To Tempt a Cowgirl
Making an offer on love Troublemaker-turned-architect Gabe Matthews has an agenda–and a serious relationship is nowhere on it. To repay his mentor, he trades the big city for the rugged country so he can persuade the sexy cowgirl next door, Danica Brody, to sell the Lightning Creek Ranch.Soon Gabe is pulling out all the stops to get close to Dani. But earning her trust complicates everything. He knows the last thing she needs is another run-in with deception, and the attraction he doesn't see coming changes his every plan.
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Making an offer on love
Troublemaker-turned-architect Gabe Matthews has an agendaâand a serious relationship is nowhere on it. To repay his mentor, he trades the big city for the rugged country so he can persuade the sexy cowgirl next door, Danica Brody, to sell the Lightning Creek Ranch.
Soon Gabe is pulling out all the stops to get close to Dani. But earning her trust complicates everything. He knows the last thing she needs is another run-in with deception, and the attraction he doesnât see coming changes his every plan.
Welcome to Lightning Creek Ranch, nestled in the foothills of Montanaâs majestic Bitterroot Mountains, home to the strong-willed Brody family. Life isnât always easy on the Lightning Creek, but challenges are nothing new to the men and women who live and work here.
And thereâs something about the ranch, something in the beauty and solitude that works a kind of magic on those in need of a second shot at life...
More often than not, when I start tossing around ideas for a book, the hero comes to me first. Heâs a guy with a problem, and after I coax him into the story, itâs my job to make things get worse before they get better. Gabe Matthews, the hero of To Tempt a Cowgirl, didnât fit the mold. He had a problemâa chaotic childhood and a serious brush with the lawâbut thatâs been taken care of, and now heâs successful and happy. How am I supposed to work with a hero like that?
I need to give him a new problem.
Gabe goes to Montana to help procure the Lightning Creek Ranch in a quiet private sale as a favor to the man who helped him get his life back on track. His plan is to get to know the owner, then broach the matter of a sale. Heâs good at what he does and he fully expects to succeed in his mission. What he doesnât expect is to fall for the owner of the property.
Dani Brody, owner of the Lightning Creek Ranch, has trust issues. Sheâs been betrayed by her fiancé and has no intention of getting involved with another guy anytime soon...although her new neighbor is proving to be a bit of a temptation. The closer she and Gabe get, the more she thinks he might be a guy worth taking a chance on. And then she discovers the real reason he came to Montana.
Gabe has a problem.
I hope you enjoy reading Dani and Gabeâs story. I made them work for their happy ending, but theyâre better off because of it.
Happy reading!
Jeannie Watt
JEANNIE WATT lives in the heart of a rural Nevada ranching community. When sheâs not at her computer writing, she collects and sews vintage clothing patternsâher latest obsession. Every now and again she and her husband slip away to San Francisco to soak up the city or run a 10K, but for the most part she enjoys living in her quiet desert setting, thinking up new ways to torture her characters before they get their happily-ever-after.
Iâd like to dedicate this book to the staff of the Harlequin Art Department.
Thank you for all the great covers! I swear, sometimes you guys read my mind.
Contents
DANICA BRODY STOPPED just inside the door of the livestock sale barn and inhaled deeply. Pine shavings, hay, damp earth and horseâheaven. Her former fiancé hadnât shared that feeling, which was why walking into this particular barn felt so damned good. She didnât have to justify her actions to a man who didnât understand her passion for horses or her need to right a wrong.
Maybe it was a good thing that Chad had been so very bad at cheating.
She bought a sale catalog, debated about coffee, then decided against it because her stomach was in a knot. Several riders circled the arena, showing off their horsesâ moves prior to the sale, and Dani drifted closer. Lacy J wasnât there, but she didnât expect her to be. Not unless her current owner had found someone brave enough to ride her.
âHey, Dani!â
She turned to see her high-school friend Gina Salinas waving at her from where she stood behind a stroller a few feet away. âIâm so glad youâre back,â Gina said as Dani reversed course. They kept up on Facebook, but it was the first time Dani had actually seen her friend in over a year.
âI had nowhere else to go after SnowFrost closed its doors.â Dani bent over the stroller to smile at the sleeping baby and was instantly charmed by his thick thatch of dark hair and amazingly long eyelashes. âHeâs gorgeous.â Very much like his mother.
âI do good work,â Gina agreed with a satisfied smile. âHow long are you staying?â
Dani straightened, rolling the sale catalog in her hands. âForever, as far as Iâm concerned. Someone has to live on the ranch and feed the cows.â All five of them. Sadly, the Lightning Creek was no longer a working ranch, but it was home and she was glad to be back.
