I’m a sucker for stories set in Texas and the historical western romance “The Cowboy Meets His Match
Set during the era of mail order brides, “The Cowboy Meets His Match” puts a twist on the trope by marrying the wrong bride and groom! Chase McKnight was expecting to marry a woman used to ranch life while former Boston socialite Emily Fields was expecting to marry a meek druggist.
To Gen Z’s who grew up digital and pictures are easily exchanged via texting, this scenario would be hard to believe. Everyone just must remember that even just 150 years ago, photos and photographers are few and far between. Plus, they could be very expensive!
So, Emily Fields not even having seen a photo of her would be groom was the norm in 1886. And for those who are familiar with Picture Brides, that phenomenon did not happen until the 1900s when photographs had become a little more commonplace and affordable.
In “The Cowboy Meets His Match
Short, sweet and an easy read, “The Cowboy Meets His Match
“The Cowboy Meets His Match
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The Cowboy Meets His Match
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In “The Cowboy Meets His Match,” two people were willing to go into a loveless match due to dire circumstances. 133 years later, people are still doing the same thing, demonstrating once again that historical romance novelists write relatable characters.
Title: The Cowboy Meets His Match (The Haywire Brides Book 2)
Author: Margaret Brownley
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub Date 28 May 2019
Description
“A great story by a wonderful author.” —DEBBIE MACOMBER, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author, for Left at the Altar
His first mistake was marrying her.
His second was falling in love.
Chase McKnight will do anything to secure his family’s ranch—but marriage to a complete stranger? That’s a hard pill to swallow. Yet the will is clear: Chase needs a wife by his side if he wants to keep his home, so he meets his veiled lady at the courthouse steps and reluctantly says “I do”.
Too bad he married the wrong bride.
When Boston runaway Emily Fields agreed to marry a Texas stranger to escape her family’s scandal, she wasn’t prepared to get hitched to the wrong cowboy! Stuck in a secret compromise, she has one year to learn the ways of the ranch and convince Chase’s family they’re happily married. But when the lie becomes true, the past catches up to them and they must save the love they never expected…
Image Credits: Cattle pasture Photo by Free-Photos from Pixabay; Photo by John Moore on Unsplash; Cowboy in the dark Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash.
