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Shane's Bride

Mail Order Brides of Texas

By Kathleen Ball

  

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Rescued from Indians, Cecily McGuinness suffers from horrendous nightmare; ones that have her running from her lodging into the woods. She’ll never be normal again and most of the townspeople look at her with disdain. All she ever wanted was a family and a place to call home. 

Sheriff Shane O'Connor is tired of tracking Cecily down each time she takes flight. Finally he makes her an offer to keep his house and help turn it into a farm. Her past doesn’t taint her in his eyes. In fact he finds himself very attracted to her but keeps his distance. She’d suffered enough at the hands of Long Nose. 

Amid cheating gamblers, old friends who unexpectedly show up and a fire, a closeness develops between them. Cecily believes she isn’t fit to be a wife anymore. Can Shane convince her heart and soul that she is indeed worthy of a great love? 

Excerpt

He slowly walked to her, concern etched on his face. “I scared you, didn’t I? I’m sorry,” he said in a soft voice. Reaching out he cupped her shoulders in his big hands. “I want you to feel safe here. You were lost in thought.” He cocked his brow and slightly tilted his head as though waiting for an answer.

“I suppose I was.” She took a big step back, escaping his hands. His hands didn’t scare her as much as her reaction to them. A warm tingling feeling coursed through her body. Her heart continued to beat fast, but now it wasn’t out of fear. 

About Kathleen Ball

 Sexy Cowboys and the Women Who Love Them...

Finalist in the 2012 and 2015 RONE Awards.

Top Pick, Five Star Series from the Romance Review.

Kathleen Ball writes contemporary and historical western romance with great emotion and

memorable characters. Her books are award winners and have appeared on best sellers lists

including:


Amazon's Best Sellers List, All Romance Ebooks, Bookstrand, Desert Breeze Publishing and

Secret Cravings Publishing Best Sellers list. She is the recipient of eight Editor's Choice

Awards, and The Readers' Choice Award for Ryelee's Cowboy.
Winner of the Lear diamond award Best Historical Novel- Cinders' Bride

There's something about a cowboy....

***Order of my Books***
Lasso Spring Series

Callie's Heart
Lone Star Joy
Stetson's Storm

Dawson Ranch Series

Texas Haven-- can be found in the Cowboy Mine boxed Set
Ryelee's Cowboy


Cowboy Seasons Series

Summer's Desire
Autumn's Hope
Winter's Embrace
Spring's Delight

Cinders' Bride
Keegan's Bride
The Greatest Gift

Cowboy Mine Boxed Set
Silver Belles and Stetsons Anthology




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New Release! Keegan's Bride by Kathleen Ball #ASMSG #IARTG Kindle Unlimited

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Keegan Quinn watches the passengers disembark wondering where his mail order bride is. All he sees is a woman with a husband and child. Upon approaching the young woman, he discovers she is his bride, and she has a daughter she never mentioned. As they cross the street, the little girl screams for her daddy and points to the man who accompanied them on the stage.
Rancher Keegan Quinn is furious. The married woman swindled him into paying passage for her and her child. It was fool hardy to think a mail order bride would want him. He rides out of town as fast as he can, vowing never to look back. It’s a loco dream to think he can have a family while constantly looking over his shoulder.
Addy has no idea why Peg calls the new sheriff daddy. It cost her, Keegan, the man she hoped to make a life with. She has many secrets, but the sheriff is not one of them. She needs Keegan to keep her safe from her past in Boston. Once he learns the truth, he’ll send her back, but it’s a chance she’s willing to take.
Can two people who have so much love to give, realize they actually love each other?  

 

Excerpt:
Tears filled her eyes. “I didn’t know what you’d do when we both showed up.”
“You’re here now. It’ll be fine. Here let me take her.” He eased the baby out of Addy’s arms and held her close. “What’s her name?”
“Peg.”
A terrible shriek filled the air as Peg woke up. Startled he almost dropped her. She looked wildly around until she saw the man from the stagecoach. She pointed and yelled, “Daddy!”
The world slowed as Keegan turned toward the man, only to have Peg shriek yet again. Something wasn’t right and he wasn’t about to be fleeced of all his hard earned money. “Hey, Mister, come get your child.” He put Peg back into Addy’s arms and walked away. He hurried best he could to his horse, mounted and headed out of town. He didn’t look back.
The longer he rode, the madder he got. He pulled lightly on the reins and slowed his horse, Strike to a stop. It would be one thing if only the woman was involved in cheating him, but the man with her needed to take a few lumps for his part. Keegan had worked too long and too hard to allow anyone to cheat him. Damn! What was he supposed to do now?
“The hell with it!” he yelled into the hot, dry Texas wind. He didn’t need complications. Right now he had cattle to take care of and it wasn’t easy starting a ranch alone. He’d been on his own too long.

