Justified Deception — Patricia Watters

PREQUEL: DANCING MOON RANCH SERIES - Ruth Crawford's on a quest to find her daughter who was kidnapped five years before. Ruth's private investigator's all but certain that ranch owner, Matt Kincaid's, adopted daughter is Ruth's child. But even though Ruth lands the job as nanny to Matt's six-year-old daughter, she must tread carefully. Matt's the maverick in a powerful family of lawyers and politicians and she can't predict what Matt or his family might do if the adoption's challenged. However, Ruth's carefully laid plans go awry when she finds herself falling in love with the man who might have stolen her child. AUTHOR'S NOTE: Annie Kincaid will grow up to marry one of the sons from my DANCING MOON RANCH SERIES, so if you enjoy reading "Justified Deception," you might want to follow it by reading the Dancing Moon Ranch Series and CROSS PURPOSES, which is Book 7 of the series, where 21-year-old Annie butts horns with Ryan Hansen from the Dancing Moon Ranch. Theirs is a bumpy ride to everlasting love. PLEASE NOTE: The books in the Dancing Moon Ranch series are intended to be read in sequence as each story moves forward in time, the entire 13-book series spanning thirty years and two generations.