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

Mopp figured he’d better get a move on and did the same thing himself. Then he jogged around to the other side of the truck.


“You bought something else?” Josh asked.


“Yeah.” He grinned up at Josh and caught his hand. “Come on.”


“OKAY, JUST STAND here a minute.” Josh gave him a slow grin that seemed to promise heat and passion, then turned to unlock the door of room 202.


Mopp found his gaze almost glued to Josh as he dropped the bags just inside the room. Before he realized what was happening, Josh spun around and scooped Mopp up in his arms.


“Whoa!” Mopp held tight to the bag of candles. No one had ever carried him like this. Well, it wasn’t likely they would—he was a guy. “Am I too heavy for you?”


“No.” There was a smile in Josh’s voice, and Mopp flung an arm around his neck, turned his head, and dropped kisses along his jaw. 


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