The Cowboy’s Bride

Barbara Ankrum

May 2024 · Tule Publishing

About this eBook

Drive, she said…

When Isabella Stanton’s Dallas society wedding becomes the most humiliating day of her life, there’s only one thing to do: run—hard to do in a wedding dress. She begs a ride from the handsome wedding limo driver offering him a huge bonus to help her escape. After a lifetime of trying to please everyone but herself, Isabella has no plans, no job, and no set destination. Her only certainty–she can never go home again.

Will Hardesty understands escape. Growing up heir apparent cowboy on his family’s ranch in Marietta, Montana, he left behind his difficult father to play football in college and the NFL. After an injury costs him his career and his wife, he buys a limo company, focusing on business not romance. Initially he thinks he’s Driving Miss Crazy, but even his inner cynic can’t resist his adorable passenger who’s funny and consistently finds the bright side of everything.

But will an emergency detour to his family’s ranch coupled with a convenient lie about their blossoming relationship be the romantic nudge they both need or their undoing?

Ratings and reviews

The Cowboy’s Bride is book 1 in the Hardestys of Montana series by Barbara Ankrum, a new to me author 4.5 stars What happens when the bride stands at the altar ready to say I Do, then the bomb is dropped…the groom has been cheating and more…she runs out of the church and begs the limo driver to take her away..read on to see what happens with Will and Isabella… I voluntarily read an advanced reader copy (ARC) of this book from Tule Publishing. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

A delightful rescue the runaway bride romance. I love novels where romance sneaks up on the characters and there is denial. This story covers sneaky romance, a jerk of a groom, and a cool getaway. While Izzy is running away with limo driver Will, he ends up running toward the disaster he feels responsible for with his family in Montana. They really just need to run to each other. I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Family drama, ranch business, and a pretend relationship means a lot of secrets until they all unravel, one by one. The sparks are flying, but a relationship couldn't happen that fast, not when they each have a lot to sort out from their pasts. Montana nights and new ideas for the ranch could mean a new start for both, if they can find the middle ground, and it just might lead to forever. Loved this book!