His Marriage Pact: The Rancher's Marriage Pact / The Rancher's One-Week Wife / Terms of a Texas Marriage
His Marriage PactThe Rancher’s Marriage PactDallas Calloway is desperate to find a bride. If the billionaire isn’t married by his birthday, he could lose half his inheritance. So Paris Reynolds’s arrival at his ranch could be the answer to his prayers….The Rancher’s One-Week WifeBlake Hartwell is a sexy-as-sin rodeo champion with money to burn, but to Karly Ewing he’s her soon-to-be ex! Their whirlwind affair ended with Vegas ‘I do’s’—but was their marriage a mistake or will temptation lead them to happily ever after?Terms of a Texas MarriageBecause of a two-hundred-year-old deed, modern Texas rancher Shea Hardin must wed wealthy landowner Alec Morreston to save her family home. She says yes—and swears this marriage will be in name only. But will he take her heart and her land? Or, on the brink of losing it all, will Shea gain everything…?
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KRISTI GOLD has a fondness for beaches, baseball and bridal reality shows. She firmly believes that love has remarkable healing powers, and she feels very fortunate to be able to weave stories of love and commitment. As a bestselling author, a National Readers’ Choice Award winner and a Romance Writers of America three-time RITA® Award finalist, Kristi has learned that although accolades are wonderful, the most cherished rewards come from networking with readers. She can be reached through her website at www.kristigold.com, or through Facebook.
KATHIE DENOSKY lives in her native Southern Illinois on the land her family settled in 1839. Her books have appeared on the USA TODAY bestseller list and received numerous awards, including two National Readers’ Choice Awards. Readers may contact Kathie by emailing [email protected]. They can also visit her website, www.kathiedenosky.com, or find her on Facebook at Facebook.com/Kathie-DeNosky-Author/278166445536145.
LAUREN CANAN, born and raised amid the cattle ranches of Texas, climbed a fence and jumped onto the back of her first horse at age three. She still maintains the punishment was worth the experience. She grew up listening to her dad tell stories of make-believe and was always encouraged to let her imagination soar. The multi-award-winning author and recipient of the 2014 Golden Heart® Award happily spends her days penning her favorite kind of stories: those of two people who, against all odds, meet, fall in love and live happily ever after—which is the way it should be. In her spare time she enjoys playing guitar, piano and dulcimer in acoustic club jams and getting lots of kisses and wags from her four-legged fuzzy babies. Visit Lauren’s website at www.laurencanan.com. She would love to hear from you!
His Marriage Pact
The Rancher’s Marriage Pact
Kristi Gold
The Rancher’s One-Week Wife
Kathie DeNosky
Terms of a Texas Marriage
Lauren Canan
ISBN: 978-1-474-08166-5
HIS MARRIAGE PACT
The Rancher’s Marriage Pact © 2016 Kristi Goldberg The Rancher’s One-Week Wife © 2016 Kathie DeNosky Terms of a Texas Marriage © 2015 Sarah Cannon
Published in Great Britain 2018
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Table of Contents
Kristi Gold
To my childhood companion,
very best friend and surrogate sister,
Charlotte L.
The Last Chance Ranch...
Her first thought, as she left her compact sedan and strode toward the single-story white stone structure set somewhere between San Antonio and the middle of nowhere. Her second thought—the South Texas weather was ridiculously hot for March. She should never have worn the tailored black blazer and skirt. Fortunately she’d twisted her hair up and off her neck that was now damp with perspiration. Of course in part, her current predicament could be attributed to nerves, not the afternoon sun. And a good dose of desperation.
Once she reached the threshold, Paris flipped her sunglasses up onto her head and noted the wooden plaque to the right of the entry.
