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Cattle Trails and Heartstrings

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A Historical Western Romance - 1870s

When Josie "Jo" Tolliver, a sharp-tongued farm girl raised alongside six brothers, agrees to help an old friend drive a massive herd of cattle across the unforgiving plains, she's ready for dust, danger, and long days in the saddle-not for the brooding cowboy who wants her gone before they've even started.

Wyatt Callahan thought "Jo" was a man. Finding a woman in the saddle throws him, and he makes no secret of it. But mile after mile, storm after stampede, he's forced to admit there's more to Josie than grit. She ropes cattle better than most men, shoots straighter too, and has a way of seeing through his armor that rattles him more than any outlaw.

When a ruthless band of raiders strikes and Josie is taken, Wyatt rides into hell to get her back-not because she can't save herself, but because somewhere along the trail, she became the one thing he can't imagine losing.

Set against the wild beauty of the American West, Cattle Trails and Heartstrings is a slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romance where trust is earned hoofbeat by hoofbeat, and love is forged in dust, danger, and firelight.All Rights Reserved

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