Bücher der Reihe Wyoming Wildflowers

Wildflowers have to be strong and resilient to bloom amid the rugged beauty of Wyoming - and so do the women.Valerie Trimarco is very pregnant, very lost, very alone, and very stuck in a Wyoming snow storm. Her car is jammed in a Wyoming ditch, with contractions coming faster and harder ... when her white knight in a cowboy hat arrives. Ranch foreman Jack Ralston's job is to handle anything that needs handling with cool, quiet competence, including a baby who's decided to enter the world right now.A few years later, Valerie returns to the Slash-C Ranch of Knighton, Wyoming. Now a successful mommy blogger, she wants to thank the man who rescued her and delivered her beloved daughter. Okay, maybe she's wondered about him a time or two over the years. How could she not? So she conspires with his employers and friends to spring a surprise party on him for a proper thank you.Yes, Jack can handle anything. Except a surprise party. And this open, energetic, talkative woman and her short-stuff kid who gets under his guard. Because they demand the one thing from him that he can't handle - love.Jack's Heart brings emotional impact to this romantic comedy addition to the contemporary western romance collection Wyoming Wildflowers from award-winning and USA Today bestselling author Patricia McLinn.~~~Get all the blooms in the Wyoming Wildflowers series!Prequel - Wyoming Wildflowers: The Beginning (Snowberry)Almost a Bride (Indian Paintbrush)Match Made in Wyoming (Fireweed)My Heart Remembers (Bur Marigold)-- A New World (prequel to Jack's Heart)Jack's Heart (Yellow Monkeyflower)-- Rodeo Nights (prequel to Where Love Lives)Where Love Lives (Threadleaf Phacelia)A Cowboy Wedding~~~Reader Reviews for Patricia McLinn's Wyoming Wildflowers stories:"Each one was totally different, characters were unique and totally believable!! Enjoy!" "Amazing and touching story.""If you love to laugh; love to cry; or love to laugh and cry at the same time, then you'll definitely want to read Almost a Bride.""Smart, stubborn and irresistible." ... "So enjoyable I couldn't put it down until I finished it." ... "Excellent book! I read it straight in one whole day. Recommend it to anyone!" ... "Delightful!" ... "Nothing short of heart consuming and thrilling. I've loved every one and feel like I know the people personally. I can't wait for the next installment."

One look, a passionate love . . . and then they part . . . Forever?A Christmas season story to fall in love with these holidays.Before the bestselling and award-winning Wyoming Wildflowers series, there was another love story, one that laid the foundation for all those that came after.A love at first sight ... Ed Currick's and Donna Roberts' worlds couldn't have been any more different - a rancher from Wyoming and an up-and-coming Broadway musical actress on a national tour meeting by chance in Denver. What could have been a momentary encounter sparks desire . . . and more. But can there be anything but heartbreak ahead when they have only days before their dreams pull them apart?Readers say of Wyoming Wildflowers: The Beginning:"Funny, entertaining, and full of surprises" ... "Warms your heart" ... "Joy" ... "Wonderful love story"Enjoy the entire best-selling and award-winning Wyoming Wildflowers seriesby USA Today best-selling author Patricia McLinn:Wyoming Wildflowers: The Beginning (Snowberry)Almost a Bride (Indian Paintbrush)Match Made in Wyoming (Fireweed)My Heart Remembers (Bur Marigold)Jack's Heart (Yellow Monkeyflower)Where Love Lives (Threadleaf Phacelia)A Cowboy WeddingMaking Christmas (Pasque Flower)Reader reviews for Patricia McLinn's Wyoming Wildflowers stories:"Each one was totally different, characters were unique and totally believable! Enjoy!""Amazing and touching story.""If you love to laugh; love to cry; or love to laugh and cry at the same time, then you'll definitely want to read Almost a Bride." "Smart, stubborn and irresistible.""So enjoyable I couldn't put it down until I finished it.""Excellent book! I read it straight in one whole day. Recommend it to anyone!""Delightful!""Nothing short of heart consuming and thrilling. I've loved every one and feel like I know the people personally. I can't wait for the next installment."

