title: Daddy by Default: A Novel
author:  Pat Tucker 
description: By day, Pat Tucker works as a radio news director in Houston, Texas. By night, she is a talented writer with a knack for telling page-turning stories. She is the author of <i>Somebody Has to Pay</i>, <i>The Cocktail Club, Sideline Scandals, Party Girl, Daddys Maybe, Football Widows </i>(soon to be a movie)<i>, Daddy by Default,</i> and <i>Lachez</i> (an original e-short). She is the coauthor with Earl Sewell of <i>Loyalty Among Friends</i> and <i>A Social Affair</i> and has participated in three anthologies, including <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Zanes <i>Caramel Flava. </i>A graduate of San Jose State University, Pat is a member of the National and Houston Association of Black Journalists and Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. She is married with two children.
zlib_text: B ecom
  in g  a daddy to the daug hter he n ev er
  k n ew...
  A  B ent C reek B lessing s rom
  an ce
  Tucker Wade’s life changes forever the moment Autumn Myers
  knocks at his door. Not only is Autumn the identical twin of his
  recently deceased wife, but she’s brought someone with her—the
  adorable five-year-old daughter Tucker didn’t know existed. Now this
  cowboy’s determined to prove himself as a daddy and keep his
  daughter...even if it means hurting the woman he’s falling for.
  
  It was the child’s eyes that caused his heart to
  lurch...
  Those were his eyes. And that was undeniably the Wade family
  dimple that dipped into one side of Tucker’s daughter’s baby-soft
  cheeks.
  His daughter. A barrage of emotions swept over Tucker as he stood
  looking down at her. He was a father. That revelation had his world
  tilting.
  “Are you all right?” Autumn asked. “You look mighty pale.”
  He gave a forced laugh. “I’m better than all right. I’m a daddy.”
  “Tucker?” Autumn said, bringing him back to full awareness.
  