Texas Millionaire
THE OIL BARON He was the epitome of masculinity - and rich as sin. But with midlife approaching, Texas baron Hank Langley was in sore need of a wife. And finding a Mrs. Langely from the bevy of social-climbing beauties was a challenge even for this ex-military man. Until Callie Riley, his new, much younger secretary, breezed into his life and took Hank's hardened heart by storm. Suddenly he was learning more about love than he'd ever thought possible.Could the millionaire convince this fresh-faced country girl to say "I do" to an older man? Five wealthy Texas bachelors - all members of the state's most exclusive club - set out on a mission to rescue a princess… and find true love.
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This month, in TEXAS MILLIONAIRE by Dixie Browning, meet oil baron Henry “Hank” Langley, owner of the prestigious Texas Cattleman’s Club. Nothing fazes Hank, not even the dangerous secret mission he’s about to undertake, until…homemaker-at-heart Callie Riley—a fresh-faced, understated, younger beauty—walks into his life!
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Five wealthy Texas bachelors—all members of the state’s most exclusive club—set out on a mission to rescue a princess…and find true love.
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And don’t miss CINDERELLA’S TYCOON by Caroline Cross, next month’s installment of the Texas Cattleman’s Club, available in Silhouette Desire!
Dear Reader,
Silhouette Desire matches August’s steamy heat with six new powerful, passionate and provocative romances.
Popular Elizabeth Bevarly offers That Boss of Mine as August’s MAN OF THE MONTH. In this irresistible romantic comedy, a CEO falls for his less-than-perfect secretary.
And Silhouette Desire proudly presents a compelling new series, TEXAS CATTLEMAN’S CLUB. The members of this exclusive club are some of the Lone Star State’s sexiest, most powerful men, who go on a mission to rescue a princess and find true love! Bestselling author Dixie Browning launches the series with Texas Millionaire, in which a fresh-faced country beauty is wooed by an older man.
Cait London’s miniseries THE BLAYLOCKS continues with Rio: Man of Destiny, in which the hero’s love leads the heroine to the truth of her family secrets. The BACHELOR BATTALION miniseries by Maureen Child marches on with Mom in Waiting. An amnesiac woman must rediscover her husband in Lost and Found Bride by Modean Moon. And Barbara McCauley’s SECRETS! miniseries offers another scandalous tale with Secret Baby Santos.
August also marks the debut of Silhouette’s original continuity THE FORTUNES OF TEXAS with Maggie Shayne’s Million Dollar Marriage, available now at your local retail outlet.
So indulge yourself this month with some poolside reading—the first of THE FORTUNES OF TEXAS, and all six Silhouette Desire titles!
Enjoy!
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For fellow Cattleman’s Club members Caroline Cross, Peggy Moreland, Metsy Hingle and Cindy Gerard. Ladies, I’ll ride the range with you anytime! Move ‘em out!
Special thanks and acknowledgment are given to Dixie Browning for her contribution to the Texas Cattleman’s Club miniseries.
DIXIE BROWNING
celebrates her sixty-fifth book for Silhouette with the publication of Texas Millionaire. She has also written a number of historical romances with her sister under the name Bronwyn Williams. A charter member of Romance Writers of America, and a member of Novelists, Inc., Dixie has won numerous awards for her work. She divides her time between WinstonSalem and the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
“What’s Happening in Royal?”
NEWS FLASH, August 1999—The town of Royal, TX, is all abuzz as to which society beauty Hank Langley, the owner of the prestigious Texas Cattleman’s Club, will take to the annual Cattleman’s Ball. Will it be socialite Pansy Ann Estrich? Or glamour girl Bianca Mullins? And will his date become the future Mrs. Langley?
And speaking of women in the wealthy Mr. Langley’s life, who is Callie Riley, his new young secretary, who’s just appeared on the scene?
Rumors are also running rampant about some late-night meetings at the Texas Cattleman’s Club. What could be brewing among the members? Stay tuned…
Boot heels propped on the polished walnut windowsill, Hank Langley watched a small jet plane cross his field of vision with deceptive slowness. Absently he tugged up his pants leg and massaged the expanse of scarred, muscular flesh between the top of his custom-made boot and the bottom of his custom-tailored jeans.
He ached. Damn front coming through. If it would bring rain, it would be worth the ache, but it hadn’t rained enough to lay the dust all year. August was August. West Texas was West Texas.
And hot was hot.
Miss Manie rapped once on his door and entered. She was scrupulous about affording him a five-second warning, in case he was up to God knows what behind closed doors.
“You’re hurting again, aren’t you?”
“No, ma’am.”
“Don’t you tell me one of your teewydies, young man, you were out until all hours, giving that limb of yours a fit, weren’t you?”
Teewydie was Romania Riley’s euphemism for a polite lie. Evidently it was a Carolina thing. Hank had never heard anyone from Texas use the term. “You know where I was. You know who I was with. If you want a blow-by-blow account, grab yourself a tall, cold beer and take a seat.”
