Cowgirl Come Home (32 page)

Then his expression turned serious as he pulled her tight against him. “But do you know what I think? I think you lifted the curse, Bailey. By coming home and fixing things between us. By forgiving your father. That took a very brave person. And daring to trust me again, after I failed you twice…that kind of love heals everything.”

His words were a balm to her soul.

“I love you, Bailey Jenkins.”

She closed her eyes and kissed him with all the hope his words inspired in her.

But when the tug of responsibility reminded her of her parents waiting for their return, she pulled away. “We need to go now.”

He took her hand started to lead the way. She glanced over her shoulder for one last look at this hallowed nook.

For a millisecond, she swore she saw two figures in the glimmering shadow. A grandmother holding the hand of a small child.

Her breath caught in her throat and tears clustered behind her eyes again, but she blinked them away. She joined Paul on the path, and together they walked side-by-side toward their wonderful, blessed future.

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If you enjoyed
Cowgirl Come Home
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Beauty and the Cowboy
by Nancy Robards Thompson

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For the Love of a Cowboy
by Yvonne Lindsay

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Her Summer Cowboy
by Katharine Garbera

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Cowboy Crush
by Bronwyn Jameson

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A Fair to Remember
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Former award-winning newspaper journalist Debra Salonen is a nationally bestselling author with 26 published novels for Harlequin’s Superromance and American lines and one single title release for Harlequin Signature. Several of her titles were nominated for “Best Superromance,” including UNTIL HE MET RACHEL, which took home that honor in 2010.

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