The Romantic and the Realist — Barbara Bartholomew

WILD, WILD WEST

Romance novelist Meredith Gage went to Texas to research some facts about the wild West. But what turned up could have stepped right out of one of her romance plots! With his bronzed skin and gentle Western drawl, Gene Crawford certainly looked like the real McCoy.

But was there a place at the Lariat Ranch for a spitfire writer who couldn't even cook and who'd cringe at the idea of riding a horse? It might take a wilderness expedition and a run-in with cattle rustlers, but somehow the romantic and the realist would find their way to friendly territory.