Cassandra Austin - Hero Of The Flint Hills

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Praise Praise for Cassandra Austin’s previous titles Trusting Sarah “…a truly heartwarming story of love, betrayal and redemption…” —Award-winning author Anita Mills “…a rousing western romance…” — Affaire de Coeur Wait for the Sunrise “…a stirring, emotionally moving work…exceptional characters… Wait for the Sunrise is not to be missed…” — Affaire de Coeur “…a beautiful story of growth and change and love…characters who latch onto your heart…” — Romantic Times “This first-time author has a winner here…Enjoy this worthwhile tale…” — Rendezvous

Excerpt Christian discovered Lynnette descending the ladder slowly above him. It was a most intriguing view. One he shouldn’t be enjoying. He looked away quickly, but his eyes were drawn upward again. Lynnette’s tight pants showed him just exactly how slender her legs were, how rounded her little bottom was. He felt his groin tighten and took a hasty step backward. Then her toe slipped off the rung, and Christian found his hands had wrapped around her narrow waist. If she had let go, he could have swung her to the ground…or into his arms. But she didn’t let go. She caught her balance and continued down the last few steps. His hands didn’t leave her waist until her foot touched the floor. He stepped back and let her turn around. “Thanks.” She was breathless. The climb down, he supposed. But what was his excuse?

Dear Reader Dear Reader, At the death of her father, a young woman agrees to marry an up-and-coming politician, but when she moves to the family ranch and meets her fiancé’s rugged half brother, she realizes she has made a mistake in Cassandra Austin’s new ranch story, Hero of the Flint Hills. Don’t miss this tale from an author whose reputation for emotional depth grows with every new book. In A Wish for Nicholas by Jackie Manning, a young woman who has been draining the income from her profitable land to improve the lives of the crofters must protect her secret, and her heart, from the dashing naval war hero who has been given her estate as a prize. And Margaret Moore’s popular WARRIOR SERIES is still going strong, as you will discover with this month’s A Warrior’s Bride , the wonderful tale of a peace-loving knight and a fiery noblewoman who make an unlikely match in a stormy marriage of convenience. We are very pleased to have USA Today bestselling author Merline Lovelace back in our midst with her new Western, Countess in Buckskin , the passionate story of a Russian countess who falls in love with the rough-hewn American lieutenant who has been forced to escort her through the untamed mountains of California. Whatever your tastes in reading, we hope you enjoy all four books this month. Sincerely, Tracy Farrell Senior Editor

Title Page Hero of the Flint Hills Cassandra Austin www.millsandboon.co.uk

About the Author CASSANDRA AUSTIN has always lived in north central Kansas, and was raised on museums and arrowhead hunts; when she began writing, America’s Old West seemed the natural setting. A full-time writer, she is involved in her church’s activities as well as the activities of her three grown-to-nearly-grown children. Her husband farms, and they live in the house where he grew up.

Dedication To Joe, my own special hero

ChapterOne

ChapterTwo

ChapterThree

ChapterFour

ChapterFive

ChapterSix

ChapterSeven

ChapterEight

ChapterNine

ChapterTen

ChapterEleven

ChapterTwelve

ChapterThirteen

ChapterFourteen

ChapterFifteen

Copyright

Trusting Sarah

“…a truly heartwarming story of love, betrayal and redemption…”

—Award-winning author Anita Mills

“…a rousing western romance…”

— Affaire de Coeur

Wait for the Sunrise

“…a stirring, emotionally moving work…exceptional characters… Wait for the Sunrise is not to be missed…”

— Affaire de Coeur

“…a beautiful story of growth and change and love…characters who latch onto your heart…”

— Romantic Times

“This first-time author has a winner here…Enjoy this worthwhile tale…”

— Rendezvous

It was a most intriguing view. One he shouldn’t be enjoying. He looked away quickly, but his eyes were drawn upward again. Lynnette’s tight pants showed him just exactly how slender her legs were, how rounded her little bottom was. He felt his groin tighten and took a hasty step backward.

Then her toe slipped off the rung, and Christian found his hands had wrapped around her narrow waist.

If she had let go, he could have swung her to the ground…or into his arms. But she didn’t let go. She caught her balance and continued down the last few steps. His hands didn’t leave her waist until her foot touched the floor. He stepped back and let her turn around.

“Thanks.” She was breathless. The climb down, he supposed.

But what was his excuse?

Dear Reader,

At the death of her father, a young woman agrees to marry an up-and-coming politician, but when she moves to the family ranch and meets her fiancé’s rugged half brother, she realizes she has made a mistake in Cassandra Austin’s new ranch story, Hero of the Flint Hills. Don’t miss this tale from an author whose reputation for emotional depth grows with every new book.

In A Wish for Nicholas by Jackie Manning, a young woman who has been draining the income from her profitable land to improve the lives of the crofters must protect her secret, and her heart, from the dashing naval war hero who has been given her estate as a prize. And Margaret Moore’s popular WARRIOR SERIES is still going strong, as you will discover with this month’s A Warrior’s Bride , the wonderful tale of a peace-loving knight and a fiery noblewoman who make an unlikely match in a stormy marriage of convenience.

We are very pleased to have USA Today bestselling author Merline Lovelace back in our midst with her new Western, Countess in Buckskin , the passionate story of a Russian countess who falls in love with the rough-hewn American lieutenant who has been forced to escort her through the untamed mountains of California.

Whatever your tastes in reading, we hope you enjoy all four books this month.

Sincerely,

Tracy Farrell

Senior Editor

www.millsandboon.co.uk

has always lived in north central Kansas, and was raised on museums and arrowhead hunts; when she began writing, America’s Old West seemed the natural setting. A full-time writer, she is involved in her church’s activities as well as the activities of her three grown-to-nearly-grown children. Her husband farms, and they live in the house where he grew up.

To Joe, my own special hero

Kansas, 1876

Christian Prescott hurt all over. He longed to soak in a tub of hot water. Instead, he sat on the cold hearth where his dirty clothes wouldn’t ruin the furniture and listened to his younger brother extol the virtues of some young woman he had briefly met in Topeka and had evidently promised to marry.