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Keegan Quinn watches the passengers disembark wondering where his mail order bride is. All he sees is a woman with a husband and child. Upon approaching the young woman, he discovers she is his bride, and she has a daughter she never mentioned. As they cross the street, the little girl screams for her daddy and points to the man who accompanied them on the stage. 

Rancher Keegan Quinn is furious. The married woman swindled him into paying passage for her and her child. It was fool hardy to think a mail order bride would want him. He rides out of town as fast as he can, vowing never to look back. It’s a loco dream to think he can have a family while constantly looking over his shoulder. 

Addy has no idea why Peg calls the new sheriff daddy. It cost her, Keegan, the man she hoped to make a life with. She has many secrets, but the sheriff is not one of them. She needs Keegan to keep her safe from her past in Boston. Once he learns the truth, he’ll send her back, but it’s a chance she’s willing to take. 

Can two people who have so much love to give, realize they actually love each other? 

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New Release Love So Deep by Kathleen Ball #ASMSG

Love So Deep

By Kathleen Ball

New Release

Historical Western Romance

 Banned from the wagon train Samantha Foley wanders through the Colorado Mountains. An early winter storms arrives leaving her at its frozen mercy.
Ruggedly handsome Mountain Man, Patrick McCrery comes to her rescue. Patrick, half white and half Indian, he fits in neither world. He lives a solitary life as a trapper. He certainly does not want to get involved with the beautiful Samantha Foley.
Knowing she is leaving at the first spring thaw, Samantha tries to guard her heart but sometimes her guard slips leaving her totally and utterly in love with her handsome hero. When she is finally left in town at the bottom of the mountain, she can’t help but gaze at the mountain trail wishing with all her heart, Patrick will appear.
Can love shine through distrust, discrimination, and accusations? Only if it’s deep enough. 

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Excerpt

Samantha tried wrapping her scarf around her head, but the weight of the hardened ice kept dragging it down. The naysayers were right, winter came early—very early and with a vengeance. She stared at the pure white snow dotted with Ponderosa pines. Their branches bowed from the snowy burden. She’d doubted her survival the minute they banned her from the wagon train but as she walked away, she grew determined to survive. What a difference a few weeks made. As soon as the storm hit two days ago, her doubts returned.

She took a step and stumbled. The hem of her dress, caked with icy snow, made it hard going. With each step, her feet punched through the snow and sank. Her hands stung from the biting cold. Soon she wouldn’t feel them anymore. She knew the signs of frostbite. Pushing herself upright she struggled on, one exhausting step at a time.

The wind howled and she wanted to cry at its sad song. She’d been on her own for two long weeks now. How she hated the pious women she’d traveled with. The death of her parents left her alone and a woman alone was not allowed on the wagon train. The married women believed she’d entice their husbands. The same women whose children she nursed when they were sick. The hypocrisy ate at her soul.

It was either marry Old Thomas or leave. She refused to marry, calling their bluff. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a bluff. They threw her a sack of food and a canteen of water and left her behind.

Again, she fell face first into the snow. Struggling to rise, she shook her head. Maybe it’d be easier to just lay there and fall into a forever sleep. Her food was long ago eaten and her strength had held out surprisingly long, but now she wasn’t sure it was worth the effort.

A horse nickered and she pushed herself up. Her heart skipped a beat in fright. On the horse sat a huge man covered in animal furs. His rifle lay across his lap.

“Get up,” he said, his voice full of anger.

Samantha pushed and struggled until she stood. This was it. She just hoped her death would be painless. Putting her frigid hands on her hips, she brazenly studied him. His slate blue eyes were full of compassion. He held out his hand. She grasped it and he hauled her up in front of him.

“Let’s get you warm.” He opened his fur coat, pulled her against his warm body, and wrapped them both up. “Where are your people?”

“My people?”

“Yes, do you have a cabin here bouts? You shouldn’t be out here alone. It’s dangerous and in the snow it’s easy to get lost.”

Turning her head, she felt his warm breath against her cheek. His full beard brushed against her. “I’m on my own. I was hoping to find a town.”

