The Cowboy's Bride Collection

Ride onto the open range alongside cowboys and cowgirls who embrace the adventures of living in the Old West from Kansas to New Mexico, Colorado to Texas. Whether rounding up cattle or mustangs, training horses, fending off outlaws, weathering storms, competing in rodeos, or surviving drought these cowboys work hard each day. But when hardheaded men have their weaknesses exposed by well-meaning women will they stampede away or will a lasting love develop? Find out in this exciting collection of nine historical romances. The Cowboy Poet by Susan Page Davis Bat Wilson is a hardworking cowboy, but his coworkers tease him relentlessly when they find his poor attempts at writing poetry to cheer up the boss's daughter. Rilla Lane has seen Bat's heroic side in the way he treats both people and animals, but will he be able to act bravely when real danger comes to the ranch? For a Song by Susanne Dietze Two songbirds, red and yellow—it was a straightforward mail-order present for an upstanding widowed rancher's lonely daughter. But when a sister-act of saloon singers (a redhead and a blond) arrives on the stagecoach expecting Jackson Bridge to give them a job, his daughter changes her tune and starts singing not for a pet, but a pretty ginger-haired mother. Crazy about Cait by Nancy J. Farrier Cait Sullivan can't believe her father hired Jonas Hall to take over her job—managing and training his famed horses. Not only that, but her father expects her to work with Jonas and listen to his advice. Can Jonas hide the fact he's always loved Cait and find a way to convince her he isn't the villain she believes him to be? Love's Sweet Storm by Miralee Ferrell While traveling to meet her intended groom, mail-order bride Addie Patrick becomes stranded in a northern Texas shack during a snowstorm. She's all alone—until a local rancher stumbles in half frozen. Will a few nights alone with a man ruin Addie's dream of wedded bliss with Sam Tolliver, or is this a divinely inspired detour to bring her and Grant Hollister together? The Reformed Cowboy by Darlene Franklin Wes Harper has been corresponding with Millie Cain for a year, but he hasn't told her he is a Kansas cowhand. Based on his letters, filled with poetry and music, Millie assumes he is refined and educated. Can Wes reform enough to become the gentleman Millicent expects? Or will she reject the love of a godly man based on his outward appearance? A Texan's Surprise by Vickie McDonough Rancher Trey Carpenter is looking forward to his mother's visit and enjoying her home cooking. But when he meets her train, he discovers she's not alone—she brought her deceased best friend's citified daughter and the widow's two small children with her. The hair on his nape rises as he smells another of his mother's cockamamy plans. The Wrangler's Woman by Davalynn Spencer Josiah Hanacker is doing just fine raising his children, so he thinks, until he receives a letter from his sister-in-law, who is convinced he can't possibly raise a proper daughter and declares she will fight for the girl if necessary. Josiah realizes he needs a woman to help him, and Corra Jameson, working at her sister's boardinghouse, is as good as any. Cowboy Competition by Becca Whitham An unjust firing and a cowboy competition drive Toby Lane to the Double L ranch seeking redemption and a job. But when the owner's daughter asks him to partner with her in the team events, he might just lose it all... including his heart. The Cowgirl's Lasso by Jamie Jo Wright Jonah Sparks thought he hired a foreman—not a dictator, but when the firecracker CJ Matheson rides in to lasso the pieces of his mismanaged New Mexico ranch, Jonah is ready to call it quits. She wasn't supposed to be pretty. She wasn't supposed to be a she.