One night changed them both forever. ... As Zoe and Matt tussle over the best use of a billionaire's bequest, a deeper question looms: Will one night stand in the way of their spending the rest of their days together? Six years ago, rodeo cowboy Matt Halderman looked at himself and didn't like what he saw. Especially not after he ran out on that spunky, wide-eyed student he'd just met. He didn't run far, falling into a pre-dawn conversation with a stranger at a Wyoming truck stop. That conversation -- along with seed money that mysteriously arrived just when he needed it -- turned the course of Matt's life. The stranger he'd met in that diner had been billionaire Harold Hopewell. who traveled the world, encountering people and letting their stories touch him. In death, he is giving back, leaving an unusual will filled with life-altering bequests to the people he met along the way.Zoe Parisi hasn't forgotten Matt or the night he walked out on her. Couldn't even be called a one-night stand, since the man hadn't stuck around for the whole night. She lost her head that night, but it's been squarely back on her shoulders ever since. She's a doctor now and is on track to take over an established practice in Knighton, Wyoming, the much-loved hometown of her grandparents. She'd been sure when she decided to settle in Knighton that Matt would never return to the ranch where he grew up. But now, here he comes, waltzing back into town ... looking just as good as ever and with a bunch of money.Zoe wants nothing to do with Matt or his good looks ... but his money's a whole different matter. What does he need with this inheritance when he already has so much? She, on the other hand, knows exactly how to use those funds to make desperately needed improvements to medical care for all the people around Knighton.Wildflowers have to be strong and resilient to bloom amid the rugged western beauty of Wyoming -- and so do the women.Get all the blooms in the Wyoming Wildflowers series now! Prequel - Wyoming Wildflowers: The Beginning (Snowberry)Almost a Bride* (Indian Paintbrush)Match Made in Wyoming* (Fireweed)My Heart Remembers* (Bur Marigold)-- A New World (prequel to Jack's Heart)Jack's Heart (Yellow Monkeyflower)-- Rodeo Nights (prequel to Where Love Lives)Where Love Lives: The Inheritance (Threadleaf Phacelia)A Cowboy WeddingMaking Christmas (Pasque Flower)* Wyoming Wildflowers Trilogy Boxed Set (3 Books in 1) Reader Reviews for Patricia McLinn's Wyoming Wildflowers stories:"Each one was totally different, characters were unique and totally believable! Enjoy!""Amazing and touching story.""If you love to laugh; love to cry; or love to laugh and cry at the same time, then you'll definitely want to read Almost a Bride.""Smart, stubborn and irresistible.""So enjoyable I couldn't put it down until I finished it.""Excellent book! I read it straight in one whole day. Recommend it to anyone!" "Delightful!""Nothing short of heart consuming and thrilling. I've loved every one and feel like I know the people personally. I can't wait for the next installment."

