Almost a Bride (Wyoming Wildflowers Book 1) [Kindle Edition]

Patricia McLinn (Author)

Book Description

"A don't-miss treat!" -- Rendezvous

Wyoming Wildflowers -- Book 1 -- Indian Paintbrush

Dave Currick was everything Matty Brennan wanted for as along as she could remember. Right up until he broke her heart six years ago. Now that she's returned to Wyoming for good, what she wants more than anything is to save her family's ranch. Even if that means swallowing her pride and asking Dave to marry her.

Matty's up to something - Dave knows that much. Just as he knows that Matty needs help, so of course he'll provide it, just as he has all her life. Doing what's best for Matty is second nature. Even when it comes to marrying her in name only. Although he can't resist one hot-blooded kiss after the I-dos.

Maybe - just maybe - his Matty will become more to him than Almost a Bride.

Editorial Reviews

Review

... these powerful characters and their emotional intensity keep the pages turning. --Wordweaving

This is a 'don't miss' treat. --Rendezvous

Finalist --GDRW Booksellers Best Award

Product Details

• File Size: 393 KB
• Print Length: 245 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0373244045
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B004FV58Z2
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #262 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)
  • #7 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Romance > Westerns

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

37 of 37 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Especially good romance May 5, 2012

By Dafna Yee

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

I thought that ALMOST A BRIDE was an exceptionally good romantic story. Not only was the book very well-written and well-edited, the conflict between Dave and Matty was totally believable. Matty's attributes were many, but nowhere was it claimed that she was unusually beautiful (except in Dave's eyes, of course), so it was much easier for me to identify with her. The same is true for Dave; his looks played little or no part in Matty's long-standing love.

Not only Dave and Matty were three-dimensional; the other characters in the story had well-developed personalities, too. The imagery was wonderful and it was very easy for me to immerse myself in the book. The writing style was smooth and flowed easily from beginning to end. Even though this book is the first in a trilogy, it did not have a cliff-hanger ending, thank goodness. (I absolutely hate cliff-hangers!)

I would happily recommend ALMOST A BRIDE to anyone who wants to settle in and enjoy a great love story.

55 of 58 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Deep emotion and loop holes -- Recommended May 30, 2001

By C. Penn

Format:Paperback

Dire financial and legal problems lead Matty Breenan to a desperate solution. Determined to save the Flying W ranch following the death of her great-uncle, Matty proposes marriage to Dave Currick. Never mind he broke her heart six years ago when he unexpectedly ended their affair. If he agrees, marriage to Dave, in a round about fashion, qualifies Matty for a grant that has the potential of saving the ranch.

In the three weeks since she returned to Wyoming, Matty has pointedly avoided him; now, she's suddenly proposing. Dave has no idea why Matty wants to marry him except that in some inexplicable way her reason ties to her effort to save the Flying W. Dave's convinced she won't follow through, but, if playing along lets him back in Matty's life, then he's game. So game that he finds himself married. When he learns she didn't need him, but his address, Dave's anything but thrilled. Nevertheless, he's also determined to see Matty's efforts to save her ranch succeed, whatever he must do.

Patricia McLinn finds an innovative motive for a marriage of convenience in ALMOST A BRIDE. With her characteristic flair, these powerful characters and their emotional intensity keep the pages turning. Indeed, the mix of miscommunication, deep emotion and loopholes creates a delightful read. Recommended.

65 of 70 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Patricia McLinn pens a page-turning story! July 29, 2001

By Holly Fuhrmann

Format:Paperback

Matty Brennan would do anything to save the family spread...even marry the man who broke her heart six years ago. Of course, it's a marriage in name only, and of course it has nothing to do with any lingering feelings for her childhood flame. Dave Currick has no idea why it's so important that he marry Matty in name only, but he says yes because he'd do just about anything for Matty.

A marriage of convenience that's not overly convenient as it forces Matty and Dave to confront feelings from the past even as they look toward the future. The question is, what will that future hold for their marriage?

Patricia McLinn is a talented storyteller whose easy writing style and compelling plot will sweep you away.

More About the Author

I'm so proud my readers say my books blend "laughter and tears" with characters who "live and breathe." That's what ties together my romance and women's fiction books as Patricia McLinn (www.PatriciaMcLinn.com) and now a new mystery series starting with SIGN OFF as P.A. McLinn (www.PAMcLinn.com).

I hope you'll enjoy my 26 award-winning and best-selling romance and women's fiction books, along with the non-fiction title WORD WATCH: A Writer's Guide to the
Slippery, Sneaky and Otherwise Tricky.

SIGN OFF, published in August 2012 under P.A. McLinn, opens the mystery series "Caught Dead in Wyoming." Elizabeth Margaret Danniher's high-flying TV news reporter career crash-lands in tiny KWMT in Sherman, Wyoming after she divorced her power network exec. As she tries to find her feet in a new place and new life, she is drawn in to the case of a murdered sheriff's deputy.

As for me, I had a great Midwestern childhood, though I did run away from home once - heading for Hollywood. Alas, Dairy Queen came before the train station, seriously depleting my capital. Otherwise I surely would have been the only Oscar-winning screenplay writer under ten.

Instead, I followed the normal education track: BA and MSJ from Northwestern. Then, not quite as normal (especially way back then), I became a sports writer. It's great training for writing - dialogue, character, motivation, conflict, goals. (All that went into my Winter Olympic-set "gold-medal winner" THE GAMES: Medals can be won, careers can be made, hearts can be lost in the sixteen days of the Winter Olympics.) Plus, I didn't have to get up early.

After being a sports writer for the Rockford (Ill.) Register Star and assistant sports editor at the Charlotte (N.C.) Observer, I moved to the Washington Post. That's when I started writing novels -- it all has to do with dried wallpaper paste. (For the full story, see www.PatriciaMcLinn.com)

A couple decades editing at the Post and two-dozen books published, then I headed back to the Midwest to write full-time and enjoy the unfolding twists and turns of my own plotline.

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#65 in Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Romance > Contemporary

#73 in Books > Romance > Contemporary

#65 in Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Romance > Contemporary

#73 in Books > Romance > Contemporary