Plans. Everyone has them. Rush Dalton and Tad Jackson plan to live happily ever after. January Stephens plans to ease the hurt of a declined marriage proposal with alcohol. Josh Cooper's plan is to conceal his feelings for Mopp. And Mopp? He simply plans to hold tight to Josh's friendship.<br><br>Meanwhile, Eric Jameson arrives from DC with plans of his own. He intends to elicit information from Jan in an effort to find Babe, the woman who’s taken refuge with her son at the big house called the ranch. Babe plans to stay away from anyone who might try to take her little boy away from her and return him to the mysterious Dr. Pandora Gautier.<br><br>Deuce Pettigrew’s only plan is to keep the man he treasures safe and in one piece.  But the thing about plans is -- sometimes they just don’t work out the way you expect them to

Mann of My Dreams Book 6: The Best-Laid Plans

They got married on the stroke of midnight on Christmas Eve, so that when they said I do, it was Christmas Day.


We had a nice time at the reception, which was held in the house, but we didn’t stay long. The people who attended might have been good, but I didn’t know them. Del, you wouldn’t believe how huge this house is! It goes on forever, and there was a room where a buffet was laid out as well as one for dancing. I danced with the men of the family I’m staying with, although Miss Stephens, the other company bookkeeper, didn’t like the fact that her boyfriend asked me to dance. He’s a nice guy, but really, she had no reason to be jealous. Ragg Mopp—isn’t that the oddest nickname?—only has eyes for her. I don’t know why she doesn’t see that. 


I’ll tell you a secret, and you have to promise never to tell a soul.


Well, no problem with that, Eric thought snidely


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