Gingham Mountain
All aboard for a delightful, suspense-filled romance, where a Texan is torn between his attraction to a meddlesome schoolmarm and the charms of a designing dressmaker. When Hannah Cartwright meets Grant, she's determined to keep him from committing her orphans to hard labor on his ranch. How far will she go to ensure their welfare? Grant is determined to provide a home for the two kids brought in by the orphan train. Can he keep his ragtag family together while steering clear of love and marriage?
From the Back Cover
A Young Woman’s Need to Protect
A Cowboy’s Need to Provide
A Head-On Course for a Love-Hate Relationship
When Hanna Cartwright meets Grant, a disreputable-looking cowboy, she’s determined to keep him from exploiting her orphan charges. When she gets the job as schoolmarm, she resolves to keep Grant’s adopted children in school to minimize the time spent in hard labor on his ranch. Will she succeed in her plans or lose her heart—and the children—to a man she despises?
Grant already has a Texan ranch full of orphans he’s rescued, but still he’s determined to take on the two brought in by the orphan train. Can he wrangle his growing brood while resisting his attraction to the meddlesome Hannah and keeping clear of Prudence, a designing dressmaker?
When a couple of con artists discover oil on Grant’s land, they’ll go to any lengths to steal his ranch, including forcing him into marriage with a scheming seamstress. Will their plans succeed before the secret of oil spills out?
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Award-winning author Mary Connealy lives in Nebraska with her farmer husband and is the mother of four grown daughters.