The Perfect Gift

By Lenora Worth

"Daddy, can we keep her?"

So asks widowed rancher Rory Branagan's six–year–old when they find a pretty stranger sleeping on their sofa. Disoriented after a car accident, Goldie Rios is definitely not staying. It might be Rory's job to rescue wildlife like armadillos and alligators, but damsels in distress are another story. Yet when Goldie's family heirloom locket goes missing, the Branagans spend the holiday season helping her search for it on the farm. And in the process they all find the perfect gift: a family that feels just right.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia
• Release date: May 1, 2014
• ISBN: 9781488747243

Lenora Worth

Lenora Worth writes for Love Inspired and Love Inspired Suspense. She is a Carol Award finalist and a New York Times, USA Today, and PW bestselling author. She writes Southern stories set in places she loves such as Georgia, Texas,  Louisiana, and Florida. Lenora is married and has two grown children and now lives near the ocean in the Panhandle of Florida. She loves reading, shoe shopping, long walks on the beach, mojitoes and road trips.

Book preview

��#-abook_preview_excerpt.htmlu[ۮ�F���w��y;�a�N&��b�yl�-�#�M7�-3O��y���|ɩ��MJ��H�$��^�ZUk�^�/_Ls����߿�{�]�|�'ỮSj?M���4�_}zYM����]z�]S}X;��̋oU��q�R��O�9����x�����ꔂ���ڇn�p����]w���y{������������Rw���rn����L������2�깺�Z�ܨ�qna+<��� &\N'�þ��!�w��B׭]̽a���1EX/���?�U���)�0����6n�zS�W��5�O�N�C��J��`�w������u�+?�x�{[ �;���zyp�{�۪g|�{9�U��O0;7�7��0��qI9�\<�����;ni�3��1�����0`���ƾ:�����b���9��q����՞ߏ��0r�cX�}�bl��s���o�B�ŭ���_u1^��%͛���6�gXx�d��a��z7��t��\�f�U}t_-�AO�`��M�7҄�>>a�xtC�/9ƾw VW��5.��%����%�E��Ɉ���he^�z� ����a~��p������a�H�k�Pa9!����(�Uz�e��NK�[8�2�s;��6������=0�#�즁A���Q��a'�����'�y�ni�`y�
�t�����uM������T���௏\S�4��|Ǭ�����z�x��'�YkAn?V%��nB��hc��P����|�[��[E|մ���)�μ�?�^^��1�2��ft��Y^�1��O ��HGY!}���B�� vW:fn�d|�B���C>�FW��+�F6���>h��k;糕Db|��i��� ��D$� ������y1/~�q��՛�� �o�϶r�x��R8�|#)x�
�}���HG��$2��)���;��� �{-i�M�)�_�
�!o�$�����N���t�5J�#Ո��<�D��U���Κ�����K�����|(�N�0-{2��9Լ �(����Œ�.l�f���{[֞��� 9B�B��Z�$%�FK�:���Pr�+�JCj !qu��ch�&gDn]ge_C�2 �ܸ�pcu} s��`�b� ���ǖ�АF
���NJ �4q>�����l�HT�p��ve
���p!�y�ra�zh�oO�M�e���Y�|��˒Ȥ�������nR��
��-�L�`*Q�=���B$��u\*�e&����a�=����f{�r��� �'��|��?C��a'X�Տ�x��f�8{�-�ip��� 6�xp�^ՁiaP��MT��y�]m0�K�M�.Klޟ�g* .�Ȍ
