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The Cowboy Takes A Bride By Lori Wilde

The Cowboy Takes A Bride

by Lori Wilde

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A note from Lori Wilde
Dear Readers,
 On the four-poster bed I share with my husband in a cottage outside of a small town in Texas, rests the double wedding ring quilt my grandmother made me for a marriage that didn’t last.  The husband I have now—the one I’ve come to think of as the real husband—never knew my grandmother, but he sure admires her quilt.
 “Look at the stitches,” he says, “so small and neat. Your grandmother was a precise woman.”
 He is right, but I can’t figure out how he knows this.
“It’s in the care she took.” He runs a hand over the pattern, nods. “She loved you very much.”
Whenever Gammie started a quilt, she dove into it with her heart and soul. She’d spend hour upon hour bent over the frame, her fingers nimbly pulling the thread through. She’d work ten or twelve hours a day for three or four weeks to finish a quilt. I thought it was the way everyone made a quilt. Later I learned most people employ a sewing machine and take their time with it. But once my Gammie started a quilt, she was on a mission until it was complete. She was also adept at sewing, crocheting, embroidery, candlemaking, gardening and jewelry making. 
I inherited none of my grandmother’s artist skills, but this grounding in crafts stuck with me and now, I’ve had the wonderful good fortune to land with a publisher who encourages me to write what I know. About small towns filled with interesting people. About groups of women who get together to support and nurture each other. About knitting and quilting, cooking and gardening. About mending lives and mending hearts. I’m so blessed to have this opportunity to bring whimsical, homespun stories to my readers. 
As I write this, my husband shakes his head. “It runs in the family,” he says.
“What?” I’m surprised. “I can’t sew to save my life.”
“You do it with your books.” He leans over to kiss my cheek. “The precision. The caring. The love.”
And that’s when I realize what any kind of craft is really all about. 
The love.
                                                                --Lori Wilde

The Cowboy Takes A Bride

Cutting horse cowboy Joe Daniels isn’t quite sure how he ended up sleeping in a horse trough wearing nothing but his Stetson and cowboy boots. But now he’s wide-awake, and a citified woman is glaring down at him. His goal? Get rid of her ASAP. The obstacle? His own darn libido!

When city slicker Mariah Callahan learns that her estranged—and now departed—father has left her his rundown ranch in Jubilee, she has no choice but to accept it. Her goal? Restart her career by planning local weddings. The obstacle? One hard-living cowboy who’s as infuriating as he is irresistible….

The first in Lori Wilde’s unforgettable new series, The Cowboy Takes a Bride is a fun, emotionally rich treat for those with a taste for romance, Texas style.

Hardcover Book : 384 pages

Publisher: Avon Books/Imp Of Harper Collins Pu ( March 27, 2012 )

Item #: 13-516979

ISBN: 9781617937477

Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.25 inches

Product Weight: 14.0 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

The Cowboy Takes a Bride
July 07, 2012

I really enjoyed it. I love stories about cowboys, both historical & modern.

Reviewer: Pawgie

love a cowboy
April 19, 2012

i love stories about cowboys and wish we had more. good characters, good storyline; hated to see it end. highly recommend

Reviewer: Peg F

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