First line Friday is all about getting people interested in some of your favorite books, well it is for me anyway. Sometimes all it takes to hook you is the first line. so whoever started it thank you…I think its a great idea and really fun.
This week I thought id go back to a book I read a few weeks ago that is a little older but I really loved!!!
“Cassie wanted to scream, Put down that shovel!”
Montana Rose (Montana Marriages, #1) by Mary Connealy
Published by Barbour Books on July 1st 2009
Genres: Christian, Clean & Wholesome, Fiction, Historical, western
Pages: 319
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Cassie Griffin has always dressed in silks. Her free-spending husband expects nothing less. But now he has died, leaving her unprotected, heavily in debt, and pregnant. As any single woman doesn’t remain so for long in Divide, Montana, Cassie wonders if marrying one of the local cowboys might be her only choice. After seeing her choices, she then wonders if joining her husband might be even better.
Red Dawson has always had a soft spot in his heart for Cassie, even though most of the townspeople see her only as a silk-clad china doll. When she’s left a widow, only one thing keeps him from immediately sweeping her off her feet—she’s a nonbeliever.
As the other cowboys lay claim to Cassie, the most powerful rancher in the area steps forward to demand what he thinks rightly belongs to him… and the property that goes with her. Red struggles with figuring out what to do, but decides he can’t allow Cassie to suffer a fate worse than death and marries her himself.
Will Red win over this seemingly fragile and spoiled china doll’s heart… and survive her unique brand of ranch help in the meantime? Will Cassie find true love with her cowboy—and his God—when she exchanges smooth silk for coarse calico?
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About Mary Connealy
Mary Connealy writes romantic comedy with cowboys always with a strong suspense thread. She is a two time Carol Award winner, and a Rita, Christy and Inspirational Reader’s Choice finalist.
She is the bestselling author of 48 books and novellas.
Her most recent three book series are: Cimarron Legacy, Wild at Heart, Trouble in Texas, Kincaid Bride for Bethany House Publishing. She’s also written four other series for Barbour Publishing and many novellas and several stand-alone books for multiple publishers.
Mary will be a published author for ten years in 2017 with nearly a million books in print. She has a degree in broadcast communications with an emphasis in journalism and has worked at her local newspaper.
Happy Friday! I’ve never heard of this author so thank you!? I’m going to see if my library has this one.
My First Line Friday comes from a book I will be reading soon, Before We Were Strangers by Brenda Novak!
As far back as Sloane McBride could remember, she’d been told she was an ice-queen. Even the people closest to her, especially the people closest to her, complained about her reserve.
Have a great weekend!?
Oh sounds interesting I haven’t heard of this book or author before!! I’ll have to look it up too 🙂
That’s such a neat cover! I’ll be adding this book to my list. Have a great weekend!
Hope you enjoy it!!! Have a great weekend too