Wyoming Wildflowers in a bridal bouquet!Jack and Val* invite you to share the big day with them and other characters you've come to love. Actually, it will be more like their big week, with lots of goings-on at the Slash-C Ranch and in Knighton, Wyoming. Plus visits from characters from the Bardville, Wyoming, and A Place Called Home series.* If you missed Jack and Val's story, read it now in Jack's Heart. And for more background on the Massachusetts side of the wedding party, check out A New World, the prequel to Jack's Heart.A note from author Patricia McLinn: Each of my Wyoming Wildflowers books is a stand-alone story, with no cliff-hangers. However, if you are new to Wyoming Wildflowers, this latest installment, A Cowboy Wedding, is best read with a little introduction to the many friends and family attending Jack and Val's ceremony. Almost a Bride, my first book in the series, is a good starting point. Or the prequel, Wyoming Wildflowers: The Beginning, provides some back story. I've also included a wedding party and guest list in A Cowboy Wedding to help sort out all the characters. I hope you will join in the fun.* * * * * * * *A Cowboy Wedding, Book 7 of USA Today bestselling author Patricia McLinn's Wyoming Wildflowers series, is a moving, passionate contemporary romance that will captivate fans of RaeAnne Thayne, Barbara Freethy and Debbie Macomber.Readers' raves of Jack's Heart (from 5-star reviews):"Very sweet and sad all at the same time. The gatherings, the glimpses in the Curricks' life, the way Jack heals the horses, the connection he has with Val and Addie, are all the elements that make this book so lovable. … This is a very distinct book -- like all [the Wyoming Wildflowers books] were. ... The location is amazing, the story of 'you and me' is heart warming, and the grand gesture is the icing on the cake.""McLinn is the real deal writer. So satisfying.""Exceptionally well crafted … Attention to detail and precise use of the language highlight quality storytelling."Wildflowers have to be strong and resilient to bloom amid the rugged western beauty of Wyoming - and so do the women.Get all the blooms in the Wyoming Wildflowers series now! Prequel - Wyoming Wildflowers: The Beginning (Snowberry)Almost a Bride* (Indian Paintbrush)Match Made in Wyoming* (Fireweed)My Heart Remembers* (Bur Marigold)-- A New World (prequel to Jack's Heart)Jack's Heart (Yellow Monkeyflower)-- Rodeo Nights (prequel to Where Love Lives)Where Love Lives (Threadleaf Phacelia)A Cowboy Wedding* Wyoming Wildflowers Trilogy Boxed Set (3 Books in 1)Reader reviews for Patricia McLinn's Wyoming Wildflowers stories:"Each one was totally different, characters were unique and totally believable! Enjoy!""Amazing and touching story.""If you love to laugh; love to cry; or love to laugh and cry at the same time, then you'll definitely want to read Almost a Bride." "Smart, stubborn and irresistible." "Nothing short of heart consuming and thrilling. I've loved every one and feel like I know the people personally."

She's come home to save her ranch. He's stayed put with hopes for a second chance. Can a sham wedding lead to the real thing?Matty Brennan would do anything to save her family's Wyoming ranch. Even if it means marrying the handsome cowboy who broke her heart six years ago. But when she asks for his hand in temporary matrimony, she never expected her old feelings to rush back in.Dave Currick has loved Matty as long as he can remember. To him that means protecting her, especially from herself. Certain she'll get cold feet before the I-dos, he accepts her off-the-wall marriage proposal, because then she'll have to spend time with him. That doesn't mean he won't negotiate a few items in this crazy engagement.But as their wedding day approaches, Dave is shocked when Matty doesn't back down. And keeping up the charade in front of their unsuspecting family and friends can't help but rekindle their chemistry. When Dave and Matty's secret slips out, can their fake marriage bloom into real love?Almost a Bride is a standalone novel in the Wyoming Wildflowers contemporary romance series. If you like sizzling chemistry, clever conspiracies and rugged cowboys, then you'll love Patricia McLinn's story of finding your way home.Buy Almost a Bride to saddle up for a second-chance love story today!"If you love to laugh, love to cry, or love to laugh and cry...you'll definitely want to read Almost a Bride."