COWBOY CHARM SCHOOL
HAYWIRE BRIDES, #1
by
MARGARET BROWNLEY
Sub-genre: Western / Clean Romance
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Date of Publication: September 4, 2018
Number of Pages: 384
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When Texas Ranger Brett Tucker accidentally derails a wedding, he's determined to bring the estranged couple back together...but he never dreamed he'd start falling for the bride!
Texas Ranger Brett Tucker hates to break up a wedding, but the groom—notorious criminal Frank Foster—is a danger to any woman. So he busts into the church, guns blazing...only to find he has the wrong man.
STOP THAT WEDDING!
Bride-to-be Kate Denver is appalled by her fiancé's over-the-top reaction to the innocent mistake and calls off the wedding—for good. Guilt-ridden, Brett's desperate to get them back on track. But the more time he spends with Kate, the harder he falls...and the more he yearns to prove that he's her true match in every way.
"Light and airy as cotton candy, this tale charms."
-- Publishers Weekly
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From Cowboy
Charm School
By Margaret Brownley
Could she ever forgive the man for breaking up her
wedding?
“Miss Denver. I’m afraid we didn’t get
properly introduced the other day. I’m Brett Tucker, Texas Ranger.”
“I know who you are,” she said, her voice as
hard as the peanut brittle displayed in the glass counter standing between
them.
He
sucked in his breath. If looks could kill, he’d be a goner for sure. Not that
he could blame her. Thanks to him, not only was her interrupted wedding the
talk of the town, the Haywire Dispatch
had planted the story on the front page beneath a bold headline: Wedding Ends in Disaster.
Brett
cleared his throat. “I…eh…came to apologize again for what happened. I had no
idea that there were two Frank
Fosters.” Thinking that an explanation was in order, he continued, “The Foster
I was looking for is a wanted man. I’ve been on his trail for a long while.”
Twice Brett had almost caught him. Both times the man had slipped away.
“When I heard that someone by that name was
getting married, I immediately assumed it was the fugitive I’ve been chasing.”
Miss
Denver crossed her arms. “Next time you might want to look before you leap.”
“I hope to God there isn’t a next time,
ma’am. I never want to stop another wedding.” He rubbed his still sore chin. “All I could think about was saving you.”
“Saving me?” She stared at him. “You don’t
even know me.”
“Not personally, ma’am, that’s true. But
the Frank Foster I’m after is a danger to any woman.” She said nothing and he
continued. “I hope you’ll let me make it up to you. If there’s anything I can
do…?”
“I
believe you’ve done quite enough already, Mr. Tucker,” she said, her voice as
cool as the eyes boring into him.
He
drew in his breath. She wasn’t making it easy but then, why should she? Still,
he wasn’t ready to give up. “There must be something. I tried bailing your
fiancé out of jail, but he refused to accept my help.”
Something
flickered in the depths of her eyes. “If you’re serious about wanting to do
something, you’ll leave town and not return.”
Tilting
his Stetson forward, he rubbed the back of his neck. “I’m afraid that will be a
little hard to do, ma’am.” A crime wave had hit the county, overwhelming local
lawmen. The opportunity to serve as a special Texas Ranger couldn’t have come
at a more opportune time. Brett was sent to Haywire to assist the sheriff in
bringing the culprits to justice, but the reason he’d volunteered for the job
was far more personal.
“I’m here on special commission from
Captain McMurray.”
Miss
Denver greeted his news with a look of disdain. “Then I suggest you attend to
your business and stay away from the rest of us.”
“As
you wish,” he said. He made quick
strides toward the door before stopping. Glancing over his shoulder, he found
her watching him. “Your dress,” he said. “I’d feel a whole lot better if you’d
let me pay for any damage.” He had no idea the cost of a wedding gown, but it
couldn’t be cheap.
“Go.” she said with a beseeching look. “Please.
Just…go.”
New York Times bestselling author MARGARET BROWNLEY has penned more than forty-five novels and novellas. She's a two-time Romance Writers of American RITA® finalist and has written for a TV soap. She is also a recipient of the Romantic Times Pioneer Award.
Her story, A Pony Express Christmas, will appear this fall in the Old West Christmas Brides collection, and book two of her Haywire Brides series will be published May 2019. Not bad for someone who flunked eighth-grade English. Just don't ask her to diagram a sentence.
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