The Scout's Bride. Kate Kingsley
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“I’m not jealous.” She was
astounded by his presumption.
“I don’t mind jealousy,” he went on, as if he had not heard her. “It’s indifference that pains me.”
“You’re about to feel some real pain,” she warned ominously.
He yelped when she applied the alcohol to his arm. Kneeling beside him again, she placed a pad on the wound to cushion it. Her fingertips felt soft and cool against his skin as she wound a length of gauze around his arm, tying it expertly. But she never met his eyes.
“I don’t know what to make of you, Rebecca Emerson,” he murmured, reaching out to cup her chin in his big hand.
“Nor I, of you.” She looked at him at last.
“Then we’re starting even,” he whispered, tracing the line of her lips with his thumb before he bent to kiss her….
Dear Reader,
Everyone at Fort Hayes, Kansas, expected Rebecca Emerson to return East when her husband died. But Rebecca was determined to remain on the frontier, even if it meant accepting the help of the rugged army scout who had become her unwanted protector. Kate Kingsley’s new Western, The Scout’s Bride, is a marriage-of-convenience story you won’t want to pass up.
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The
Scout’s Bride
Kate Kingsley
To Denny,
my husband, my best friend
and the hero of my own story
KATE KINGSLEY
loves to write historical romance. And having been raised in south Louisiana, she certainly has the background to bring history to life. Kate, who now lives in the San Francisco Bay area, has a strong background in advertising and media. She also does volunteer work at a local hospital, enjoys reading, biking and especially traveling—whenever she can find some extra time. With her daughter in college, Kate has a bit more time to spend with her husband, an actor