An Improper Proposal: a novel (Front Range Brides)

ISBN: 099895120X

Author: Spencer, Davalynn

Condition: New

Sweet Historical Western RomanceAn Improper Proposal - First in the Front Range Brides collection of stories about strong women who find and defend love in 1880s Colorado.**A standalone Western romance novel!** Love hadnt brought her to Colorado, but it might be the one thing that keeps her there.Mail-order bride Mae Ann Remington wont let circumstances get in her way. When someone elses greed costs her everything-including her groom-she does the only thing she can in a new town with no money or friends. She asks a stranger to marry her. Cattleman Cade Parker stops at the bank to withdraw cash for his sister, not find himself a wife. But thats exactly what happens after a bank robbery leaves a farmer dead and his headstrong bride-to-be making a desperate business proposition. Convinced hes gone loco, Cade accepts the spirited young womans offer, and they stop by the church before heading to the ranch, his horses, and the herd. Hes soon adding to Mae Anns fine cooking skills by teaching her to ride, shoot, and do what he tells her. She manages the first two fairly well, but gets her back up at the third. Cade struggles to keep his emotional distance from the stubborn gal whose gentle ways start drawing him in. But when a greedy neighbor challenges Mae Anns inheritance of her former intendeds run-down farm, Cade and Mae Ann drive to court at the county seat and into the jaws of a deadly storm. Not only must Cade fight to keep his new bride safe, hes got to keep his heart from stampeding out of control. Taking on snakes, scoundrels, and second chances is one thing, but falling in love wasnt part of the deal.