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Authors: Linda Lael Miller

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Shotgun Bride

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“Linda Lael Miller creates vibrant characters and stories I defy you to forget.”

—Debbie Macomber

 

“Sensuality, passion, excitement, and drama…are Ms. Miller’s hallmarks.”

—Romantic Times

 
Shotgun Bride
 

Kade McKettrick: He’s determined not to lose to his brother in the marriage stakes—but he hadn’t counted on falling in love.

 

Mandy Sperrin: Her ambition is to be the star of a Wild West show, but Kade McKettrick is changing the direction of her dreams.

 
Praise for the Warm, Wonderful Novels of Linda Lael Miller
 
High Country Bride
 

“Linda Lael Miller is one of the finest American writers in the genre. She beautifully crafts stories that bring small-town America to life and peoples them with characters you really care about.”

—Romantic Times

 

“Miller ably portrays the hardscrabble life of the American West…[in a] winsome romance full of likable characters.”

—Publishers Weekly

 
The Last Chance Café
 

“The Last Chance Café
delivers powerful romance flavored with deep emotional resonance.”

—Romantic Times

 

“This novel is dead-on target…[with] suspense, down-home comfort, and sizzling tension…. Ms. Miller has a timeless writing style, and her characters are always vivacious and appealing.”

—Heartstrings

 

“[An] enriching tale of contemporary frontiers and family fulfillment…. Linda Lael Miller brings to life the modern-day descendants of her popular Primrose Creek settlers with the vivid clarity and rough-hewn beauty of Nevada’s rugged terrain bathed in sunglow.”

—Romance BookPage

 

“An entertaining story.”

—Booklist

 
Springwater Wedding
 

“Fans will be thrilled to join the action, suspense, and romance portrayed in [Linda Lael Miller’s contemporary fiction].”

—Romantic Times

 

“Pure delight from the beginning to the satisfying ending…. Miller is a master craftswoman at creating unusual story lines [and] charming characters.”

—Rendezvous

 

“The perfect recipe for love…. Miller writes with a warm and loving heart.”

—BookPage

 

“Miller’s strength is her portrayal of the history and traditions that distinguish Springwater and its residents.”

—Publishers Weekly

 
Courting Susannah
 

“Enjoyable…. Linda Lael Miller provides her audience with a wonderful look at an Americana romance.”

—Midwest Book Review

 
Two Brothers
 

“A fun read, full of Ms. Miller’s simmering sensuality and humor, plus two fabulous brothers who will steal your heart.”

—Romantic Times

 

“Great western romance….
The Lawman
is a five-star tale….
The Gunslinger
is an entertaining, fun-to-read story…. Both novels are excellent.”

—Affaire de Coeur

 
One Wish
 

“[A] story rich in tenderness, romance, and love…. An excellent book from an author destined to lead the romance genre into the next century.”

—Rendezvous

 

“An author who genuinely cares about her characters, Miller also expresses the exuberance of Western life in her fresh, human, and empathetic prose and lively plot.”

—Booklist

 
Also by Linda Lael Miller
 

Banner O’Brien

Corbin’s Fancy

Memory’s Embrace

My Darling Melissa

Angelfire

Desire and Destiny

Fletcher’s Woman

Lauralee

Moonfire

Wanton Angel

Willow

Princess Annie

The Legacy

Taming Charlotte

Yankee Wife

Daniel’s Bride

Lily and the Major

Emma and the Outlaw

Caroline and the Raider

Pirates

Knights

My Outlaw

The Vow

Two Brothers

Springwater

Springwater Series:

Rachel

Savannah

Miranda

Jessica

A Springwater Christmsa

One Wish

The Women of Primrose

Creek Series:

Bridget

Christy

Skye

Megan

Courting Susannah

Springwater Wedding

My Lady Beloved

(writing as Lael St. James)

My Lady Wayward

(writing as Lael St. James)

High Country Bride

The Last Chance Café

Don’t Look Now

 
 
 

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

 

An
Original
Publication of POCKET BOOKS

 

 
 
A Pocket Star Book published by
POCKET BOOKS, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020
 
 

Copyright © 2003 by Linda Lael Miller

 

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. For information address Pocket Books, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020

 

ISBN: 0-7434-2458-1

 

POCKET STAR BOOKS and colophon are trademarks of Simon & Schuster, Inc.

 

Visit us on the World Wide Web:
http://www.SimonSays.com

Baileyd @ Demonoid.me

 
 

For my nephews:

 
 

Mike Lael

 

Jerome Lael

 

Chris Lael

 

Chandler Lael

 

Jesse Lang

 

Derek Readman

 

Andy Wiley

 

Bo Wiley

 

With love

 
 
Chapter 1
 

E
ARLY
M
ARCH
, 1885

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