BACK IN THE SADDLE

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The characters and events in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to actual persons or events is coincidental.

Trade Paperback ISBN 9781601427762

eBook ISBN 9781601427779

Copyright © 2016 by Ruth Logan Herne

Cover design and photography by Kelly L. Howard

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Herne, Ruth Logan.

Title: Back in the saddle : a novel / Ruth Logan Herne.

Description: First edition. | Colorado Springs, Colorado : Multnomah Books, [2016] | Series: Double S ranch

Identifiers: LCCN 2015036956| ISBN 9781601427762 (softcover) | ISBN 9781601427779 (electronic)

Subjects: LCSH: Man-woman relationships—Fiction. | Domestic fiction. | BISAC: FICTION / Christian / Western. | FICTION / Contemporary Women. | FICTION / Christian / Romance. | GSAFD: Christian fiction. | Western stories. | Love stories.

Classification: LCC PS3608.E76875 B33 2016 | DDC 813/.6—dc23

LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/​2015036956

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