thinned. Why had she asked such a foolish question?
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Return to Cowboy Creek: A bride train delivers the promise of new love and family to a Kansas boomtown
The Rancher Inherits a Family—
Cheryl St.John, April 2018
His Substitute Mail-Order Bride—
Sherri Shackelford, May 2018
Romancing the Runaway Bride—
Karen Kirst, June 2018
Thank you for taking the time to read my book. I hope you enjoyed returning to Cowboy Creek and our heroines and heroes—familiar and new—as much as I did. Adam and Deborah’s love story was such fun to explore. Some fictitious couples give me more trouble than others. Not so the detective and the runaway bride! These two took an almost instant liking to each other, so I was glad to have all those secrets keeping them apart until the very end. They also have a lot of personal issues to work through. Toss in a pair of adorable orphans, and I had my work cut out for me.
Writing this book has been a bittersweet experience. It will be my last for the Love Inspired Historical line, which is unfortunately closing this month. I feel blessed to have been able to work with the wonderful Love Inspired editors and complete this, my seventeenth book. While I will miss writing about the past, I’m fortunate that I will be switching to the Love Inspired Suspense line. You can find more information on my website, www.karenkirst.com. I’m also active on Facebook and Twitter @KarenKirst.
If you missed the first two books in this Return to Cowboy Creek continuity, check out Cheryl St. John’s book, The Rancher Inherits a Family, and Sherri Shackelford’s His Substitute Mail-Order Bride.
Many blessings,
Karen Kirst
A man’s heart deviseth his way:
but the Lord directeth his steps.
—Proverbs 16:9
To my mom, Dorothy Kirst, and my sister, Shelly Benson. I’m blessed to have you both! Thanks for making my first writing conference an experience I never want to forget. Thanks for the laughs and fun memories.
A huge thank-you to editor Elizabeth Mazer. I’ve enjoyed working with you on this project. And to the other Return to Cowboy Creek authors, Cheryl St.John and Sherri Shackelford. It’s been a pleasure.
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