ð�yOBL5~�>�
y0'$VaE�$���!UX�e-����� rBz!?��ʥ:�暍�\�9��潿��Хܰ%QR�cO?F� ��[s�N%���n*�&D�Q( ��r�c����� ��k� ��E�"�6��M���S;0!Ďu ���������f��t��Q���S����V���e��@����O�BH�I�Z��Ȱ"�'D����$QQ�m(:�[>�3L='�D1�����'�z�_����"�O�����xm#S�īX�u](�W��-u�j��x76CDor�����Z��-���SJ�Đ�XZ^�U���� �:����м�V8�ec��)q�Z��@J( ��-�Y4/�;�[������F@�9�`egAm�򜔍�v�ɑ`fQf�r�������#���?'
a# �BD�߰"�� L>)B����E���A-� �S(��\�Hod%cV$���̝�.�/{��Q�Y7�=���M�Y����n ��%�1N���+3�]�!ٗq\I����3��t�iX�g9��S�x�u�! �~�+SG�m'�\��|m���)����5��W-������RhSwQg=݂]_�oi=񴚝��q��ڝ�ʅgy���� b(51�&����X�[z����b:�Y���,���T�2�A������V/���F�ܕ����n�2������q����h'4K-��9fԫ*φ���25�J� ��$ ]굟1�V4ފ �)K�P�3�(:.E�9_�V�V�?�N6Ө��Q�/qTXQ:9��lQxks�B��e*�����o碠�4B@�i[^E4X�P�Ws\��cG�X���[���8��Y�����-D�pg H~�w��&ᆱ�)X�.ͬ={�F'�P���G�7�N���
�u���E�MA��J�����#���UX�7���'�ǣX G��Zm@H �&���@�aȥ�V1rl�Z�,��������f<�P.�^Gk�cEw�$R�3=i�u�M�/�̰�c��|��sN�,F��5^��K н;�����#o��>����K�f��ؤNDI�N: `)��h3��@6��f�:1����K����v�Y�(����+���v�AU
kPH>����(�L�8� �0��O�������5<��bK���5�l�����d��qQ� j�:$_��L�hS�KcO�vp|�l����x�T|���B���� ��F��q�2s$ �oc��?����$e�WY�:�Q��������A�Yr�̶�?�;l�N�����ȧ\5Wɝ�*��.����'�@��n0՝趼��c
6w��c\��vP�y��y����x��VcT�]�,�J�5�]c��,��xZ�9W�Y�҆��7|w�u<�:F�"�� 6�.3u�M �R��{��A�l`�>���z��Q�p��Y�)Şn�R�#u� q��ڡw�v fe�m�/�l�g�Y WV[���p�t���`" @�[�G�ȝ2��O8YC�3��nwtX��Ou4� �=�nQ�;�����Y+�ńp�q6�,��\bJ�'6�"���Jؕ#wMZ�^P9��u�s���z6���i�y ��[�.@� ��鲱l�;��Vj��4�Sj#��:}�r� �P�̳�jկ9��h~ʇ�O��$дb���z&�>.;�iE�u��Hu˃���S���th�z�����2Q�X|]3B����<�휩�ֆ�}�1�Գ�+�/!�K���s��R�o��P��~s�c� 턤;����[lBP�e���� ��OF��N VY�Uʻ<(�Ÿx̊�-�iS��<-r����/�t��ꎻՁ���U�q]7�8w\o���4DPZ �]�Ы�V�%�V��cN1�gF��k�X�T�ҕ��,��j^G���'�l�n9&INuTN�8�w�a����~I�����Mi���Nmv!Gcj�66�7���\x)GA����V��>LV�`�"��S!]�,TL�Af�WVÂ��޷�S��v�S���n��Z��H�6x�`_����X� ~�Q
#��*�vA��Ck���>�1�^�0w9M�k�dr��sr?�q$�%E�OVc�;"�1/��tFam,�ۺq��y)#J �m�#~sW��J�gW�
nX��w�ߎ���}��{�T��e�,x�Z���y���������lg�&�I��B� ����be5Gc��c�K���˒I4��tz\"a��l��_��׎��9c��o%���W�����k�c�ר�� �Nd/�QVZB!A�eݒ%��S8��͈c<���XoPX�p��[;���W�ou vWL����ybw:q\��N��:ţ�;GF�[��)O�����>����ҕ��TԳ�ܞG�?0}��OnO����Ȥ��κr�PN�G�\ �o�����d3��Ǭ� pr
/�D�� v��[��6�h[&dҐ���K
��E��@�F���gލ|MlIAFj�t�$�~�۩�eH�-�pV!> �N����[�𓇏��̓�~̻���p:�.�H߁:��1 ��/�p��v�V˾/{���a�|� :��؁�ɴŹ���i�p�����<���pG�Ǭ��2�ۄ������_F�g�����2�kDh�˳�u;o����M��c!?q��i�F�q�~~����x�f���J�

Enjoying the preview?

Subscribe to continue reading