Dear Readers,

As I finish Cowboy Rebel, fall is arriving in Sunset, Texas, where the Longhorn Canyon Ranch is located. Y’all will be reading it just as summer is starting, so grab a glass of sweet tea, curl up on a porch swing, and enjoy the story. I was privileged to get to see the cover for this book before I even began to write it. Tag Baker was exactly as I’d pictured him in my mind—blue eyed, hair just a little too long, a slight cleft in his chin, and a swagger to his walk. That last part I couldn’t actually see in the picture, but my imagination is very good when it comes to cowboys!

As always, I have a bushel basket of thanks to pass out today. The first one goes to all my fantastic fans who continue to support me by not only buying my books, but also by recommending them to their friends, talking about them at book clubs, writing reviews, and sending notes and messages to me personally. Please know that each and every one of you is precious and appreciated more than you’ll ever know.

If my thanks were medals instead of heartfelt gratitude, Leah Hultenschmidt would get a gold one for everything she does to help me take a rough idea and turn it into an emotionally charged book. And my team at Grand Central/Forever, who do everything from copyedits to covers, promotions to sales, would have medals hanging around their necks for all their hard work behind the scenes.

As always, there are no words to truly say how much I appreciate my agent, Erin Niumata, and the staff at Folio Literary Management. Y’all are simply the best and deserve a bushel basket of thanks all of your own.

Last, but never least—thank you to my husband of fifty-two years, Mr. B. He’s stood beside me through the thick and the thin of this writing career and continues to be my biggest supporter.

Keep your reading glasses close by after you finish Cowboy Rebel, because there’s more on the way. Maverick tells me that he’s feeling the magic of Christmas in the air, and Paxton and Hud are trying to convince me that they’re not ever going to fall in love. Shhhh…don’t tell anyone, but I know better.

Until next time, happy reading!

Carolyn Brown