title: The Coltons: Pregnant in Prosperino
author:  Carla Cassidy 
description: "Ms. Cassidy adds just the right touch of wondrous possibilities to create a magical reading experience." -- <i>Romantic Times Magazine</i>
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  ## JOE COLTON’S JOURNAL
  
  
  There’s been a strange vibe in the air ever since I got off the phone with my
  son Rand. He’s on his way home with some shocking news that he has to deliver
  in person. I wonder what it could be…? Meanwhile, on the home front, Chance
  Reilly is back in Prosperino. He returned to look in on his terminally ill
  father, but the old coot died before they had a chance to make amends. After
  Chance’s mother died when he was a lad, he was left to battle his tyrannical,
  verbally abusive father alone—except for that rebellious teenage year when he
  stayed at the Hopechest Ranch and Hacienda de Alegria. Now his old man is
  making Chance’s life miserable, even from the grave. His airtight last
  testament decrees that Chance must be married in order to inherit the family
  ranch and estate. As luck would have it, his father’s private duty nurse, Lana
  Ramirez, offered to be his temporary wife—on the condition that Chance agree
  to father her baby! Hmm…could Ol