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Marrying My Cowboy

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Three modern western romance novellas by three of today’s popular writers of the genre. Diana Palmer brings together a cowboy who’s sworn not to get involves with a woman again and a woman who is trying to leave a family scandal behind. Lyndsay McKenna writes a backstory for two of her Wind River series characters, who’ve set the stage for the next generation . Kate Pearce follows her Morgan family through a quickly planned and expected wedding of two of the characters whose pasts just may get in the way. Come along on the ride where three women will be Marrying My Cowboy.

Marrying My Cowboy is a wonderful way to catch up and get to three popular western romance writers. Diana Palmer, Lyndsay McKenna and Kate Pearce write three novellas bringing love passion who must over come their pasts to find each other. A little danger, a lot of passion and a chance to catch up with some of your favorite series and their characters in a novella written by todays best selling authors. I loved catching up with these new and beloved characters by two of my favorite authors and reading a new author, I’ve read before. If you’re a fan of Diana Palmer, or Lyndsay McKenna, or Kate Pearce and any combination of the three authors Marrying My Cowboy is a must read. Hopefully, there will be

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Finding the love you need by your side. A wonderful anthology of stories filled with a chance at romance with a delicious cowboy that will keep you busy until the cows come home.

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Three cowboy themed novellas from Diana Palmer, Lindsay McKenna and Kate Pearce combined into one book. ARC from NetGalley.

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Kate Pearce writes fantastic cowboys...hands down. She always has well developed characters and plots that enhance the story. The romantic conflict showed the chemistry between the characters well.. It was chaotic and steamy. I love the Morgan brothers and HW was one of my favorites :)

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[Thanks Netgalley for the ebook. This review is my honest opinion but just another opinion, you should read this book and judge it by yourself]
Not for me. Three short stories about cowboy weddings that you're going to enjoy if
A- you're fan of the writers (which I'm not since I only knew Diana Palmer and her style is too old fashioned for me), and
B- if you know the characters and their stories (which I didn't).
Kate Pearce's story was the most appealing to me and the best of all them, I think I'm going to read HW and Sam book (their story in Marrying My Cowboy seems like their the epilogue).
It isn't the book, it's just me, I shouldn't have requested it.

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A trio of stories about the events leading up to weddings to cowboys. My favorite of the three is “The Cowboy Lassoes a Bride”, by Kate Pearce. Her stories of the Morgan brothers and their romantic pursuits are great, and this one didn’t disappoint. Starting with the proposal, and carrying through the wedding night, this story is at times funny, heartwarming, sad and suspenseful. The hero and heroine are well-written and have unique personalities. The funny, snarky, sassy banter between them makes for a highly entertaining story. I received a complimentary copy of this book. This is my freely given, honest review.

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Take a walk down the aisle—western style—with these tales of unbridled love, from a trio of New York Times bestselling authors who know the way to a cowboy’s heart.
This anthology was perfect for anyone who loves cowboy romances! The authors in this anthology are the best in the biz and it shows. I loved each story and highly recommend.
**I voluntarily read and reviewed this book

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I love to read a good Palmer book and this is just one in a very long line of them! The additional stories are well worth reading too!

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*3.5 stars*

Cowboys!

The Rancher’s Wedding* Diana Palmer
I used to read this author all the time – she was my go to for emotional and uplifting romance. This novella was more of what she did best when instant like ignites between a struggling, down on her luck heroine and a wealthy rancher. I struggled with the premise of a virginal, almost perfect heroine and a stoic hero who blinked at the hint of trouble. That didn’t stop me from reading, however, because once past that I enjoyed the simplicity of this sweet story.

Wind River Wedding * Lindsay McKenna
This prequel to the series felt very much like foundation building as the hero and heroine met at school and tried to find a way to bridge their very different families and backgrounds. Low drama found this flashback story from the sixties, a piece of nostalgia as well as a solid romance.

The Cowboy Lassoes a Bride * Kate Pearce
I loved this romance full of sass and vinegar! When a reluctant bride meets a determined groom, the shenanigans were everywhere and they were so much fun! I laughed and cheered as the hero and heroine rolled with the never-ending punches leading up to their wedding day.

