For three months, Lonnie Corteen had been on the trail of Katherine McBride. But when a very pretty, very pregnant female answered the door, the Texas sheriff feared that telling her about the family she’d never known would send her into premature labour.

She had a long-lost family! And Katherine had to know where she truly belonged. But when an ice storm forced her to seek shelter at the handsome lawman’s ranch — and Lonnie delivered her bouncing baby boy — family suddenly took on a whole new meaning. Especially with this irresistible new family man in the picture!