A Rancher of Convenience

September 1, 2016
Nancy Bennett blames herself. Even though they had been married less than a year, she should have known her husband, Lucas, was rustling cattle. Now he's dead, and Nancy will lose the Windy Diamond ranch unless she can convince the bank that holds the mortgage that she can keep it running. To achieve her goal, Nancy makes an unusual request to the ranch's foreman, Hank Snowden: she asks him to teach her everything he knows about running a cattle ranch. Much to Nancy's surprise, Hank has an equally startling counterproposal: a marriage of convenience that would allow Nancy to keep the ranch but with Hank as her new husband. Longtime Regency writer Scott continues her walk on the western side of the romance genre, and the result is a smartly crafted, emotionally engaging love story that also admirably celebrates the inner grit and outer gumption needed by the women who settled the West. Give this romantic gem to fans of Jo Goodman, Jodi Thomas, or readers who miss Maggie Osborne's wonderful romances.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2016, American Library Association.)