“You Bought the Wrong Bride,” the Cowgirl Said

Josie Pharaoh had exactly no reason in the world to say yes to this. She had cattle to sell, a train to catch onward, and no acquaintance whatsoever with the disappointed rancher of Larkspur, Nebraska.

She said yes anyway, for a reason she could not entirely explain to herself later, beyond the plain fact that somebody had to, and the somebody standing continue reading …