Cowgirl Bride

Cowgirl Bride
Susan Mallery

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery, a fanfavorite story about love, returning home and second chancesCowgirl Sierra Conroy doesn’t need anyone. She’s tough, independent and more than capable of holding her own on the ranch, despite all the grief the cowboys give her about being a woman. Sierra certainly doesn’t need love. She gave up on that the day Dylan McLaine broke her heart and left town.Dylan knows he did wrong by Sierra, and he hasn’t been able to forget her, even after all these years. And now that his marriage is over, he’s bought a ranch in his hometown and he needs Sierra’s help to run it. But will the woman whose heart he broke give him another chance?

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery, a fan-favorite story about love, returning home and second chances

Cowgirl Sierra Conroy doesn’t need anyone. She’s tough, independent and more than capable of holding her own on the ranch, despite all the grief the cowboys give her about being a woman. Sierra certainly doesn’t need love. She gave up on that the day Dylan McLaine broke her heart and left town.

Dylan knows he did wrong by Sierra, and he hasn’t been able to forget her, even after all these years. And now that his marriage is over, he’s bought a ranch in his hometown and he needs Sierra’s help to run it. But will the woman whose heart he broke give him another chance?

Praise for New York Times and USA TODAY Bestselling Author (#ulink_523e0adb-fd97-5f97-a91c-2ec64eb903a2)

Susan Mallery

“Mallery’s prose is luscious and provocative.”

—Publishers Weekly

“Susan Mallery’s gift for writing humor and

tenderness make all her books true gems.”

—RT Book Reviews

“Romance novels don’t get much better than

Mallery’s expert blend of emotional nuance,

humor and superb storytelling.”

—Booklist

Cowgirl Bride

Susan Mallery

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

CONTENTS

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Back Cover Text (#u71588954-1179-5f10-9dd1-e1debe041ac3)

Praise (#ulink_5c98a53d-4db0-5b23-aecf-5227a2bf07c6)

Title Page (#ua43d21ce-e937-5bb1-8011-3a02ecc963a8)

About the Author (#u13b27434-802b-59d7-a00e-c8a499c5ed78)

CHAPTER ONE (#ulink_5e585ed1-bbcf-54f1-8965-c6a1554cf77e)

CHAPTER TWO (#ulink_6f1e15a3-9454-59f1-bcc3-5a763ec5b769)

CHAPTER THREE (#ulink_9347776b-e9a3-5f2c-9904-8a2716933174)

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CHAPTER FIVE (#litres_trial_promo)

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CHAPTER SEVEN (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER EIGHT (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER NINE (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER TEN (#litres_trial_promo)

EPILOGUE (#litres_trial_promo)

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Copyright (#litres_trial_promo)

SUSAN MALLERY

is a New York Times bestselling author known for emotionally complex stories told with charm and wit. Susan has lived all over the United States, including a childhood in the suburbs of Los Angeles, graduate school in the hills of Pennsylvania and several years in Texas. These days, she makes her home in Seattle, Washington. She’s there for the coffee, not the weather.

Find Susan online at www.SusanMallery.com (http://www.SusanMallery.com). She’s also very active on Facebook, Twitter and Goodreads, and has been known to invite her fans to help her name characters and brainstorm aspects of her books.

CHAPTER ONE (#ulink_8ee9bcd0-b210-5ed2-bbe5-4dc234df6852)

Sierra Conroy wasn’t sure if it was the sharp cry or the flash of movement that caught her attention and she didn’t much care. Before her mind finished registering what had happened, she’d already grabbed the rope hooked to her saddle and started racing toward the corral. The milling steers spelled trouble as clearly as a neon sign.

With an instinct honed by years spent on a ranch and in the rodeo, she dived into the melee of sharp horns and hooves. Someone called frantically from outside the corral, but she ignored that voice. Weaving between the annoyed animals, she searched until she saw something other than muscular shoulders, flashing tails and dust-covered hides. Her brief glimpse of jean-clad legs was enough to send her in that direction. She pushed her way through the corral.

“Steady,” she said, speaking in a low voice designed to calm. Unfortunately whoever was in the pen with her wasn’t equally at home with the restless steers. She felt the animals’ growing tension.

Something flat and powerful butted her in the center of her back. She stumbled forward and bumped into a steer that bellowed in protest.

“Stay still!” Sierra called out. “I can’t find you if you keep moving around.”

More animals lowed in annoyance.

“Help me!” Terror laced the cry.

Sierra swore under breath. The steer next to her lowered its horned head to charge. She quickly ducked to the left, around another animal and saw a young boy being pushed and shoved by the unsettled herd.