
Carry Me Home
Elizabeth Bright · Lodestar Ranch #5
A self-proclaimed screwup single mom falls for her best friend's twin brother — who's also her daughter's manny.
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Jack Price is my best friend’s twin brother, a military hero, the star of my teenage dreams, and oh, yeah, my daughter’s male nanny. I’m just the screwup single mom who breaks everything she touches.Seven years ago, I made the biggest mistake of my life, and I’ve paid for it every day since. Now is my chance to finally put the past behind me. To prove that even though I’m a single mom, I can give my daughter everything she needs.But who was I kidding? When I screw up yet again, it means my daughter doesn’t have daycare for the summer, and I can’t afford to take time off work.Jack Price, my best friend’s twin brother and military hero with the physical and mental scars to prove it, steps in to save my butt like the hero he is. He’s too perfect to be real, and honestly maybe I hate him a little for it. But my daughter loves him, and the more time I spend with him, it’s hard not to see why. He’s everything I’m not and never will be, no matter how hard I try. This time, though, I'm determined to do everything right, for my daughter's sake.I’ve made a lot of mistakes. But falling in love with my daughter’s ex-special forces manny? That won’t be one of them.
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