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Hattie Walker dreams of becoming a painter, while her parents want her to settle down. As a compromise, they give her two months to head to Denver and place her works in an exhibition or give up the dream forever. Her journey is derailed when a gunman attacks her stagecoach,…
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Ever wished you could reunite with a long-lost crush after coming into your own? Jack Hennessey gets that chance when providence brings the artistic Hattie Walker back into his life after her stagecoach is attacked. Eager to act the hero, Jack rushes to her aid, but when he bungles his rescue, the two accidentally find themselves married. Complications and hilarity ensue. You know you're in for a romp when the book opens with a line like this: "If she'd known there were so few washrooms in Indian Territory, Hattie Walker wouldn't have drunk three cups of coffee at breakfast that…
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