High Country Bride

Dear Reader:Willow is a novel from early in my career, and it was originally shorter than many of my other historical romances. Now, Im delighted to be able to share this brand-new edition with you. Ive taken the opportunity to expand Willow to include the subplots, love scenes, and deeper characterization that are possible with a longer book. I hope you enjoy reading this retelling as much as I have enjoyed visiting these characters and this story once again.In 1883, the railroad had only recently come to Montana Territory, and outlaws still lurked in the hills. Willow Gallagher, who spent her early childhood in an outlaw camp until her father finally found her, is torn by divided loyalties. Newly married to handsome railroad baron Gideon Marshall, she finds fiery passion in Gideons embrace, until she discovers he is on a mission . . . a mission to capture Willows outlaw brother, Steven. Now Willow must choosebetray her brother, or risk the love she has found with Gideon, the love she has dreamed of all her life, to save Steven. It is a choice that could break her heart. . . .

May you be blessed,

Linda Lael Miller

In this first novel in the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling McKettrick Cowboys trilogy, three brothers are in a race against time to inherit their father's ranch.

One ranch. Three sons. Only one will inherit, and on one condition.

Tired of waiting for his sons to settle down, Arizona-territory rancher Angus McKettrick announces a competition: the first son to marry and produce a grandchild will inherit Triple M ranch. Now, three distinctly different, equally determined cowboys are searching high and low for brides.

Rafe McKettrick loves only one thing more than his freedom--the Triple M ranch. In his bid to win it, he marries a woman he's never met. To his surprise, Emmeline is as beautiful as she is spirited...but she's clearly hiding a secret.

Emmeline Harding discovered she couldn't hold her liquor the hard way. Uncertain why she woke up next to a stack of gold coins in a brothel and fearing the worst, she fled town as a mail-order bride. Now, she must confess her past to her handsome new husband.

But as the newlyweds are suspiciously circling each other, a visitor from the past enters the high country. Can Rafe and Emmeline give up on a marriage in name only and seek a union that satisfies them body and soul?

Angus McKettick is tired of waiting. He has three sons of marriageable age, and he wants them to finally settle down and provide him with grandchildren. And he's willing to offer a little incentive: The first one to marry and produce a child will be granted the controlling interest in the family ranch.

The dashing young brothers are furious and ready to do anything it takes to win. High Country Bride is the story of the oldest brother, Rare, and his attempt at the golden crown. He writes to a marriage broker and six months later, Emmeline Harding arrives with a sultry past that is more than Rare bargained for. Eager to escape the ties she left behind in Kansas City, Emmeline comes to the Arizona high country looking for a new life. But is she prepared to reckon with a hotheaded cowboy?

High Country Bride is the heartwarming tale ora relationship blossoming between the most unlikely of lovers -- the first book in a surefire hit series.

"One ranch. Three sons. Only one will inherit...and on one condition."

Tired of waiting for his sons to settle down, Arizona-territory rancher Angus McKettrick announces a competition: the first son to marry and produce a grandchild will inherit Triple M ranch. Now, three distinctly different, equally determined cowboys are searching high and low for brides.

If Emmeline Harding knows one thing, it's that she can't hold her liquor. And though she's not sure how she came to wake up next to a stack of gold coins in a brothel, she fears the worst. Fleeing town as a mail-order bride, she wonders: how will she ever confess her past to her handsome new husband?

Freedom-loving Rafe McKettrick is a man of strong beliefs and stronger passions and he'll do anything to win the Triple M -- even marry a stranger. To his surprise, Emmeline's charms beguile him even as the secrets he senses she's hiding ignite jealousy and suspicion. But when a visitor from the past enters the high country, the newlyweds have no choice but to give up on a marriage in name only and seek a union that satisfies them body and soul.

One ranch. Three sons. Only one will inherit...and on one condition. Tired of waiting for his sons to settle down, Arizona-territory rancher Angus McKettrick announces a competition: the first son to marry and produce a grandchild will inherit Triple M ranch. Now, three distinctly different, equally determined cowboys are searching high and low for brides.

Kade McKettrick’s got five mail-order brides-to-be camped out at the local hotel, all more than eager to provide him with the heir that will win him the Triple M ranch. But Kade, the newly appointed marshal, has his hands full with a troublesome outlaw gang. Why, then, is he so easily distracted by pretty “Sister Mandy”—who most assuredly is not the nun she claims to be? On the run from her outlaw stepfather, Mandy Sperrin hides beneath her solemn disguise, and vows to keep her wild, passionate nature from the respectable citizens of Indian Rock. Yet when the handsome marshal makes it clear that he wants her, Mandy gives in to her heated desires....

Linda Lael Miller is the bestselling author of more than fifty novels, of which more than twelve million copies are in print. Most recently, she has won acclaim for her New York Times bestsellers The Last Chance Café, Springwater Wedding, Courting Susannah, and One Wish; for her medieval romances My Lady Beloved and My Lady Wayward; and for her tales of love and life in the fictional towns of Springwater, Montana, and Primrose Creek, Nevada. Her next contemporary novel is forthcoming in hardcover from Atria Books. Ms. Miller resides in the Scottsdale, Arizona, area. Visit her Web site at www.lindalaelmiller.com.