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always a lady

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An accident shattered the life Lily Katherine Brownfield knew so well. The remaining scar that mars the side of her face results in the end of her engagement and a consistent feeling of inadequacy. Determined to seek a new direction in life, she answers an advertisement from a newspaper in Oklahoma and is hired on for three months at the Longren Ranch as a roundup cook. The last thing rancher Case Longren expects is a cook who is both young and beautiful. But to his surprise, not only does he find himself admiring her spirit, her rapport with her family, and her cooking, he also ends up falling unexpectedly in love with her in spite of her scar.

And Lily is not immune to his good looks, kindness, strength, and charm. The problem is Lily isn't sure she can trust Case to love her forever. She is sure that one morning he will wake up to discover he has made a horrible mistake in marrying a woman with a deformed face. After suffering from her fiance's betrayal, Lily isn't about to risk her heart again. But Case's persistence, his steadiness, and his dependability win her heart in a way she never anticipates.

Sharon Sala has written an emotionally heartwarming story about a woman who is afraid she'll never be loved for anything beyond the beauty she possesses and a man who is strong enough to put his heart on the line for her love and that of her family's. Both Case and Lily help each other to accept circumstances of the past that were beyond their control. With the strength of their love, Case comes to terms with his mother's desertion and Lily learns to see beyond her looking glass. The author skillfully lets her readers get in touch with the minds of her characters and eases the way into understanding them both.

HOME ON THE RANGE

The phone call was a lark -- a spontaneous whim. But when Lily Brownfield called about the ad in the Oklahoma newspaper and was told that the job was hers, the crazy idea became a reality. The owner of the Longren Ranch needed a cook for a cattle roundup. And Lily needed to leave Los Angeles behind -- along with the heartbreak of the fiance and the job she'd lost when her face was scarred in a car accident.

From her first glimpse of Case Longren, a giant of a man in a black Stetson standing tall beneath the hot prairie sun, Lily realized there would be no hiding from his penetrating blue eyes. With his handsome face and teasing smile, Case was a man to be avoided at all costs.

At first, Case didn't understand why a pretty blonde with sweet red lips would want to cook for two dozen dusty ranch hands. Then he noticed how Lily, like a skittish colt, shied away from people. This lady had come to his ranch to hide. And though he longed to keep her by his side, Case vowed to help her find the courage to face the world once again.

This is the typical story of a woman running away because her heart was broken by a jerk and she is less than perfect now. She runs a way to a cattle ranch as a cook and the owner who of course is handome falls in love with her and she resists because there's no way he can love her. Sound familiar? Don't waste your time on this one.

I received my book in a timely manner and it was in wonderful condition.