ALMOST PERFECT

**ALMOST, TEXAS

In a stranger's arms**

HER ALMOST PERFECT PROTECTOR

He'd rescued her daughters, moved to her ramshackle ranch and vowed to protect her family with his life. Single mom Carolyn Leary knew Pete Jackson was a tall, broad-shouldered godsend. But her self-proclaimed bodyguard was also a manone who filled her with long-suppressed desires.

Yes, Pete Jackson was almost perfect. He'd accepted the job for the total sum of a little girl's allowance and room and board. But the stranger she'd taken into her homenot to mention her heartmight just be a murderer.

ALMOST, TEXAS. In a town called Almost, Texas, a hazard-free happily-ever-after is almost always guaranteed.