Landscape architect Nick LeGrande has never experienced a more disastrous trip! When he ends up stranded in a Colorado blizzard, he’s glad to have the company of his little canine buddy, Cedric, whom circumstances forced him to bring along. Then a sexy Good Samaritan rescues them and Nick is introduced to a world he hardly knew existed. He is quickly enthralled.<br><br> Caleb Storm is a loner, a rancher whose Native American blood sets him a bit apart from most of his fellows. When a spring blizzard dumps Nick LeGrande and his tiny dog into Caleb’s life, he and his old stock dog Cheyenne hardly know what to make of their visitors.<br><br>Caleb finds Nick very attractive but doubts such a successful and 28e man could have any interest in him. However, their dogs hit it off from the start and seem to conspire to get their masters together. Can a pair of canine cupids work the necessary magic?

The Maltese Terror

Affecting a level of nonchalance he didn’t really feel, Nick nodded. “Sure. Why not? Unless you snore like the roar of a lion, I don’t think you’ll bother me.” Whether his presence would bother the rancher was something else entirely. If he was honest, he had to admit he’d like to bother the big man in a most pleasant way. 3


Caleb lay awake, trying not to toss and turn, much too aware he wasn’t alone in the big bed. His guest had clearly been exhausted and was asleep almost before his head hit the pillow. Although he’d put in a long day himself, and would face another come morning, sleep eluded him.


Funny guy…Different from a lot of the easterners who pass through Colorado for one reason or another. At first I took him for a standard garden-variety city wuss type at first. Now I think there’s more to him than my first assessment—in spite of that ridiculous excuse for a dog he’s dragging around.


Chapter 7