Brides of the West: Josie's Wedding Dress / Last Minute Bride / Her Ideal Husband

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Pamela Nissen. Brides of the West: Josie's Wedding Dress / Last Minute Bride / Her Ideal Husband

Brides of the West. Josie’s Wedding Dress

Last Minute Bride

Her Ideal Husband

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Reunion Western-Style

Josie’s Wedding Dress by Victoria Bylin

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Just like old times, she felt as if he could see to her toes. Knowing Ty, he wouldn’t back down until he got what he wanted, and today he wanted details. No way would she tell him the Bar JB had lost most of its cattle, and that Lester Proffitt refused her request for a loan. She had her pride, and she wanted Ty to leave.

But he wasn’t leaving. He’d put on his hat and was reaching for her hand. Before she could step back, he clasped her by the wrist, raised her forearm and loosened her deerskin glove a finger at a time. Stunned, she thought of the day he’d dropped to one knee and proposed marriage. She’d said yes and he’d slipped an engagement ring on her finger. Her hands used to be pretty. They weren’t pretty now. Why she didn’t stop him from removing the glove, she didn’t know. Maybe she wanted him to see her ruined hands, what he’d done to her by valuing his horses and his pride more than their vows.

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