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A woman in pants!

The arrival of Michael Bowen’s bride,With her trousers, cowboy hat and rifle, she looks like a feenteel lady he corresponded with forwoman!

Selina Farleigh Bowen loved Michael’s letters, even if she couldn’t read them herself A friend read them to her, and wrote her replies—but apparently that “friend” left things out, like Michael’s dreae who she is, not even for the ht show Michael the true value of his unlikely wife

“What do we do now?” Selina asked

Her whisper, broken by tears, tugged at his heart He hated seeing a wory he was

What did they do now?

He folded the letter fro, stacked it on top of the rest and tied the string around thee certificate

The way he saw it, they had no other choice Vows had been spoken The Biblevows Like it or not, he and Selina were legally uess we head home”

Her gaze flew up to his and the color drained from her face

Michael understood exactly how she felt But they had no other choice He hoisted his body off the log and offered Selina a helping hand up “We made our vows before God and we need to honor those vows Let’s go home”

Dear Reader,

Welcome to Love Inspired!

2012 is a very special year for us It marks the fifteenth anniversary of Love Inspired Books Hard to believe that fifteen years ago, we first began publishing our warm and wonderful inspirational romances

Back in 1997, we offered readers three books a month Since then we’ve expanded quite a bit! In addition to the heartwar conte romantic suspenses of Love Inspired Suspense, and the adventurous historical ro preference, we’ve got fourteen books a month for you to choose from now!

Throughout the year we’ll be celebrating in several different ways Look for books by bestselling authors who’ve been writing for us since the beginning, stories by brand-new authors you won’t want to miss, special miniseries in all three lines, reissues of top authors, and much, much more

This is our way of thanking you for reading Love Inspired books We know our uplifting stories of hope, faith and love touch your hearts as much as they touch ours