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       ‘Brendan, either you learn to respect my position here and do it quickly or you can sleep in that rocky no-man’s-land canyon and not my comfortable bunkhouse. Is that clear?’

      Brendan grinned.

      ‘I asked you a question. I’m waiting for an answer. And what are you grinning about, you fool?’

      He took a step towards her, then another. She saw the intent in his hot gaze. He meant to kiss her. He’d always crossed from anger to arousal so easily, ending quarrels before their conclusion—one of them winning by default.

      Now, before she could decide what she wanted, lightning-quick his mouth was on hers. She tried to resist the leather and lime smell of him.

      But the battle was lost before it began.

       AUTHOR NOTE

      I hope you enjoy reading about Brendan and Helena’s reconciliation and glimpsing their past as well as the rich history of the Old West. After all, they’ve been with us from the beginning in QUESTIONS OF HONOUR— already fighting like cat and dog and secretly heartbroken over the loss of the other. The danger to them and to their hearts sparked all the full-length books. What great catalysts they were! I couldn’t wait any longer to write their story, although it took a while to create the perfect setting.

      The kind of land-grabbing scheme depicted in THE TEXAS RANGER’S HEIRESS WIFE is typical of stories told and retold from America’s westward growth—as is the work of the Texas Rangers. Whether truth or myth, these stories have become part of the lore of the West.

      Hopefully I’ve lived up to our exciting history.

      As a child, KATE WELSH often lost herself in creating make-believe worlds and happily-ever-after tales. Many years later she turned back to creating happy endings when her husband challenged her to write down the stories in her head. A lover of all things romantic, Kate has been writing romance for over twenty years now. Kate loves hearing from readers, who can reach her on the internet at [email protected]

       Previous novels by the same author:

      QUESTIONS OF HONOUR

HIS CALIFORNIAN COUNTESS*

      A TEXAN’S HONOUR*

      THE BRIDE WORE BRITCHES

      (part of Weddings Under a Western Sky anthology)

*Linked by character

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      Texas Ranger’s Heiress Wife

      Kate Welsh