
A Marriage of Convenience in the Show Me State
Cowboy Crossing Western Sweet Romance, Book 5
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Jay Dyess
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Jessie Gussman
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Zane Hudson just got custody of his four young children. Only problem is, he can’t watch his kids and run his farm, too. He needs a permanent housekeeper. He has every intention of hiring someone until…
Waverley Madris is two months behind on her rent and about to lose her house and her children. Getting stuck with handsome Zane Hudson and his four kids in the Diner bathroom seems like just the type of thing that was just her luck.
Except she emerges from that bathroom an engaged woman.
It’s a marriage of convenience only... except, after a hard day of work on the farm, they can’t help but look into each other’s eyes, the heads of their children between them, the notes of the music they make together fading off into the twilight, and wonder, separately, if the sweet life they’ve made together might be even more beautiful if they fell in love.
If you love toe-curling sweet romance, real, dynamic characters and strong themes of faith and family, you will love Jessie Gussman's Cowboy Crossing series.
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- KEZ
- 12-31-23
Good series
I will listen to the series again and others like it ,most of the narrators were great and nice to listen to , part of the book was funny
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- Christine Captain
- 03-24-23
Fun
This is my favorite story by Jesse Gussman. My favorite part is when they are in the kitchen with Zane’s mom and find out they have more kids between them than they thought. That scene had me in stitches.
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