The Second Chance Cowgirl : Contemporary Western Fiction (Western Romance Story Of Love Vol 1)

By Millie Landry

When Cody Deckard is fired from her job as a waitress in a less than a stellar diner, she has no idea what the future holds for her. Reluctant, she agrees to return to her home town of Sweet Creek with a stranger – the movie star handsome, Alex Thornhill.

Her stepfather is dying and wishes to see her, to leave this world with Cody’s forgiveness for what had happened between them. Unsure about making amends with her stepfather, or her stepbrother, Cody is entangled in Alex’s ranch when he greatly needs her help.

Can she find it within her to forgive those who had wronged her so long ago? Could she forgive God for abandoning her? Can she resist falling in love with Alex? Can she return to the town that brought her nothing but pain and grief?

The Second Chance Cowgirl is a story of forgiveness and redemption, in learning to love and have faith once more.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Millie Landry
• Release date: Dec 11, 2019
• ISBN: 9780463485323

Book preview

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The Second Chance Cowgirl

Carrying the heavy platter filled with plates of grilled burgers and greasy, yet smoking, hot fries, Cody watched the table waiting for their food, and the floor at the same time. The worn carpeting had trapped her sneakers more times than she could count and dumping the entire contents of the big tray meant not just humiliation, but no tip and perhaps cost her job.

Here you go, she said with a bright yet fake smile setting the correct plates in front of the family of five.

The three kids busily threw packets of real and imitation sugar from the holder on the table at one another. Their parents ignored the mess and their rambunctious behavior, while staring out the window. Cody sighed inwardly, knowing that these types of folks rarely tipped well.

Knock it off, the mother finally snipped at the kids, then glowered at Cody.

Can I get you anything else? Cody asked.

Does it look like we need anything? she demanded.

Her professional smile slipped a notch. If you do, I’ll be right here.

Making her way toward the diner’s counter, Cody dodged tables that held only a few patrons, and paused to ask a couple in a booth if they needed more coffee. At their quick nods, she strode toward the coffee machines and encountered Trudy, the only other waitress working that particular shift. Trudy glanced past her shoulder to the family.

I hope you’re not expecting a tip, she murmured out of the hearing of the customers or their boss, Marvin. I had those folks last week. Demanded everything under the sun, then insisted nothing was right and they shouldn’t have to pay.

Cody sighed. Great. I work my tail off and won’t even get a decent tip.

If they start hassling you, let Marvin handle it. That’s why he gets paid the big bucks.

Fetching the coffee pot, Cody went back to table five, poured their coffee, dropped their check beside them. Then she inquired of the three guys at table two if everything was all right, her forced professional smile in place. More cheerful than many people who came to Marvin’s Wayside Diner, they actually returned it and informed her the food was excellent.

Glad to hear it, she said. Let me know if you need anything else.

Just the check, honey.

You got it.

Striding back to the counter where she prepared the customers’ final bills, she felt their eyes on her back, and knew they watched her legs under the short skirt she wore as part of her uniform. Marvin believed that if the waitresses showed a little skin, patrons stayed longer, and paid for more food. While his marketing ideas might work, Cody never cared much for men watching her.

She had enough of men to last a lifetime.

Still, she needed this job desperately. It paid her few bills as well as the tuition at the university where she took courses on computer and internet security at night and on her days off. Somehow, Cody would pull

Reviews for The Second Chance Cowgirl

[Kayle Osburn · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

It just stopped at chapter five. What a let down.