Book excerpt: When “Santa” left three tiny tykes in his care, Riley McCabeassumed it was just a ruse instigated by fellow pranksterAmanda Witherspoon. The good-natured M.D. administeredmuch-deserved payback by daring the pretty nurse to say“I do” to make an “honest” man out of him. However, henever imagined she'd call his bluff!Suddenly the “joke” is on both of them. For the sparringpartners are now hitched, appointed temporary guardians ofthe precious children…and all the while fighting an irresistibleattraction. In between trimming the tree and singing sweetlullabies, Riley and Amanda find themselves stealing kissesbeneath the mistletoe and falling passionately in love inLaramie, Texas. Will jolly St. Nick have the last laugh bygranting this makeshift family a gift guaranteedto last a lifetime?