[Western Night Series 01] • Melissa and the Cowboy

Welcome to the Wilds of Texas! It is 1891, and Stephenville is bursting with courageous women and rugged men. Passion, kidnap and thwarted ambition, Melissa and the Cowboy, is a romance as epic as the territory it is played out in. Come along and meet some of the townsfolk…Orphaned, and left in the care of her odious stepfather, Melissa is desperately lonely. She longs for a family of her own, and the freedom to determine her own destiny. Bravely, she responds to an advertisement in the newspaper, praying she will find in the mysterious Texan gentleman who posted it, a loving and supportive husband. But, it seems that her bad luck is destined to follow her into the majestic and dangerous lands out West.Caught between life with an unpleasant, bullying stepfather and the prospect of marriage to a drunken gambler, she meets a man so perfect she can hardly believe he is real.Caleb is a hard working cowboy, he has never noticed how lonely his life is until his neighbor’s fiance arrives in town and it is left to him to ensure that she sticks around. His immediate passion for Melissa takes him by surprise; she is to marry another man – even if that man is odious and unpleasant. But can he truly stand by and let her make the biggest mistake of her already troubled life?Incredible Bonus Gift Inside: Romance Short Stories Collection