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Match Made In Wyoming (Wyoming Wildflowers) (Silhouette 1409) [Paperback]

Patricia McLinn (Author)
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Silhouette 1409 July 1, 2001
"Melt your hear romance" -- Old Book Barn Gazette

Wyoming Wildflowers - Book 2 -- Fireweed
Originally published by Silhouette Special Edition

When fire ravages Wyoming land, fireweed is among the first plants to return, brightening the blighted area with the joy of its blooms. Small-town lawyer Taylor Anne Larsen faces the challenge of doing the same for the pain-ravaged heart and disbelieving soul of ranch foreman Cal Ruskoff. Armed with the same grace and grit as the wildflower fireweed, Taylor also has allies – a matchmaking friend, the Wyoming winter, high-octane mutual attraction, and a rescued puppy who slips past Cal's defenses.

Cal might give in to passion temporarily, but from behind the wall he's built around his past and his secrets, he's certain Taylor is all that he can't let himself have. And he'll use all his weapons to keep her out.

"These characters -- their dialogue, their fears, their complex personalities -- are very real. As a reader, I couldn't help fall under Cal's spell -- a good, troubled, mixed-up man who forces Taylor to confront some of her own demons, even as he refuses to face his own . . . There's a lot of subtle -- and not so subtle -- humor here, the lovescenes are at once tender and sizzling, and the emotions and fears of both characters wrap themselves around the reader's heart and don't let go." – Karen Templeton, Amazon review

Author's note: The collie puppy in Match Made in Wyoming is the alter ego of my much-loved rescue collie Riley ... right down to the inconvenient penchant for opening doors at the wrong moment. Although for Taylor and Cal, it turns out to be the right moment. :-)
--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.


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"A melt-your-heart romance."  --Old Book Barn Gazette

"When it comes to sizzle, McLinn knows how to turn up the heat."  --CompuServe Romance Reviews

Finalist --OCRW Orange Rose Award

Finalist --WisRW Write Touch Readers Award --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Silhouette; Special edition (July 1, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0373244096
  • ISBN-13: 978-0373244096
  • Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #831,007 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

My readers say my books are "warm and witty", "down to earth", "poignant", with characters who "live and breathe" and "hit the sweet spot" of "laughter and tears."

I hope you'll find all that in reading the e-books I'm now offering through Kindle and www.AWritersWork.com

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 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. 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 (www.patriciamclinn.com/games2010): 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 there and 25 books published, and I headed back to the Midwest to write full-time and enjoy the unfolding twists and turns of my plotline.


 

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Another Wyoming Winner!, August 7, 2001
This review is from: Match Made In Wyoming (Wyoming Wildflowers) (Silhouette 1409) (Paperback)
Cal Ruskoff might work out on the wide open spaces of Matty's ranch (heroine from Almost a Bride), but he's built a wall around himself that no one can quite breach. At least not until a snowstorm forces Taylor Larson to stay at the ranch. She thinks she's making a hole in this tough man's armor, but in the end, she finds she's simply knocking her head against a brick wall. Cal isn't ready for a relationship, and Taylor is settling for anything less.

In Match Made in Wyoming, Patricia McLinn crafts two people with painful pasts who find a brilliant future together in this second book of her Wyoming Wildflower series!

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars a 5 star series, March 12, 2011
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When I read the first book in this series, Almost A Bride, I could not believe the quality of depth this author gave her characters. I quickly purchased Match Made in Wyoming and was delighted to find it was even better than the first book.

If you are a die-hard fan of western romance at its finest, a sample of Ms. McLinn's writing will leave you scrambling for all her works. Her books had me laughing one minute, teary-eyed the next and dreading the last page to arrive. She has a rare talent of whisking you into the lives of her characters with such clarity that you feel you are actually there...and you don't want it to end.





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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Good, old -ashioned heartwarming romance!, July 13, 2001
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Small town lawyer Taylor Larsen is everything ranch foreman Cal Ruskin doesn't want to want. . .and everything he needs, even though he's convinced himself the secrets he keeps buried deep in his soul preclude his ever being able to love this warm, generous woman the way she deserves to be loved. But when a mutual friend, a scrawny, abandoned Collie puppy, and a perfectly timed Montana blizzard conspire to throw Cal and Taylor together for a very cozy three days in a very small house, Cal cannot resist at least sampling what life with Taylor could be like. . .and Taylor cannot resist prying apart the shell that Cal keeps clamping around him whenever she gets too close.

This story is remarkable on many levels, not the least of which is the skill with which Miss McLinn tells it. You may think you've read every ranch/cowboy/snowbound story out there, but trust me -- this one is not only different, but proves, without a doubt, that some of the best writing around is to be found in category romance. These characters -- their dialogue, their fears, their complex personalities -- are very real. As a reader, I couldn't help fall under Cal's spell -- a good, troubled, mixed-up man who forces Taylor to confront some of her own demons, even as he refuses to face his own -- even as I completely empathized with Taylor's frustration every time Cal retreated into his cave, as well as her determination not to let him get away with it! There's a lot of subtle -- and not so subtle -- humor here, the lovescenes are at once tender and sizzling, and the emotions and fears of both characters wrap themselves around the reader's heart and don't let go. This is one of those rare books -- for me, anyway - - whose characters truly stay with you long after the final page. A keeper for sure!

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