Free The Cowboy's Twins by Deb Kastner

pasture open for easy access. I know the horses will need plenty of room to run, especially since they’ll have been cooped up in a trailer for so long by the time they arrive here.”
    She pointed to the gate that led to a small meadow. Her plan would work in theory, if it wasn’t for the terrible condition of the fences. The fence next to the road was in the worst shape. Wooden beams had been knocked about and some of the poles were completely unearthed.
    Repairing that part alone would be a lot of work, but she could take her time with that—if she’d given herself time. The land wasn’t going anywhere and neither were the fences. The problem was, there wasn’t any time and there were a lot of fences. If the ones closest to the house were in this bad of condition, he dreaded to see what the rest of the thousand acres looked like.
    Faith was a smart woman—she’d just never had to work on a ranch in such poor condition before. She still didn’t understand just how much effort it would take to fix up this dump. She’d no doubt soon realize that his help alone would be nowhere near enough, even if he continued to help her, and at this point, he couldn’t see how he could not . It wasn’t in him to walk away from a lady in distress, even if the woman in question had bitten off far more than she could ever chew.
    She’d said that she didn’t have the money to hire any help, but he’d say she needed two wranglers at least. Worse, even if she had the funds, she might discover it was difficult to find a wrangler willing to work a horse farm—especially a sanctuary with wild horses. Serendipity was cattle country. Jax was one of the few who raised horses, and he trained his herd for cattle ranching.
    Unlike many areas, the ranchers around Serendipity didn’t necessarily object to horse farms. They just knew cattle. A wild-horse refuge? Some would believe it was a sad waste of good grazing land. There might be some resentment, although Jax hoped her neighbors would be better people than that.
    Maybe she could find a teenager willing to do some work for her after school and on weekends. A youth working part-time wouldn’t charge as much as a full-time professional wrangler. He had a couple of girls in mind who were especially good with horses. Before he brought his idea up to Faith, he decided he’d speak to the girls and their families to see if they were interested.
    It would have to be soon, if Faith had horses coming in immediately.
    â€œYou’re planning to fix the house up before you get too busy bringing in too many horses, right?”
    He hadn’t even seen the inside of the place, but based on everything else he’d viewed so far, he imagined it would be far from livable. “Are you staying at the Howells’ Bed-and-Breakfast until you’re ready to move in?”
    It was a reasonable guess, seeing as there was no hotel in Serendipity. The Howells’ B and B was the one and only place for guests in town to stay.
    â€œOh, I’m already moved into the house.” She waved a hand as if to dismiss the thought. “I brought everything I needed to live on in my SUV.”
    He’d been thinking about the condition of the house itself, but moving her belongings was yet another hurdle to jump. She couldn’t possibly have fit everything she owned into her SUV, even if it was one of the bigger models. What about her furniture? Dishes? Sheets and towels?
    A toothbrush?
    There might be a functional appliance or two inside the house, but Jax doubted Faith had found much in working condition. He imagined it would take weeks to put together anything remotely livable.
    If she hadn’t hired a moving company yet, he’d probably have to help her with that, as well. There was no way she would be able to move big furniture on her own, and even if she could, he wouldn’t let her. He supposed he could always get his