Clove Penmire, an Australian stunt woman has been corresponding by email with Archer Jefferson and while online, she may come across as beautiful and exciting, only she knows the truth. However, when Clove's sister finds out that she can't have children and that her marriage may soon be over because of this, Clove hatches a plan of her own. Her plan would include finding a good specimen, getting pregnant and saving her sister's marriage by giving her a child. However she just happens to forget to tell Archer that she is on her way to Texas or that she plans to lose her virginity and become pregnant before she comes home.

It's not very often that Archer meets two interesting women in one week! One who is just a bit plain and who seems to hide behind her huge eyeglasses and another who is one hot bombshell that ends up rocking and rolling with him in the bed of his truck! He soon discovers that not only are his two mystery women one in the same but that she's actually his buddy Clove from Australia. The surprise isn't over yet however when he discovers what her plan was and that it worked times three!

Clove certainly hadn't expected Archer to find out her secret baby-making plan and once he does, he isn't having any parts of her returning home with his children!

Anyone who wasn't already a fan of Leonard's Cowboys By The Dozen series certainly will be by the time they finish the last page of this newest addition to the series. I was a bit concerned in the beginning that I wouldn't care for Clove's secret plans to impregnate herself by someone she called a friend however Leonard had a way of turning the situation into a comical but tender love story that captured this readers heart. As I'm pretty sure, I haven't read all of the books in this compilation yet; I'll be adding more Leonard titles to my wish list soon.

Book Summary

She'd traveled to Texas for two things: A real cowboy and a baby…

And her e-mail buddy, Archer Jefferson, fit the bill. From his jeans to his hat to his crooked smile, the man was more cowboy than Australian stuntwoman Clove Penmire had bargained for — perfect for helping a friend make one little baby.

And although she was known as a plain Jane, Clove refused to let her lack of glamour — or the odd twist of her heart when she saw Archer — interfere with her baby-making mission. She'd be the one to love 'em and leave 'em this time…until a makeover and one passionate night changed all her plans!

Cowboys by the Dozen! Let the roundup of those Jefferson bad boys begin!