“You Bought the Wrong Bride,” the Cowgirl Said

rode out on the ninth day to see for himself what his cousin was up to and did not bother hiding his displeasure at finding a competent stranger running cattle instead of a heartbroken bachelor running out the clock.

“Word in town is your bride never arrived,” Cyrus said, not dismounting, looking Josie over the way a man looks over a horse he intends continue reading …