- 5-star review"A don't-miss treat!" - RendezvousWildflowers have to be strong and resilient to bloom amid the rugged western beauty of Wyoming - and so do the women.Wyoming Wildflowers seriesWyoming Wildflowers: The Beginning (Snowberry)Almost a Bride (Indian Paintbrush)Match Made in Wyoming (Fireweed)My Heart Remembers (Bur Marigold)A New WorldJack's Heart (Yellow Monkeyflower)Rodeo NightsWhere Love Lives (Threadleaf Phacelia)A Cowboy WeddingMaking Christmas (Pasque Flower)

When fire ravages Wyoming land, fireweed is among the first plants to return, brightening the blighted area with the joy of its blooms. Small-town lawyer Taylor Anne Larsen faces the challenge of doing the same for the pain-ravaged heart and disbelieving soul of ranch foreman Cal Ruskoff. Armed with the same grace and grit as the wildflower fireweed, Taylor also has allies - a matchmaking friend, a harsh western blizzard, high-octane mutual attraction, and a rescued puppy who slips past the defenses of this tough cowboy.While they're snowbound together, Cal might give in to passion temporarily, but from behind the wall he's built around his past and his secrets, he's certain Taylor is all that he can't let himself have. And he'll use all his weapons to keep her out. "These characters -- their dialogue, their fears, their complex personalities -- are very real. As a reader, I couldn't help fall under Cal's spell -- a good, troubled, mixed-up man who forces Taylor to confront some of her own demons, even as he refuses to face his own . . . There's a lot of subtle -- and not so subtle -- humor here, the love scenes are at once tender and sizzling, and the emotions and fears of both characters wrap themselves around the reader's heart and don't let go." - Karen Templeton, Amazon review"Page turner, cute, funny. Can't wait to get the next in line" - 5*"This is a great western story and would recommend you to read it. The author has great stories and I haven't found one of her books I don't like." - 5*Wildflowers have to be strong and resilient to bloom amid the rugged western beauty of Wyoming - and so do the women.Wyoming Wildflowers seriesPrequel -- Wyoming Wildflowers: The Beginning (Snowberry)Almost a Bride (Indian Paintbrush)Match Made in Wyoming (Fireweed)My Heart Remembers (Bur Marigold)-- A New World (prequel to Jack's Heart)Jack's Heart (Yellow Monkeyflower)-- Rodeo Nights (prequel to Where Love Lives)Where Love Lives (Threadleaf Phacelia),A Cowboy WeddingMaking Christmas (Pasque Flower)"Melt your heart romance" -- Old Book Barn GazetteAuthor's note: The collie puppy in Match Made in Wyoming is the alter ego of my much-loved rescue collie Riley ... right down to the inconvenient penchant for opening doors at the wrong moment. Although for Taylor and Cal, it turns out to be the right moment. :- )If you especially enjoy western romances, also try these other collections by Patricia:A Place Called Home seriesLost and Found GroomAt the Heart's CommandHidden in a HeartbeatBardville, Wyoming seriesA Stranger in the FamilyA Stranger to LoveThe Rancher Meets His MatchHistorical western romanceWidow WomanCourting a CowboyRomantic suspenseRide the River: Rodeo Knights (includes cameos by Wyoming Wildflowers characters)