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These three stories fit perfectly together in a package that will keep you hooked and leave you wanting more.

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This book has three stories and each one is a short story that goes along with series that authors have written. Though I liked the easy read I was a little disappointed in the fact that once you got into the characters and story it felt like everything was coming to an end. Overall not bad.

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<b>The Rancher’s Wedding* Diana Palmer
When a rugged Colorado rancher who’s in the red meets up with a screenwriter-turned-waitress dogged by scandal, they put their talents—and their hearts—together. But will front page news put a damper on the sparks flying between them? </b>

I’m torn with this one.... it seemed a little rushed and a little too busy by that I mean there was just too much in the story plot. I normally love Diane Palmer but this instalment left me just confused!

<b>Wind River Wedding * Lindsay McKenna
A sprawling family ranch in Wyoming, or a swanky Hamptons hideaway? A young couple’s future in-laws try to stake their claim on where the newlyweds will live. But these lovebirds won’t be corralled … </b>

Yeah sorry I couldn’t get into this... it just didn’t gel for me. I can’t actually tell you why. Maybe because they seemed so young and idealistic. I don’t know. It just wasn’t my cuppa tea.

<b>The Cowboy Lassoes a Bride * Kate Pearce
Between a hen night that goes terribly wrong and a missing wedding dress, a bride-to-be wonders if her plan to marry her longtime bad boy cowboy beau is doomed—and he wonders if his fiancée is avoiding the altar. Will love prevail? …</b>

<b>**Thanks to the author and netgalley for the advanced copy of this book. I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.** </b>

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Good ole cowboy romance is in the house! It's been a while since the last time I read Diana Palmer's book and for this one is pretty classic. I adore the Hero and the heroine though at some points they both can be frustrating.
Lindsay McKenna's writing is as solid as usual. The story itself is refreshing, but I wish there'd be more, you know, drama. But overall, a good one!
Finished reading Kate Pearce's book and what a ride! It's an exciting read and a perfect closure for the book. It's my first time reading Kate Pearce's writing and I definitely will read more.

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Marrying My Cowboy is three novellas in one, by three different authors, all relating to courtships and weddings, and, since I marginally liked the first two, I did enjoy the last novella best, and averaging my ratings for all 3 titles, this anthology gets a 3-star average rating from this reader.

The Rancher's Wedding by Diana Palmer was like every other novel I've read by this author--and I've read every books she's ever written. High profile, Cassie Reed and her father are in hiding to disappear from the chaos and media attention, based on a an "All About Eve" character who falsely accuses Cassie's father of sexual harassment in order to get his weekly TV show for herself. The father and daughter moved out west seeking anonymity, Cassie is now working as a waitress at the local diner, and her father is working at the local hardware and farm machinery store.

One of Cassie's customers is a practical joker who convinces Cassie that chickens are being horribly abused at the chicken ranch owned by JL Denton, and Cassie agrees to join a protest march that weekend, except she's the only one who shows up, protest sign in hand, standing alone in the freezing rain and wondering why no one else is there. Finally, handsome, "dishy," JL, finds her and brings her to his ranch to warm up and dry off. That's where she learns she's been had by JL's cousin, Cary, and that JL doesn't even own chickens. I so wish Ms. Palmer with get with the fact that's it's the 21st century and no one calls anyone "a dish" or "dishy" these days, and hasn't since the 1930s.

Like all of Ms. Palmer's heroines, Cassie is a 24-year-old virgin, as straitlaced as they come. JL, a typical Diana Palmer hero, doesn't trust women easily after his ex-fiance dumped him, and Cassie has to lie to him about who she is and why she's moved from Atlanta to such a remote town out west, in order to keep her identity from becoming common knowledge due to the small town gossip mill. These two characters spend a lot of time talking, but when cousin Cary plays one more prank on them, the truth about Cassie's identity and the fact that she's been lying to JL, makes him drop her like a hot potato and tell her to leave his ranch immediately. Of course, matters are eventually settled, but the plot and characters follow Ms. Palmer's formula, only with less of a build-up to the couple finally getting together, to their HEA ending. This one was barely a 3-star read for me.


