THE COWBOYâS REDEMPTION
After years of girls, beer and a wild life on the rodeo circuit, bull rider Paxton Rebel is done being âThe Heartthrob.â His brothers have already settled down and are starting families. Paxton doesnât really believe heâs meant for love...until he rescues the slight, lovely woman with sea-green eyes on a cold, windy beach.
Remi Roberts canât trust a charming lady-killer cowboy like Paxtonâespecially since heâs a Rebel, a family sheâs been taught to distrust. She needs to concentrate on recovering from her accident, which is the only thing standing in the way of her adopting the baby girl she adores. Besides, fairy tales donât exist and bad boys definitely donât change. Only, this cowboy is determined to prove her wrong...
Cast of Characters
Kate Rebel: Matriarch of the Rebel family.
Falcon: The eldest sonâthe strong one. Reunited with his wife, Leah, and proud father of Eden and John.
Egan: The loner. Married to Rachel Hollister, daughter of the man who put him in jail.
Quincy: The peacemaker. Married to Jenny Walker, his childhood best friend.
Elias: The fighter. Falls in love with the daughter of his familyâs archenemy.
Paxton: The lover. Never met a woman he couldnât have, but the woman he wants doesnât want him.
Jude: The serious, responsible one. Back together with his first love, Paige Wheeler, and raising their son, Zane.
Phoenix: The youngest Rebel challenges his own family when he falls in love with the enemyâRosemary McCray.
Abraham (Abe) Rebel: Paternal grandfather.
Jericho Johnson: Eganâs friend from prison.
Dear Reader,
Texas Rebels: Paxton is the sixth book in the Texas Rebels series. The series is about seven brothers who deal with their fatherâs death in different ways.
I apologize for the delay of Paxtonâs story. Life got in the way of finishing this book. In the spring I had to have unexpected neck surgery and there were complications that required a long hospital stay. I am now back to writing and so happy to have finally finished this book. Thank you for your patience and support!
There are two Canada geese, Henry and Henny, in this story. My husband and I live on a lake in Central Texas and these geese live in our backyard. A bobcat stalks them at night, and he finally got Henny and broke her wing. I wondered when the geese flew away in the winter if Henry would leave his Henny behind. I wanted to see if it was true they mate for life. I watched and watched and was delighted when he stayed. He never leaves her except to fly around the lake in the early morning. A true love story, as is Paxton and Remiâs.
If youâve read the other Rebels books, you know Paxton is accustomed to getting any beautiful woman he wants. Ironically, he falls for a woman whoâs not ready to get involved with anyone. It took a few sleepless nights to pull these two characters together. But like the Canada geese, theyâll find a special love that will keep them together forever.
Until the next Rebel book, with love and thanks,
Linda
PS: You can email me at [email protected]; send me a message on Facebook.com/lindawarrenauthor or on Twitter, @texauthor; write me at PO Box 5182, Bryan, TX 77805; or visit my website at lindawarren.net. Your mail and thoughts are deeply appreciated.
A two-time RITA® Awardânominated author, LINDA WARREN has written forty books for Harlequin and has received the Readersâ Choice Award, the Holt Medallion, the Booksellersâ Best Award, the Book Buyers Best Award, the Golden Quill and the RT Reviewersâ Choice Best Book Award. A native Texan, she is a member of Romance Writers of America and the West Houston chapter. She lives in College Station with her husband and a menagerie of animals, including a Canada goose named Broken Wing. You can learn more about Linda and her books at lindawarren.net.
Acknowledgments
A special thanks to the ladies who spoke with me about adoptions in Texas.
To Betty Moon for sharing her great-grandsonâs heart surgery and adoption.
To Carrol Abendroth, barrel racer, for giving me a glimpse into the rodeo scene.
And to the PRCA and the WNFR for all their information.
All errors are strictly mine.
To my husband, my hero, my Sonny, for keeping me sane this past year.
Prologue
My name is Kate Rebel. I married John Rebel when I was eighteen years old and then bore him seven sons. We worked the family ranch, which John later inherited. We put everything we had into buying more land so our sons would have a legacy. We didnât have much, but we had love.
The McCray Ranch borders Rebel Ranch on the east and the McCrays have forever been a thorn in my familyâs side. Theyâve cut our fences, dammed up creeks to limit our water supply, and shot one of our prize bulls. Ezra McCray threatened to shoot our sons if he caught them jumping his fences again. We tried to keep our boys away, but they are boysâyoung and wild.