The Lady and the Cowboy

by Charlotte Hughes

The Handsome Devil of a Rancher... — Dillon McKenzie was rugged, rowdy, and none too pleased that Abel Pratt's will divided his Dakota ranch equally between Dillon and a lady preacher from Sioux Falls! He didn't want any goody-two-shoes of a minister telling him what to do... even one whose skin was silk and whose eyes could light up the dark places in a man's heart. Rachael Caitland was determined to make the best of things, even when Dillon messed up the house and mocked her cooking, but the rough-and-tumble cowboy made her blush, and yearn, and wish for once in her life that she was beautiful. Stunned to discover how deeply Rachael stirred him, Dillon hid his desire with teasing, but once he'd tasted her fire he tried to tempt her to break the rules, to risk caring for a man who was all wrong for her. She knew he feared she'd try to change him, but Dillon had taught her much more than passion. Could she show him she loved him just as he was, that she wanted to be his wife, not save his soul?

192 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1991

About the author

Charlotte Hughes published her first category romance in 1987, a Bantam Books’ Loveswept, titled Too Many Husbands, which immediately shot to #1 on the Waldenbooks Bestseller list. She went on to write almost thirty books before the line closed in 1998.

Although Charlotte is widely known for her laugh-out-loud romantic comedies, she went on to pen three Maggie-Award winning thrillers for Avon Books in the late nineties, before resuming her first love, funny stories about people falling in love. She thrilled readers with her hilarious books, A New Attitude and Hot Shot, the latter of which won the Waldenbooks Greatest Sales Growth Achievement in 2003.

Her books received so many accolades that she was invited to co-author the very popular Full House series with mega-star author Janet Evanovich.

With that series behind her, Charlotte began her own, starring psychologist Kate Holly; What Looks Like Crazy, Nutcase, and High Anxiety, creating a list of somewhat kooky but always loveable and funny ensemble characters.

Charlotte is currently launching Tall, Dark and Bad, starring Summer Pettigrew and bad boy Cooper Garrett. She is writing a series set in the Lowcountry that is a WIP.




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