnon way with the wedding
of Logan McKinnon and Poppy Ericksen. They all couldn’t wait. No
one more than Ian. The entire McKinnon clan was coming in from all
over the country just for this celebration. Life was finally righting
itself.
And
now the man who’d given Ian a second chance at life was gone. Dead
at the hands of a drunk driver on a winding Vermont road. One day he
was enjoying life. The next he and his beloved wife were gone. The
only thing left were three children who no longer had their parents.
The
knock on the door pulled him out of his thoughts.
“Ian,
it’s me. Everything okay in there?” Hawk hadn’t left. Ian knew
he wouldn’t. Hawk would stay all day and all night until he knew
Ian was steady on his feet. Like always. Hawk had a medical clinic in
town. The people of Rudolph depended on him. But they were McKinnons
and McKinnons stuck together through everything. Barring an
emergency, Hawk would stay as long as Ian needed him or at least
until one of his brothers or cousins could come and relieve him.
Ian
wiped his face with his towel again, still feeling the jolt of the
news. “I’ll be just a minute.”
Closing
his eyes, he fought the wave of nausea he hadn’t felt in a long
time. But the feeling of loss overwhelmed him. And for the first time
in more than a year, Ian wept.
About
the Author:
New
York Times and USA TODAY Bestselling Author, Lisa Mondello, has held
many jobs in her life but being a published author is the last job
she'll ever have. She's not retiring! She blames the creation of the
personal computer for her leap into writing novels. Otherwise, she'd
still be penning stories with paper and pen.
Her
popular series includes TEXAS HEARTS, DAKOTA HEARTS and Fate with a
Helping Hand. Writing as LA Mondello, her romantic suspense, MATERIAL
WITNESS, book 1 of her Heroes of Providence received a starred Kirkus
Review and was named one of their Best Books of 2012.
You
can find more information about Lisa Mondello at
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