Clayton's Made-Over Mrs.

Clayton's Made-Over Mrs.
Sandra Steffen

Bachelor GulchTHE BACHELOR: Rugged rancher and single dad Clayton Carson. This time around he was determined to marry a woman who couldn't manipulate his heartstrings.THE BRIDE: Diner owner Melody "Mel" McCully. She was danged tired of being overlooked by the local bachelors. What was she, chopped liver?All her life Melody had loved Clayton, and he'd never once looked her way. Only now, when he had a scalawag of a daughter to raise, did he come callin'. Well, roosters would lay eggs before she'd agree to his marriage of convenience. Because plain-Jane Melody was about to be made over, and would settle for nothing less than a proposal of love!Bachelor Gulch. This little town wanted women–but are these bachelors ready for marriage?

Table of Contents

Cover Page (#uae989af3-8a45-5792-a55b-d9ebfe826b83)

Title Page (#uacbc874e-e08c-5c2a-8ecc-3296734cb049)

Excerpt (#ue08114c9-dab5-53fc-a2fd-4c51352951a1)

Dear Reader (#u7d1123c1-c27e-57d3-b5ea-35aa77c6d468)

Dedication (#uba98030d-403e-5643-8e05-43ed62a4bea9)

About the Author (#udf3e0cd3-2541-5c91-982e-04808333c2a7)

Chapter One (#u41cb465e-5aa1-5c6b-b0c3-1004b3cf19d4)

Chapter Two (#ud075542d-22c4-5c16-9315-6ba4c11b795c)

Chapter Three (#u85a0da5b-9a0b-5efb-a390-487ef7995c13)

Chapter Four (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Five (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Six (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eight (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nine (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Ten (#litres_trial_promo)

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Clayton’s Made-Over Mrs.

Sandra Steffen

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“Who’d marry an ornery cuss like you anyway?”

“I was sort of hoping you would.”

Mouth gaping, Melody stared at Clayton for a full five seconds. She’d been dreaming of marrying this man for as long as she could remember, had imagined his wedding proposal at least a thousand times. Not once in all her imaginings had he ever used the words sort of.

He flashed her his lazy, sexy grin one more time. Just when her knees were starting to melt along with her resolve, he said, “By the way, do you have any cream and sugar?”

She thought about hitting him over the head with one of the trays, but she didn’t see much sense in denting a perfectly usable item.

“What do you say, Mel?”

Since Melody didn’t have much except her diner and her pride, she untied her apron and slapped it on the counter before stalking toward the door. “I say get your own darned cream and sugar.”

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What a special lineup of love stories Silhouette Romance has for you this month. Bestselling author Sandra Steffen continues her BACHELOR GULCH miniseries with Clayton’s Made-Over Mrs. And in The Lawman’s Legacy, favorite author Phyllis Halldorson introduces a special promotion called MEN! Who says good men are hard to find?! Plus, we’ve got Julianna Morris’s Daddy Woke up Married—our BUNDLES OF JOY selection—Love, Marriage and Family 101 by Anne Peters, The Scandalous Return of Jake Walker by Myrna Mackenzie and The Cowboy Who Broke the Mold by Cathleen Galitz, who makes her Silhouette debut as one of our WOMEN TO WATCH.

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For Ann Green

After all these years, all our experiences, all our wisdom,

the only thing we know for sure is that we still don’t have a clue.

Thanks, friend.

SANDRA STEFFEN