This is the loving story of Constance Douglas Reeves and her husband, Jack Reeves. He was a rodeo cowboy and rancher, while she was a stable owner, riding instructor and wife. Together they managed ranches for Lyndon Baines Johnson and she spent more than a half-century teaching girls horsemanship at Waldemar Camp. The Depression ruined Connie's plans to practice law. Instead, in 1936, she joined the staff at Waldemar as head riding instructor and continued in that capacity for over sixty years. She touched the lives of thousands of young women as a role model and a mentor. Connie married in 1942 and with her husband managed a 10,000 plus acre ranch for more than forty years. In 1997 she was inducted into the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame.

Book 4 of Cowboys & Brides From New York Times and USA Today-bestselling author Carolyn Brown comes a contemporary Western romance filled to the brim with sexy cowboys, gutsy heroines, and genuine down-home Texas twang. Texas rancher Mason Harper's daughters want a new mama in the worst way, and when a beautiful woman in a tattered wedding gown appears on their doorstep, the two little girls adopt her-no ifs, ands, or buts about it. Mason isn't sure about taking in a complete stranger, but Lord knows he needs a nanny, and Annie Rose Boudreau stirs his heart in long-forgotten ways... Annie Rose is desperate, and when a tall, sexy cowboy offers her a place to stay, she can't refuse. After all, it's just for a little while. As she settles in deeper, her heart tells her both Mason and her role as makeshift mama suit her just fine. But will Mason feel the same way once her nightmare past catches up with her? Fans of Linda Lael Miller and Diana Palmer will thrill to this moving story of a lonely cowboy and his two little girls finding the family of their dreams. Cowboys & Brides Series Order: Billion Dollar Cowboy (Book 1, Cowboys & Brides) The Cowboy's Christmas Baby (Book 2, Cowboys & Brides) The Cowboy's Mail Order Bride (Book 3, Cowboys & Brides) How to Marry a Cowboy (Book 4, Cowboys & Brides) Praise for Bestselling Contemporary Western Romances by Carolyn Brown: "Sizzling... Brown imbues her lively story with lots of heart."-Publishers Weekly "Hilarious...a great, entertaining read."-Fresh Fiction "Writing so expressive I could almost hear the country drawl."-Night Owl Reviewer Top Pick, 4 stars

Emma George seems destined to be the perpetual bridesmaid. Out of her five friends, she's the surviving single gal and her one potential groom dumped her on her birthday a year ago. Now at the mercy of every do-gooder matchmaker, she's starting to think that love isn't ever going to find her. Alone at her best friend's wedding, she reaches a point where she will do just about anything to get some relief from those who think that the only way to happiness is through marriage. Austin Maverick thought that he was finally going to get married to fulfill his grandmother's stipulation that he must be wed to inherit his grandfather's ranch. But when his romantic weekend in Las Vegas turned into a broken heart, he decided that love wasn't going to be a requirement for marriage anymore. Now a groomsman in his old friend's wedding, he reunites with Emma and concocts an idea. A fake marriage between the two of them would be beneficial for both. After a quick wedding at the courthouse, they fly to Austin's Montana ranch. What starts out as a mutually advantageous trip turns into something more. Feelings emerge and neither Emma nor Austin can figure out if the other one is genuine or just playing the part of a fake spouse. When Austin's grandmother arrives and starts poking holes in their lie, they must decide if what they feel is real or if it's all just an act.

In his arms she found the greatest joy she'd ever known . . . but his heart belonged to another. Can her love make their marriage real before their time together ends—forever?

It was supposed to be simple.Marry the tall Texan. Her children get a father. They save the ranch.A business transaction, nothing more. She definitely wasn't going to fall in love. After her husband ran off with her little sister, she was no longer susceptible to cowboy charm.Except, the North Dakota girl had never met a Texas cowboy.He married her for the ranch.A former champion bull rider needs a spread to call home, even if it is in North Dakota.Even if it comes with four little kids.And a big, black, slobbering dog.Especially if it comes with a woman with enough sweetness and enough toughness to rope his heart and heal it.The cowboy's not afraid of anything...except losing his heart again.

When a fake marriage turns real.Previously, Marrying a CowboyEmma seems destined to be the perpetual bridesmaid. Especially when her one potential groom dumped her on her birthday a year ago.Austin must fulfill his grandmother's marriage stipulation in order to inherit his grandfather's ranch. After a broken heart, he decided that love isn't going to be a requirement for marriage anymore. Both are at the mercy of every do-gooder matchmaker, so they concoct a plan. A fake marriage between the two of them would be beneficial for both. What could go wrong? When they fly to Austin's Montana ranch, they're optimistic that they've come up with the greatest arrangement. When the relationship is fake, no feelings get hurt. Until it's no longer fake. A fake marriage love story for the romantic in all of us.Grab Marrying a Cowboy today!A Fake Marriage Romance series contains full length, standalone romances that are full of happily ever afters.

MAN of the MonthCODE of the WEST MR. JULY Commitment-Shy Cowboy: Cash Callahan wasn't opposed to marriage. It was fine for other people. For everybody else, in fact, except The Woman Who Was Marrying Mike Dutton on Saturday: Milly Malone Some women had no patience! So she'd been waiting five years for Cash Callahan to pop the question did that mean Milly should change the locks? Start dating a steady, dependable number cruncher? Agree to marry the jerk? Of course not. But she had. And when all his good sense and rational arguments couldn't change her mind, Cash knew there was only one way to save Milly from disaster. He'd have to marry her himself! MAN OF THE MONTH: He'll do anything for the woman he loves it's the CODE OF THE WEST.