LIsa's carried a secret in her heart for years. And he just hit town ...Lisa Currick was once as bright and open as the sunny Bur Marigold wildflower of her native Wyoming. That's how New York City Detective Shane Garrison has remembered her since she figured in his first investigation eight years ago. But when he arrives in her western hometown determined to resolve the final element of that case, he discovers the girl he's remembered has become a very different woman.Once open-hearted and artistic, Lisa has put all that aside for a life of order and discipline. And Shane wants to know why. He can't forget the girl, but he's fascinated by the woman who challenges him to find answers inside himself. "Patricia McLinn doesn't waste a single word in this third story of the Wyoming Wildflower series. ... MY HEART REMEMBERS has no fluff; it's a story of emotion and sensuality that also features strong family bonds." - Carol Carter, Romance Reviews Today"First rate" -- Romantic TimesWildflowers have to be strong and resilient to bloom amid the rugged beauty of Wyoming - and so do the women..Get all the blooms in the Wyoming Wildflowers series! Prequel - Wyoming Wildflowers: The Beginning (Snowberry) Almost a Bride (Indian Paintbrush) Match Made in Wyoming (Fireweed) My Heart Remembers (Bur Marigold) -- A New World (prequel to Jack's Heart)Jack's Heart (Yellow Monkeyflower)-- Rodeo Nights (prequel to Where Love Lives)Where Love Lives (Threadleaf Phacelia)A Cowboy WeddingMaking Christmas (Pasque Flower)Reader Reviews for Patricia McLinn's Wyoming Wildflowers stories:"Each one was totally different, characters were unique and totally believable!! Enjoy!!! "Smart, stubborn and irresistible." "Delightful!" "Nothing short of heart consuming and thrilling. I've loved every one and feel like I know the people personally. I can't wait for the next installment." If you especially enjoy western romances, also try these other books by Patricia:A Place Called Home seriesLost and Found GroomAt the Heart's CommandHidden in a HeartbeatBardville, Wyoming seriesA Stranger in the FamilyA Stranger to LoveThe Rancher Meets His MatchRomantic SuspenseRide the River: Rodeo Nights (includes cameos from Wyoming Wildflowers characters)Small-Town RomanceSeasons in a Small Town series (Illinois)Marry Me series (Wisconsin)Historical Western RomanceWidow WomanCourting a Cowboy

Time hasn't dimmed their bone-deep passion...Ten years ago, Kalli Evans left her rodeo bull-rider husband, Walker Riley, unable to bear her terrible fear for him. Or the fear that she might love him too much.But passion wasn't enough to overcome fear a decade ago...Walker faces down charging bulls every day, but working with Kalli for a summer as they try to save the Wyoming rodeo that means so much to their beloved mutual mentor, just might break him.Can the present carry them past the fears and broken trust ... to a future together again? Rodeo Nights is a prequel to Where Love Lives. You met Zoe Parisi in Jack's Heart and her grandparents Ruth and Hugh Moski have appeared in each of the Wyoming Wildflowers stories. You can see Matt Halderman at the start of his rodeo cowboy career by reading the emotional second-chance-at-love story of Kalli and Walker in Rodeo Nights. In Where Love Lives, Zoe and Matt tussle over how best to use a billionaire's bequest. But a deeper question looms: Will one night from their past stand in the way of a future together?Praise for Rodeo Nights"Great romance!" ­Which is your favorite Patricia McLinn book and why? ­ "Rodeo Nights, hands down. Cowboys-rodeo-Wyoming! Reunion love ... Wonderful characters. I loved everything about this story." -- Mona Montana, Reader Hall of Fame Get all the blooms in the Wyoming Wildflowers series! Wyoming Wildflowers: The Beginning (Snowberry)Almost a Bride (Indian Paintbrush)Match Made in Wyoming (Fireweed)My Heart Remembers (Bur Marigold)A New WorldJack's Heart (Yellow Monkeyflower)Rodeo NightsWhere Love Lives (Threadleaf Phacelia)A Cowboy WeddingMaking Christmas (Pasque Flower)Reader reviews for Patricia McLinn's Wyoming Wildflowers stories:"Each one was totally different, characters were unique and totally believable! Enjoy!""Amazing and touching story.""If you love to laugh; love to cry; or love to laugh and cry at the same time, then you'll definitely want to read Almost a Bride.""Smart, stubborn and irresistible.""So enjoyable I couldn't put it down until I finished it.""Excellent book! I read it straight in one whole day. Recommend it to anyone!" "Delightful!""Nothing short of heart consuming and thrilling. I've loved every one and feel like I know the people personally. I can't wait for the next installment."