Wind River Wedding by Lindsay McKenna
I've been following the Wind River series from the outset, and so I didn't really need an introduction to the couple who started it all, Maud and Steve, but expected it to be an interesting read. Their budding relationship in this novella is where it all started. It's the mid-1960s, and Maud is the daughter of a billionaire NYC family, she's 18, enrolled in Rider College in Princeton, NJ, and Steve is also 18, a ranching cowboy from out west at a 3-generation ranch now owned by his parents. He's at Princeton working to eventually get his Masters degree in architecture--his dream is to built economical and sustainable homes in third world nations--a selfless and noble idea. Maud's always loved the great outdoors, disliked the hustle and bustle of NYC, and has always dreams of living and working on a ranch. The two first meet as servers in a local homeless shelter and soup kitchen, funded by Maud's wealthy family, and they like each other immediately. They eventually live together, fall in love, and plan to marry. Maud loves Steve's family ranch, Steve's family loves her, but her mother wants her to use her MBA to take over her billion dollar, high society life in NYC, which is the last thing Maud wants.

My problem with this novella is that while it gives us the budding relationship of the main characters who formed and developed the Wind River ranch that we've come to know in this series. and learn their differences and similarities, so much time was spent on them discussing their future plans and professing their love for one another, that there wasn't one iota of drama, not even a slight disagreement about anything or anyone to liven up this novella, which was utterly mundane and predictable. I've been reading Ms. McKenna's novels for decades, but in all honesty, this was, in my opinion, the most uneventful and boring thing she's ever written. It gets a 2-star rating from this reader.

The Cowboy Lassos a Bride by Kate Pearce
I've been following the Morgan Ranch series for some time, and am addicted to books about wounded warriors and the way they cope when they return home. This novella is about how Sam (Samantha) and HW, who've been featured in earlier novels, finally get together and marry, and it's the best of the 3 novellas in this anthology. It was a blessed relief after the first two novellas left me wanting more. There was plenty of emotion, and some heat between these two characters, plenty of issues and pre-wedding complications and craziness before these two finally make it to the altar, and their happily ever after ending and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Because it out-shined the two previous novellas and kept me entertained throughout, it gets 4 stars from this reader.

I voluntarily read an advanced reader copy of this book. The opinions expressed are my own.

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What another great book from Diana Palmer! I’ve read previous books from this author and really enjoyed them. I was pleasantly surprised to see that this was just as good as those. I enjoyed the story and the characters were very well written.

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If you love cowboys, you can't go wrong with "Marrying My Cowboy". Three authors bringing readers fun stories of sexy cowboys with lots of misadventures. The blurb in each story gives you a theme of a wedding, but the authors themselves was enough for me to want to read this fun trilogy of western romance. A great chance for readers to get three stories in one book of cowboys finding their HEAs by well known authors of western romance. I received a copy of "Marrying My Cowboy" from NetGalley and Kensington Books. My opinions are voluntary and my own. 4.25 Stars!

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Three really good well written western stories that once I started this set I was not putting down until I finished reading them. There is The Rancher’s Wedding* Diana Palmer, Wind River Wedding * Lindsay McKenna, and The Cowboy Lassoes a Bride * Kate Pearce these stories have there own merits. I know I will be rereading these stories. I received a copy through Net Galley and I am voluntarily reviewing them. I recommend this set.

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Thank you Kennington Books, netgalley and these three wonderful authors for giving me a chance to read Marring My Cowboy for my honest review. For just a few rough details to start this turned into one fantastic story. One of the best books I've read this year for sure. Troubles, trials, n tragedy into a beautiful new beginning. I could see a few follow up stories but I'm no writer. A hot cowboy just living life, strong innocent female, n sparks fly. Couldn't get enough

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Marrying My Cowboy is three terrific books. Each selection is well written by a different author. I highly recommend this book.

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Another great collection of books from some amazing authors . These classic tells of cowboys and there ladies as they manage love and weddings. Another great read… Lisa

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