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Linda Broday · Bachelors of Battle Creek #1

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A confirmed bachelor rancher gets a mail-order bride he never ordered — and a woman who won't back down.

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It was strange how a day could go south quicker than a steam locomotive on a downhill slope...Rancher Cooper Thorne thinks his life is finally on an even keel. But when mail-order bride Delta Dandridge steps off the stagecoach and claims he sent for her, he scrambles to set her straight. The tempestuous woman makes him see red and also challenges all his vows to remain a bachelor. It turns out Delta Dandridge is going to set Cooper Thorne straight about a few things...

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