He didn’t say anything else as he urged his steed forward. It was slow going in the snow but the horse seemed to know its way. Leaning back against his wide chest, her eyes closed.

 

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The world seemed eerily quiet as she pushed herself up from the

hard packed dirt, only to fall back down. Her ankle hurt. Tears 

filled her eyes, as she glanced around. There stood the women from

 the mercantile, staring, and their eyes full of terror. She’d get no

 assistance from them.

John Hardy strutted into the street and laughed while he gestured

 for two of his men to pick her up. “Come on, honey, it’s time for 

our honeymoon.”

She heard the clomping of hooves and the turn of wagon wheels

behind her but the wagon didn’t stop to help her either. By this

 time, a crowd had gathered and now there were men standing with

 the group of women. She tried to plead for help with her eyes but

 they glanced away.

Two men grabbed at her to haul her back into the saloon when a

 loud cocking of a gun erupted from behind.

“Put her down.” A man's voice threatened.

John stepped forward, thrusting out his chest. “Listen, Cinders, this

 is none of your business. It’d be in your best interest to leave 

things be.”

The world began to dim and spin, the smell of blood was the last

 straw. She fainted.

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The Town, and a Kidnapper

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The Cowboy Claims

His Calabrese Mail Order Bride

 (Sweet Land of Liberty Brides Book 1)

 by Lorena Dove

The year is 1892, and Giovanna is a young widow struggling to raise her daughter on her own. Hard-working, beautiful, and honest to a fault, Giovanna's dreams of a life with her husband, Frank, were cut short when he died soon after they arrived from Calabria, Italy, four years earlier. Now Giovanna must find a way to help her sick daughter, Rosa, before she loses the only thing she loves!

Laars Gundersen has broken from his family in Minnesota to work a claim in the Dakota Territory. He needs a wife, but his work ethic and cool Nordic ways don't leave much time for children.

Will Giovanna find the love she deserves and be able to care for Rosa before it's too late? Find out in this clean, sweet historical romance, Book One in the Sweet Land of Liberty Brides series.

Lorena Dove writes sweet, clean, inspirational Western romance, suitable for readers of all ages.

 

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 I absolutely loved this book! I don't usually read these kind of books but this one had me hooked on the first page! Loved it and I can't wait to read more by Kathleen Ball!

 

Loved this book. Shannon triumphed all kinds of hardships. Can't wait for book 2

 

Loved it! Once again Kathy Ball wrote a fantastic read!

 

Cinder's Bride is a sweet adventure of a city girl who agreed to be a mail order bride out to the wild West. Shannon had a difficult childhood which prepared her to face adversity and overcome. Cinder, recently widowed, cannot resist the wholesome, beauty of his tenacious bride. The romance blossoms gently and grows deeper with each frontier challenge. It's an energetic, fun read.

 

I enjoyed this book quite a bit. The story was different from other mail order brides I've read. The characters were interesting and enjoyable.

 

I loved Cinder's Bride. It had all the qualities I could count on from Kathleen Ball - sweet, sexy romance, hot cowboys, vulnerable yet strong characters - but it was different at the same time. I loved Kathleen's first time-period romance. She obviously did her research, because I felt as though I was back in that world as I read this story. I'm excited to read the next book in this series. I highly recommend Cinder's Bride.

 

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Cinder's Bride 

Mail Order Brides of Texas

By Kathleen Ball

Shannon McMurphy travels to Asherville, Texas as a mail order bride expecting to marry a rancher. Instead, her intended is a saloonkeeper. Her refusal to marry enrages John Hardy and he slices her cheek with a knife so no other man would want her. She runs into the street and no one helps her until Cinders comes along.

Sexy, Rancher Cinders saves Shannon and offers her a job. To protect her reputation he marries her. They both agree it’s a marriage of convenience. He admires her spunk and willingness to learn everything about surviving the Texas frontier. He waits for her to ask to go home but she never does.

They learn a lot about each other through, stolen horses, Indian troubles, a cattle drive and the busybodies of the town. Their attraction for each other grows, but can they learn to trust enough to love?

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The Word Prompt this Week is RANDOM

Welcome to Tuesday Tales 

This is a continuation of my Mountain Man Historical Novel

Both of his guests were sleeping he couldn’t help but watch them. What to make of the whole situation he had no idea. Samantha, so positive of her story and Brian very convincible about his. The boy had the same coloring as Samantha. Blood would always tell. It was a saying he’d heard repeatedly. It was the very reason he lived away from the rest of the world. He’d lived in so-called polite society most of his life but as soon as his da died, he took off. There wasn’t anything or anyone in town for him. People liked his da well enough but their good will didn’t extend to his half-breed son. 

