Shotgun Bride
Authors: Linda Lael Miller
Tags: #Brothers, #United States marshals, #Western stories, #Westerns, #Fiction, #Romance, #Western, #Historical, #General, #Mail order brides, #Love stories
“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
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.
“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
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
“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
“Enjoyable…. Linda Lael Miller provides her audience with a wonderful look at an Americana romance.”
—Midwest Book Review
“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
“[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
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
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Copyright © 2003 by Linda Lael Miller
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ISBN: 0-7434-2458-1
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For my nephews:
Mike Lael
Jerome Lael
Chris Lael
Chandler Lael
Jesse Lang
Derek Readman
Andy Wiley
Bo Wiley
With love
E
ARLY
M
ARCH
, 1885