The Cowboy And The Preacherâs Daughter
Years ago, Will Cash wasnât interested in being a dad. So Marsha Bugler left town to raise her baby alone. But when her fatherâs health begins to fail, she realizes she needs to return to Arizonaâand introduce Will to his boy. Marsha is nervous to face Will not only because she lied, but because sheâs never stopped thinking about her cowboy crush.
Will is shocked to discover he has a son. And he can hardly believe the changes in Marsha. Sheâs strong, sexy and a Ph.D. while Willâs still a part-time cowboy living in a bunkhouse with his brothers. What does he have to offer her and his teenage son? Will has a lot to prove if heâs going to get what he wantsâthe family he never knew he had.
âI want this to work out for you and Ryan.â
âDo you?â
Marsha bristled but held her tongue.
âOr are you hoping Iâll make mistakes, so Ryan will want nothing to do with me?â
âI canât believe youâd think that.â
âWhy not? If things donât work out for me and Ryan, you head back to California with a clear conscience.â
The brown eyes staring at her were filled with pain, and shame swept through Marsha. She expected that this father-son reunion would be difficult, but her main concern had been for Ryanâs emotional well-being. She hadnât given much thought to the turmoil Will might be dealing with. âIâll do everything in my power to help you both, but youâll have to communicate with me. I canât read your mind.â
Will stared into space. âWeâre strangers who made a baby.â
âThen why donât we get reacquainted,â she said.
Dear Reader,
The famous Willie Nelson song âAlways on my Mindâ was the inspiration for Will and Marshaâs story.
Will Cash has never been able to forget the one-night stand he had with the pastorâs daughter back in high school, and for good reasonâfourteen years later Marsha returns to town with his son, Ryan.
Keeping secrets can lead to big-time trouble and Marsha Bugler is about to discover just what kind of hornetâs nest sheâs stirred up when she informs not only her parents who the father of their grandson is, but the father himselfâWill Cash, who had no idea sheâd kept their baby.
Thereâs plenty of drama in this story and I hope you enjoy watching Will, Marsha, their son and her parents find their own path toward forgiveness and reconciliation. And through it all the meaning of family shines true and bright.
Her Secret Cowboy is the third book in The Cash Brothers series. If you missed the first two stories, The Cowboy Next Door (July 1013) and Twins Under the Christmas Tree (Oct. 2013), the books remain available through online retailers.
For more information on future Cash Brothers books visit www.marinthomas.com. I love to connect with my readersâyouâll find me on FB, Twitter and Goodreads, and be sure to check out The Cash Brothers Facebook page as well as their Pinterest boards!
Happy Ever Afterâ¦The Cowboy Way!
Marin
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Marin Thomas grew up in Janesville, Wisconsin. She left the Midwest to attend college in Tucson, Arizona, where she earned a B.A. in radio-TV. Following graduation she married her college sweetheart in a five-minute ceremony at the historic Little Chapel of the West in Las Vegas, Nevada. Over the years she and her family have lived in seven different states, but theyâve now come full circle and returned to Arizona, where the rugged desert and breathtaking sunsets provide plenty of inspiration for Marinâs cowboy books.
To my new sister-in-law, Tammy OâDay SmithââOnce in a while, right in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives us a fairy tale.â Wishing you and Brett your very own happy-ever-after fairy taleâTexas-sized.
Chapter One
Will Cash pulled off the road and parked next to the mailbox at the entrance to the family pecan farm. Lately heâd been the only one who bothered to bring in the mail. Conway should train his twin stepsons to ride their bikes to the box, but maybe five-year-olds were too young for that kind of responsibility.
As usual the box was stuffed. He gathered the envelopes and hopped into the truck, then directed the air vents toward his face. Normal highs for June were in the low nineties but todayâs temperature hovered near one hundred, promising a long hot summer for southwest Arizona.
Will sifted through the pile. Grocery-store ads, business fliers, electric bill, a statement from Warehouse FurnitureâConway and his new wife, Isi, were remodeling the farmhouse. A boot catalog for Merle Haggard Cashâotherwise known as Mack to friends and family. His younger brother spent way too much money on fancy footwear, but he liked to look sharp when his band, Cowboy Rebels, played at the local honky-tonks. His fingers froze on a letter addressed to Willie Nelson Cash. He didnât recognize the feminine script and there was no return address. Before he examined the envelope further, his cell phone rang.