No sense bemoaning his past. He like Brian was just an innocent lad. No one would lay another hand on the boy. No one helped him, but he’ll do the right thing and help someone who couldn’t defend himself. 

Grabbing his bedroll from the corner, behind his pile of furs, he lay it out in front of the fireplace and lay on it. Sleep came easier than anticipated.

The sounds of whispers woke him with a start and quick as lightening he was on his feet. His face heated at the startled expressions on Samantha and Brian’s faces. “Sorry, I forgot you were here. It’s good to be fast on your feet out here.”

Samantha nodded but Brian’s brows furrowed. Poor kid probably had to be fast on his feet to try to avoid random beatings. Though it didn’t appear, he’d been successful. His eyes narrowed and he shook his head. How could his ma allow it to happen? Many women were afraid of their husbands and were beaten too but Samantha wasn’t full of marks on her body.

She hadn’t asked about him undressing her when he rescued her and put her to bed and it was just as well. It would have made for some awkward conversation. It was an image he couldn’t forget. 

She was beautiful, the type of woman who would never allow him to touch her. 

“Good Morning! If you’ll move you things from the fireplace I’ll make us some tea and breakfast.”

He closed his eyes—a morning person he wasn’t but apparently Samantha was extra cheery in the morning. After he folded up his bedroll and put it back in the corner, he pulled on his boots and grabbed his coat. “I need to… I’m going to get more wood and water.”

“You’re leaving?” Brian’s eyes widened and he wrapped his arms around his middle.

 “Really, I’ll be as quick as I can.”

Brian nodded and Samantha leaned down, putting her arms around his small frame. “You can help me cook.”

He nodded again but he didn’t take his gaze off Patrick.

“Go on.” She moved her hand as if waving him out the door.

Once outside, he paused and looked back at the cabin. So much for solitude. It was a shame the poor boy didn’t trust anyone. It was one of those life lessons learned the hard way. He hoped Solomon was out there frozen to death. No, death was too easy; he hoped the bastard was suffering in the blizzard without food or shelter. He made his way to the barn and Ahearn snorted in greeting.

“Guess we’re going to have a few extra mouths to feed for a bit. Samantha is too bright and happy. I mean she brightens the place up but I’m used to gloomy silence. And the boy, if someone doesn’t teach him to trust soon, he may never trust anyone.”

Ahern butted his shoulder with his nose. “I know, old boy, just like me. Looks like it’s going to be snowshoes for a while. The snow is getting too deep for me to take you with me. Wish I was alone, I’d hunt down that thieving Solomon and get my furs back, but I promised I’d stay around. Glad a have you to talk to.” He patted Ahern’s muscled flank and walked toward the cabin. He’d stick around for the day but starting tomorrow, he had traps to check. 

To Read More Amazing Tales:

When 26-year-old cowboy Holden O'Leary uprooted his brothers
from Texas to Montana, the new vet advertised for a nanny. No woman alive would
deny the Doc was as handsome a specimen as the sleek, hard-bodies horses he
rescued. And that included Summer Fitzgerald, the voluptuous, honey-haired
young woman who applied for the job, and was stunned to find her three charges
ranged from 12 to 18  - charming,
immature, irresponsible, and capable of winning a piece of her shattered heart.



With his stubble, his six-pack and his tousled hair, she
thought Holden was sexy as hell. But she'd sworn off men after being implicated
by her former boyfriend in a hideous murder that had badly wounded her - and her
reputation.  He had sworn off women
because his lousy judgment had endangered his family. The fact was: he found Summer
totally irresistible, and more vulnerable than vicious -- despite the warnings:
"She's real good with that innocent act, but don't let her fool you.... She'll
end up behind bars soon enough. "....



Would the past catch up with both of them? Who killed the bar
owner - and why? What was the real reason Holden had moved? How would the Doc
and the nanny deal with their passionate attraction, crippling rumors of savage
scandals, and shocking, long buried secrets? Will brother be pitted against
brother?  When does true love exact a
price too great to pay? And - when is a life-threatening risk worth taking?  Saddle up for one of today's most tempestuous
romances  - laced with a dazzling double
mystery, and surrounded by more hunky cowboys than you can wave a lasso at....

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