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Texas Rainbow

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by Caroline Clemmons


  If you prefer reading western historical romance, you will enjoy being a member of the Pioneer Hearts Facebook Group. There you’ll be able to converse with authors and readers about books, contests, new releases, and a myriad of other subjects involving western historical romance. Sign up at https://www.facebook.com/groups/pioneerhearts/

  Read Caroline’s western historical titles:

  Mistletoe Mistake, sweet Christmas story set in Montana

  Loving A Rancher Series for Montana Sky Kindle World: (sweet)

  Amanda’s Rancher, No. 1

  The Rancher and the Shepherdess, No. 2

  Murdoch’s Bride, No. 3

  Bride’s Adventure, No. 4

  Snare His Heart, No. 5

  Capture Her Heart, No. 6

  The Rancher’s Perfect Bride, No. 7, June 2018

  Patience, Bride of Washington, American Mail-Order Brides Series #42

  Bride Brigade Series: sweet, set in Texas

  Josephine, Bride Brigade book 1

  Angeline, Bride Brigade book 2

  Cassandra, Bride Brigade book 3

  Ophelia, Bride Brigade book 4

  Rachel, Bride Brigade book 5

  Lorraine, Bride Brigade book 6

  Prudence, Bride Brigade book 7

  The Surprise Brides: Jamie, sensual, released simultaneously with three other of The Surprise Brides books which are: Gideon by Cynthia Woolf, Caleb by Callie Hutton, and Ethan by Sylvia McDaniel, each book about one of the Fraser brothers of Angel Springs, Colorado

  The Kincaid Series: Sensual, set in Texas

  The Most Unsuitable Wife, Kincaids book one

  The Most Unsuitable Husband, Kincaids book two

  The Most Unsuitable Courtship, Kincaids book three

  Gabe Kincaid, Kincaids book four

  Stone Mountain (Texas) Series:

  Brazos Bride, Men of Stone Mountain Texas book one, Free, sensual

  Buy the Audiobook here

  High Stakes Bride, Men of Stone Mountain Texas book two, sensual

  Buy the Audiobook here

  Bluebonnet Bride, Men of Stone Mountain Texas book three, sensual

  Tabitha’s Journey, a Stone Mountain Texas mail-order bride novella, sweet

  Stone Mountain Reunion, a Stone Mountain Texas short story, sweet

  Stone Mountain Christmas, a Stone Mountain Texas Christmas novella, sweet

  Winter Bride, a Stone Mountain Texas romance, sweet

  McClintocks: set in Texas

  The Texan’s Irish Bride, McClintocks book one, Free, sensual

  O’Neill’s Texas Bride, McClintocks book two, sweet

  McClintock’s Reluctant Bride, McClintocks book three

  Daniel McClintock, McClintocks book four, sweet

  Save Your Heart For Me, a sensual romance adventure novella set in Texas

  Long Way Home, a sweet-ish Civil War adventure romance set in Georgia

  Caroline’s Texas Time Travels

  Out Of The Blue, 1845 Irish lass comes forward to today Texas, sensual

  Texas Lightning, sweet, woman rancher comes forward to today

  Texas Rainbow, sweet, 1920s flapper comes forward to today April 2018

  Texas Storm, sweet, WWII WASP comes forward to today, May 2018

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  Caroline’s Contemporary Titles

  Angel For Christmas, sweet Christmas tale of second chances, sweet

  Texas Caprock Tales:

  Be My Guest, mildly sensual with mystery, sensual

  Grant Me The Moon, sweet with mystery,

  Snowfires, sensual, set in Texas

  Home Sweet Texas Home, Texas Home book one, sweet

  Caroline’s Mysteries: (Texas)

  Almost Home, a Link Dixon mystery

  Death In The Garden, a Heather Cameron cozy mystery

  Take Advantage of Bargain Boxed Sets:

  Mail-Order Tangle: Linked books Mail-Order Promise by Caroline Clemmons and Mail-Order Ruckus by Jacquie Rogers, set in Texas and Idaho

  The Kincaids, Books 1-4 in one set, sensual, Texas

  Under A Mulberry Moon, ten-author anthology, July 2018

  About Caroline

  Through a crazy twist of fate, Caroline Clemmons was not born on a Texas ranch. To compensate for this illogical error, she writes about handsome cowboys, feisty ranch women, and scheming villains in a small office her family calls her pink cave. She and her Hero live in North Central Texas cowboy country where they ride herd on their rescued cats and dogs. The books she creates there have made her an Amazon bestselling author and won several awards. Find her on her blog, website, Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads, Google+, and Pinterest. Click on her Amazon Author Page for a complete list of her books and follow her there to be alerted to new release. Follow her on BookBub for an alert to special deals.

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  Thanks again for reading this book!

  Have a sneak peek at Texas Storm, book 3 in the Texas Time Travel Series:

  TEXAS STORM

  Chapter One

  March 1943

  Long Beach, California

  Jeannie Luttrell looked at the repair order for the P-51 Mustang. “This says the oil line was leaking. No indication if it’s been repaired.”

  Fellow WASP Dolly Speegle shrugged. “You know half the time the answer is no.”

  Lieutenant Carson motioned for Jeannie. “Come on, are you taking the San Antonio flight or do you expect an engraved invitation from Eleanor Roosevelt herself?”

  “I’m leaving, sir.”

  In spite of her civil tone of voice, Jeannie bristled at his smart aleck remark. Only after Mrs. Roosevelt had requested women be allowed to fly did the higher ups in charge see fit to allow the ferrying program using women as pilots. Those in charge insisted they’d had the idea months before the First Lady’s message. Maybe, but Jeannie didn’t believe them.

  Dolly tugged at Jeannie’s sleeve. “Ask if the repair has been made.”

  Jeannie grabbed the tiny pouch of personal belongings she stashed in the planes she flew. “No point in beating my gums. He won’t know or care. See you on the turn around.”

  Hours later, Jeannie fought to fly the P-51 Mustang through a violent storm. She radioed, “The storm’s growing in intensity by the second. Is there anywhere I can set down?”

  Her contact answered, “How close are you to San Antonio?”

  She checked the map taped to her coveralls’ right leg. “I’m an hour out.”

  “You tried climbing above the storm?”

  She wanted to yell that of course she’d tried. “That’s over the plane’s ceiling. I tried going under, but no luck.”

  “There’re no regulation airfields near. Keep fighting the storm and get to San Antonio PDQ.”

  “Wilco.”

  Since she’d been accepted to the WASP program, she’d flown most of the U.S. military planes many times but the Mustang was her favorite. She loved flying but right now she wished she were back in Long Beach curled on her bunk with a good book. Thick clouds surrounded her and she couldn’t see the ground.

  When hail pelted the canopy, her spirits dropped further. Come on, you can do this. You’ve flown in storms many times. Keeping an eye on the gauges, especially the oil, she guided the Mustang toward her goal.

  Her heart pounded when the needle on the oil pressure gauge rapidly dropped and hit bottom. This answered the question of whether or not the leak had been repaired. The engine stopped and the plane went into a spiral descent.

  “Mayday! Mayday! Oil pressure dropped and engine is out.” />
  She had never before had to bail out of a plane but she’d been schooled in the routine. Time stood still as Jeannie grabbed her personal kit and stuffed it inside her large men’s-sized coveralls the WASP called a zoot suit. Fear stole her breath and crushed her chest.

  She could do this, she knew the steps.

  Every second counted as the plane descended toward Earth. Last thing before she bailed, she checked the altitude gauge and saw she was now at eight thousand feet and plummeting. She opened the hatch, climbed up, and abandoned the failed plane.

 

 

 


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