The Cowboy Hires A Wife

By Jenna McKnight

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Wade Montana rode the orneriest bulls on the rodeo circuit, but he had no idea how to keep his niece from missin' her mommy. Tamin' broncos was sure easier than sharin' his RV with a teary–eyed little filly. When he spied a billboard for 1–800–HUSBAND in his rearview mirror, he hoped to God they had wives, too.

Rachel Harrington was dreading her thirtieth unmarried birthday. Hundreds of husbands–for–hire had passed her agency's stringent guidelines, though none of them did anything to excite her. Rachel wanted someone a little rough around the edges–a rebel, a desperado a cowboy!

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia
• Release date: Sep 1, 2013
• ISBN: 9781488723759

Jenna McKnight

Has anyone else ever sheltered through a hailstorm in the mountains with a skunk? If I put this in a book, you'd think it was made up, right? Wrong. The story of my first week of wedded bliss could be titled "How Not To Spend Your Honeymoon." My husband (still) has this thing about seeing what's over the next hill. Did you ever notice that what's over the next hill is another hill? And if you're not watching the sky, black clouds can roll right in, open up and toss out big icy chunks of hail, not those puny pea-sized balls. So there I am, on my honeymoon, trying to keep my cool, and the only protective covering was a small building on stilts. It seemed to be part of a ski lift operation. (Don't ask; neither of us ski.) The skunk was there first, but to its credit, it shared without raising too much of a stink. (Sorry, couldn't resist.) People are always asking, "Where do you get your ideas?" Does my honeymoon give any clues?? The idea for Two Weddings and a Feud was born in a flash flood on the Current River, during the Great Flood of '93 in the midwest. That's when I learned how fast I can break camp. Fast!!! Five of us moved everything uphill--tents, canopy, canoes, all the gear, even the fire where our steak dinner was cooking--and didn't lose anything but two days' time. We could've hiked out sooner, but leave our canoes behind? I don't think so. During research for Alligator Alley, I had the opportunity to pet a tiger. He was on his side of the bars and I was on mine, thank you very much. I also wanted to see what the Everglades were really like, so I hired a boat and went out into the alligator-filled waterways. Awesome! Wedding Knight research material came from a long-ago trip to Spain where I poked around old castles. I have pictures of my brother-in-law climbing the ruins. He didn't break his arm until he came home and stood on a chair to fix something, thank goodness. That kind of research I can do without. I've had several books published since the first one, in 14 countries, last count. A Date on Cloud Nine has been picked up by Doubleday and Rhapsody Book Clubs and is going hardback. I get fan mail from countries where the books weren't released, so some of them have travelin' feet of their own. Some I enjoyed writing more than others. But I always, always enjoy the research.