Match Made in Montana Series, Book 3
Sweet Contemporary Western Romance
Date Published: 09-17-2024
Publisher: Rowan Prose Publishing
Middle school teacher and amateur historian, Joe Staunch, likes everyone in smalltown, Herd, Montana. Except for Abby Whit. He can’t quite pinpoint what annoys him so much, besides the unnerving feeling she is lying to him and everyone in their close-knit community.
Food truck owner, Abby Whit has a secret. The descendant of the infamous Whittier family, she never meant to settle in town under an alias, but she can’t imagine living anywhere else. Time is running out to claim her property, and she is unsure how to do so without upsetting everyone and ruining her life.
How does she come clean without destroying her newfound love? And can love survive a lie?
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Rachelle Paige Campbell writes contemporary romance novels filled with heart and hope. She believes love and laughter can change lives, and every story needs a happily ever after.
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CHAPTER 1
Some days, Abby Whit forgot she was hiding behind an alias.
After two years and change of living in Herd, Montana, she fully embraced her
cover story as a food truck chef, passing through town. To anyone who asked,
she was working for herself after stints being the sous chef for chefs from
Kansas City to Las Vegas. Her family didn’t put down roots. Those were the
kernels of truth. But she’d arrived with a plan.
Determine the public’s perception of her family and assess
the feasibility of taking back her land.
On the frosty March morning, she parked her food truck in
the gravel lot behind the bright red barn on the Kincaid ranch. Against a snowy
backdrop and overcast sky, the new construction building popped amidst the open
land that had been owned by one family for over a century. Credited with saving
the local economy by modernizing their ranch into a cowboy spa, Hank and
grandson Ryan Kincaid were undisputed winners in the town’s founding families’
feud. Her family, the Whittiers, were the first losers. The good citizens of
Herd considered her ancestors the villains in the town’s history. If she had
given her full name on arrival, she’d have been kicked out of the state.
Hating the Kincaids on principle, given her history, would
have been expected. Prejudice hadn’t suited her. They had never questioned her
sudden appearance and purpose in the tight knit community. They’d supported and
encouraged her. Their kindness was the reason she continued to debate finally
making her legal claim to the small patch of land near the church where she
parked her food truck. The deadline approached.
The hum of the idling truck wasn’t loud enough to silence
her whirring thoughts. Helping out others in the community had been equally
about establishing good karma for herself and treating others with the kindness
she valued. No one had been better to her than the Kincaids. She didn’t think
she’d done nearly enough to redeem herself in their eyes once they learned the
truth.
Joe would be sure to highlight her villainy.
She shuddered. Joe Staunch, middle school teacher and ranch
tour guide, was her very vocal critic. She was careful to never cause anyone
offense and yet she’d somehow made an enemy of him.
He either ignored her or complained about her—often within
her earshot. Some people rubbed each other wrong. She accepted that fact. The
trouble was that she liked him. Her heart wouldn’t be reasoned into submission.
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