The Montana Women — Nancy Pirri

Enjoy all four Montana Women novellas in one book!Katie and the MarshalBozeman, Montana's new marshal, James Freeman, has big plans to close down every brothel in town, including Katie's Palace. Katie O'Malley has the fight of her life on her hands-convincing James she's running a legitimate establishment-a saloon, diner, and boarding house. James soon finds himself falling for Katie, but when an incident occurs, marring her reputation and forcing her to close down the Palace, James loses what trust he has placed in her. Will Katie be able to save her business? And will she lose her heart in the process?Annie and the OutlawRecently released from prison for a crime he didn't commit, Cane Smith returns to Bozeman to claim the son he's never met, only to discover the boy's mother is dead and the boy has been adopted by a rancher and is being raised by his twenty-year-old daughter, Annie. When Annie refuses to part with the boy, Cane makes her an offer: Miss Annie will have to marry him if she wants to keep the boy in her life. Annie will do anything to keep her little boy with her-but can she live with the hard, rough Cane Smith?Janie and the JudgeLeft homeless and destitute, widow Janie Miller is forced to take the only job she can as a prostitute in a saloon. But before she even beds her first customer, she's arrested for prostitution. Judge Simon Hopkins oversees Janie's case and sentences her. Upon her release from jail, Simon assists her in finding a job at a reputable saloon. Soon Simon, a confirmed bachelor, begins to fall in love with the calm and gentle woman. However, Simon has put away plenty of criminals, some of whom have been released and could come gunning for him. He'd like nothing better than to marry Janie, but can he take the chance?Laura and the Railroad BaronLaura Elizabeth Woodbury, heir to a Montana cattle ranch, has just lost her father. A year ago, he bestowed upon her the nickname, princess Sapphire when he discovered sapphires in a mine where, sixteen years earlier, he'd found gold. The independent Laura is astonished to learn her father has hired a fancily-dressed stranger to assist her in finding a suitable husband, and to help run the ranch. Matt Black is the right hand man of a Minnesota railroad baron who'd been a friend of Laura's father. Matt's been hired to head up a team of railroad workers replacing damaged railroad tacks across Montana and to find a decent man to marry Laura. Matt is completely unprepared for the headstrong, willful blond and soon finds himself in love with her. Laura feels the same way about Matt-until she learns his secret that will change her life completely.