She never took risks...until Cahil.This charmer can make or break her beachfront restaurant this season ... and Eleanor's heart."I fell in love with Cahill. He's handsome, smart, strong and had an Irish brogue to die for. Eleanor is a real woman, with real curves, a sense of humor and intelligence ... I was sad when I finished, because I wanted more." - 5-star review (Goodreads)When his Irish eyes are smiling, she's in danger of losing her head ... and her heart.Eleanor Thatcher refuses to be charmed by the Irish balladeer she hires to strum up business for her Gloucester, Mass., beach restaurant. She's far too practical for a workplace romance ... or to fall for a fantasy-spinner like Aidan Padraic Cahill McCrea. Yes, she feels his spell, but bitter reality has taught Eleanor that dreamers drift on, leaving heartache.Cahill finds the woman he wants to share his future with in strong-minded, too-serious-for-her-own-good Eleanor. But he must convince her of his staying power. And his time to make her his bride is running out"A pragmatic woman, a dreamer with his feet hidden on solid ground, a ruthless underhanded villain all in a seashore setting make for an engrossing story that kept me on the edge of my chair... I can't wait to read the next book!" - 5-star review (Amazon)Before Valerie Trimarco tried to heal a cowboy in JACK'S HEART, she pushed her cousin Eleanor into the arms of Cahill in A NEW WORLD.A New World is the prequel to Jack's Heart, Book 5 of the Wyoming Wildflowers series. Valerie Trimarco has some major changes ahead of her, including a life-changing stay in Wyoming.Then continue to follow the lives and loves of the good people of Knighton, Wyoming, in A Cowboy Wedding, a shindig at the Slash-C Ranch that also ropes in characters from other Patricia McLinn romance series."I loved the depth of the characters, the subtle humor and the touch of suspense. And Cahill is YUM!" -- 5-star review (Barnes&Noble)"Gave me that satisfied sigh I love at the end of a book" -- 5-star review (Amazon)Affaire de Coeur contemporary author of the year finalistGet all the blooms in the Wyoming Wildflowers series!Wyoming Wildflowers: The Beginning (Snowberry)Almost a Bride (Indian Paintbrush)Match Made in Wyoming (Fireweed)My Heart Remembers (Bur Marigold)A New WorldJack's Heart (Yellow Monkeyflower)Rodeo NightsWhere Love Lives (Threadleaf Phacelia)A Cowboy WeddingMaking Christmas (Pasque Flower)

Ho Ho Uh-Oh! Can They Make the Best of an Accidental Noel?This wasn't the Christmas either Kiernan McCrea or Bexley Farber expected. Snowbound in a shoddy convenience store with the least hospitable storekeeper in Wyoming, two other stranded travelers, four kids forgotten by Santa - oh, yes, and each other.Because there was that thing that happened last summer. A mistake. They both thought that... though for different reasons. And agreeing it was a mistake didn't make it any more comfortable to run into each other at the Slash-C Ranch. Especially when mutual friends suggest, nudge, and push them into driving East together to join their respective families for Christmas. Except they never made it out of Wyoming, thanks to an early-arriving blizzard.And now their choice is to have one of the least festive Christmases on record or work with what they have and each other to make this a real Christmas for those kids ... and maybe discover what Santa has in mind for them.Making Christmas, the newest installment in USA Today bestselling author Patricia McLinn's Wyoming Wildflowers series, is a fun, feel-good, moving contemporary romance. Wyoming Wildflowers readers came to know Kiernan, younger brother of A New World's Cahill, in A Cowboy Wedding.Wyoming Wildflowers seriesWyoming Wildflowers: The BeginningAlmost a BrideMatch Made in WyomingMy Heart RemembersA New WorldJack's HeartRodeo NightsWhere Love LivesA Cowboy WeddingMaking ChristmasReader reviews of Wyoming Wildflowers"Full of joy, sadness, letting go, coming together, love, and the true meaning of family.""Each one was totally different, characters were unique and totally believable! Enjoy!""Nothing short of heart consuming and thrilling. I've loved every one and feel like I know the people personally. I can't wait for the next installment."Series connected to Making Christmas:Bardville, WyomingA Stranger in the FamilyA Stranger to LoveThe Rancher Meets His MatchA Place Called HomeLost and Found GroomAt the Heart's CommandHidden in a Heartbeat