A Maverick under the Mistletoe
Readers, can you believe it? Sutter Traub is back in town!It's been five years since that handsome wrangler took off for Seattle, but no one 'round here has forgotten. Especially not Paige Dalton, the devoted schoolteacher everyone thought he was going to marry…The rumour mill abounds. No one is quite sure what has brought Sutter home after all this time – or whether he is deserving of a second chance. But we are betting there's a certain brown-eyed beauty with a special request on her Christmas list.Maybe the power of her forgiveness will bring the mighty maverick home for the holidays – and for good!
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Award-winning author Brenda Harlen returns to Rust Creek Falls for a holiday homecoming to remember in the newest installment of Montana Mavericks: Rust Creek Cowboys!
RUST CREEK RAMBLINGS
Readers, can you believe it? Sutter Traub is back in town! Itâs been five years since that handsome wrangler took off for Seattle, but no one âround here has forgotten. Especially not Paige Dalton, the devoted schoolteacher everyone thought he was going to marryâ¦.
Rumors abound. No one is quite sure what has brought Sutter home after all this timeâor whether he is deserving of a second chance. But we are betting thereâs a certain brown-eyed beauty with a special request on her Christmas list. Maybe the power of her forgiveness will bring the mighty maverick home for the holidaysâand for good!
Kissing Paige Dalton was not the smartest thing heâd ever done.
On the other hand, he knew it had been inevitable, that they had been moving inexorably toward this moment since heâd walked her home from the town hall debate earlier in the week.
One kissâjust to prove to himself that she didnât have the same hold on him that she used to. Except that one kiss had proven him wrong. She tasted just like he rememberedâright down to the cherry lip balm sheâd favored when she was sixteen. Just one kiss, and he knew that he wanted her as much now as heâd always wanted her.
Maybe even moreâ¦
MONTANA MAVERICKS: RUST CREEK COWBOYS: Better saddle up. Itâs going to be a bumpy ride!
Dear Reader,
I love reunion stories and Iâve loved the Montana Mavericks series since the beginning, so I was thrilled by the invitation to be part of this latest expansion of the continuityâRust Creek Cowboys.
I grew up in a small town, where a five-minute trip to the corner store inevitably led to crossing paths with a friend or family member or acquaintance and resulted in a thirty-minute conversation. Rust Creek Falls is that kind of town, where everyone knows everyone elseâand everyone knows at least something of the history between Sutter Traub and Paige Dalton.
But it is historyâor so Paige has tried to convince herself. After all, Sutter left town five years earlier and sheâs moved on with her life without him. But when he comes back to Rust Creek Falls, there is no denying the sparks that fly between the stable owner and the schoolteacher. Add in some holiday season ambience and Paige starts to wonder what might happen if she manages to get this Maverick under the Mistletoe!
I hope you enjoy their story.
Happy Reading!
Brenda Harlen
BRENDA HARLEN is a former family law attorney turned work-at-home mum and national bestselling author who has written more than twenty books for Mills & Boon. Her work has been validated by industry awards (including an RWA Golden Heart>® Award and the RT Book Reviews Reviewersâ Choice Award) and by the fact that her kids think itâs cool that sheâs âa real author.â
Brenda lives in southern Ontario with her husband and two sons. When she isnât at the computer working on her next book, she can probably be found at the arena, watching a hockey game. Keep up-to-date with Brenda on Facebook or send her an email at [email protected].
To Chris R., Christyne, Leanne, Karen and Vikkiâ
brainstormers, researchers and community planners extraordinaire. Thanks for making the writing of this book not just easier but a lot more fun.
To Susan Litmanâfor keeping us on track while still
letting us color outside of the lines. (And yes, I know thatâs a mixed metaphor :) )
With thanks also to my good friend Anna Perrin,
who always has the solutions to my last-minute plot problems (even if I canât always use them).
Contents
Chapter One
In Sutter Traubâs opinion, Rust Creek Falls was as irresistibleâand fickleâas a woman. Once upon a time his heart had belonged to this town and he couldnât have imagined ever living anywhere else. Then sheâd turned him out and turned her back on him.
Just like the only woman heâd ever loved.
Of course, heâd come back when sheâd needed himâthe town, that was, not the woman. Because Paige Dalton had never needed him, and she wouldnât ever ask for his help if she did, and thinking about her now was only going to stir up memories and feelings he didnât want stirred up.
So he focused his attention on the reason that he was standing in the back corner of town hall now: the imminent election. When his brother Collin had recently announced his intention to run for mayor of Rust Creek Falls, Sutter had impulsively volunteered to be his campaign manager. Which had resulted in him spending a lot more time in town over the past few months than heâd ever intended when news of the floods had first brought him home, which meant that he wasnât going back to Seattle before the last ballot was counted.
