Brenda Jackson - Wishes for Tomorrow

Two classic Westmoreland novels from New York Times bestselling author Brenda Jackson

WESTMORELAND’S WAY

There is a secret to Dillon Westmoreland’s heritage—and Pamela Novak may have the key. Though the raven-haired beauty is ensnared by her shifty fiancé, there is no way Dillon—eldest of the Denver Westmoreland clan—can resist a mind-blowing night in her arms. And after that kind of incredible passion…well, once a Westmoreland claims the woman he wants, he won’t let anything tear them apart!

HOT WESTMORELAND NIGHTS

Ramsey Westmoreland knows better than to lust after the hired help, but his new cook is just so delectable…. When temptation gets the best of the Denver rancher, he plans to discover if Chloe Burton is as hot in the bedroom as she is in the kitchen. As their affair grows steamier, Ramsey begins to question Chloe’s true motives. And when he discovers her betrayal, he is set to satisfy himself with cold showers. Until he realizes his mistake: never underestimate the power of the human heart, especially a Westmoreland’s.

Wishes for Tomorrow

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR

Brenda Jackson

A Westmoreland Novel

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CONTENTS

WESTMORELAND’S WAY Westmoreland’s Way

HOT WESTMORELAND NIGHTS

Dear Reader,

It’s hard to believe that I introduced the Westmorelands to my readers over ten years ago. Though at the time, little did I know that you would welcome them into your home and hearts the same way I have allowed them into mine. Originally, the Westmoreland family series was intended to be just six books, Delaney and her five brothers—Dare, Thorn, Stone, Storm and Chase. Later, I wanted my readers to meet their cousins—Jared, Spencer, Durango, Ian, Quade and Reggie. Finally, there were Uncle Corey’s triplets—Clint, Cole and Casey.

The Westmorelands living in Denver were a whole new breed but they still had Westmoreland values and of course those Westmoreland good looks. I was able to show the way family connects and the bond that holds them together through the good and bad times. I wanted to display how a family can pull together and stay together as well as look out for each other.

Wishes for Tomorrow contains the first two stories in the Denver Westmorelands saga—Westmoreland’s Way and Hot Westmoreland Nights. In Westmoreland’s Way, we are introduced to Dillon, the head of the Denver clan. In search of the truth about his great-grandfather, he meets Pamela Novak, the woman who is destined to be by his side forever. Then in Hot Westmoreland Nights, we are introduced to Ramsey, a sheep rancher and a man who thinks he doesn’t need a woman around. But Chloe Burton proves just how wrong he is from the first day that she sets foot on his property.

I was very happy when Harlequin Kimani responded to my readers’ requests that the books in the entire Westmoreland series be reprinted. And I’m even happier that the reissues are in a great, two-in-one book format.

I hope you enjoy reading these special romance stories as much as I enjoyed writing them.

Happy Reading!

Brenda Jackson

To the love of my life, Gerald Jackson, Sr. You’re still the one after all these years!

Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.

—Proverbs 23:12

Westmoreland’s Way

Contents

Prologue

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Epilogue

Prologue

“I know how much finding out everything there is about your grandfather means to you, and I wish you the best in that endeavor. If you ever need anything, you, your brothers and cousins should know that the Atlanta Westmorelands are here. Call on us at any time.”

Dillon Westmoreland drained his wineglass before meeting the older man’s eyes. He’d only met James Westmoreland eleven months ago. He had arrived in Denver, Colorado, with his sons and nephews, claiming to be his kin. They’d had the documentation to prove it.

“Thank you, sir,” Dillon said. Their unexpected appearance at the Shady Tree Ranch had answered a lot of questions, but generated even more. After years of thinking they had no living relatives outside of Denver, it was nice to know there were others—others who hadn’t hesitated to claim them as their own.

Dillon glanced around the wedding reception given for his cousin Reggie and Reggie’s wife, Olivia. Dillon and the other Denver Westmorelands had officially met Reggie with a bunch of other Westmorelands from Atlanta at the family reunion a few months before. All it took was one look to know they were related. Their facial features, complexions and builds were practically the same. No surprise, given the fact their great-grandfathers, Reginald and Raphel, had been identical twins.

Dillon now knew the story of how his great-grandfather, Raphel Westmoreland, had split from the family at the age of twenty-two. He’d left Atlanta, Georgia, with the wife of the town’s preacher. It had been considered a despicable act and Raphel had immediately become known as the black sheep in the Westmoreland family, never to be heard from again.

Many assumed he had died before his twenty-fifth birthday with a bounty on his head for wife-stealing. Few knew that Raphel had eventually made it to Denver, married and produced a son who had given him two grandsons, who in turn had blessed him with fifteen great-grands. Dillon was proud to say, at thirty-six, he was the oldest of Raphel’s great-grandchildren. That left the Denver Westmoreland’s legacy right smack on Dillon’s shoulders.

It hadn’t been easy, but he had done his best to lead his family. And he hadn’t done too badly. All fifteen of them were successful in their own right, even the three that were still in college. But then you had to really try hard to overlook his youngest brother, Bane, whose occasional brush with the law kept Dillon down at police headquarters more than he would have liked.

“Are you still determined to find out the truth about whatever happened to your great-grandfather’s other wives, or whether his previous relationships were even wives at all?” James Westmoreland asked him.

“Yes, sir. I’m taking time off from my company later this year, sometime in November, to travel to Wyoming,” Dillon said.

Through James Westmoreland’s genealogy research he had found Dillon’s family. Now it was up to the Denver Westmorelands to find answers to the questions that still plagued them about their ancestry. That was one of the reasons why the trip to Wyoming was so important to him.

“Okay, Dillon, Uncle James has had your ear long enough.”