Matt

by R. C. Ryan

  MATT

  By R. C. Ryan

  In the New York Times bestselling tradition of Linda Lael Miller and Diana Palmer comes the first in a beautiful new series by R. C. Ryan. When lawyer Vanessa Kettering and rancher Matt Malloy are forced to weather a terrible storm together, they’re drawn to each other despite their differences. Can they survive the storm without losing their hearts?

  HOW I MARRIED A MARQUESS

  By Anna Harrington

  When an old family friend comes to retired spy Thomas Matteson about a rash of mysterious robberies near Blackwood Hall, he jumps at the chance to be back in the field. What will he do when the suspect turns out to be the most beautiful—and beguiling—woman he’s ever seen? Fans of Elizabeth Hoyt will love this sexy historical romance.

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  Contents

  Cover

  Title Page

  Welcome

  Dedication

  Prologue

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Chapter Eight

  Chapter Nine

  Chapter Ten

  Chapter Eleven

  Chapter Twelve

  Chapter Thirteen

  Chapter Fourteen

  Chapter Fifteen

  Chapter Sixteen

  Chapter Seventeen

  Chapter Eighteen

  Chapter Nineteen

  Chapter Twenty

  Chapter Twenty-One

  Chapter Twenty-Two

  Chapter Twenty-Three

  Chapter Twenty-Four

  Chapter Twenty-Five

  Chapter Twenty-Six

  Chapter Twenty-Seven

  Chapter Twenty-Eight

  Chapter Twenty-Nine

  Chapter Thirty

  Chapter Thirty-One

  Epilogue

  Yancy’s Fancy Chicken

  Also by R. C. Ryan

  Raves for R. C. Ryan’s Novels

  A Preview of LUKE

  Fall in Love with Forever Romance

  Newsletters

  Copyright

  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.

  Copyright © 2016 by Ruth Ryan Langan

  Excerpt from Luke copyright © 2016 by Ruth Ryan Langan

  Cover photography by Claudio Marinesco

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  Cover design by Elizabeth Turner

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  ISBN 978-1-4555-9159-6

  E3-20160328-DA-NF