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Elly

cowgirl bride

by Trish Milburn

Published 2010216 pagesISBN 978-0-3737-5330-7

Elly Cody, the only daughter of Wyoming's most powerful ranching family, set her sights on being a champion barrel racer long ago. Right about the time Will Jackson set his sights on Elly! Years away from Markton has dulled none of her appeal, and seeing the beautiful cowgirl again is like a one-two punch. He still wants her. Badly. The tide has turned for Elly. Will the boy has turned into Will the man--and now he's the one making her heart beat triple time. But why is he back in town? And what the heck is he doing working for her brother? When Elly finds out Will was hired to unearth a secret that's probably better off staying buried, she realizes it's time for a confrontation. Is he going to finish the job he's been hired to do? Or lose his chance with the only woman he's ever loved...?

Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Romance, Fiction. Those themes offer useful points of attention as the characters, ideas, or world develop, especially where the book complicates the expectations of its primary category.

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Themes to notice

Romance · Fiction

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Content notes

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Reading experience

Balanced tone · Steady pace

Works well for a focused weekend or a few concentrated sittings.

Who it may suit

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Readers who want a thoughtful experience and enjoy noticing the connections beneath a book’s surface story.

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EllyTrish Milburn
Powerful4.7/5

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A quick reading snapshot

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Reading lengthA shorter read216 pages in this edition
Publication eraModernFirst published or edition dated 2010
Primary categoryRomanceAlso cataloged under Fiction
ISBN-13
978-0-3737-5330-7
Language
English
Edition record
OL26405820M
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A more thoughtful way into this book

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Good to know

Works well for a focused weekend or a few concentrated sittings.

Begin with its place in Romance, then notice where the book resists that label.

Try this reading approach

Read for connection, not completion.

Mark one passage that sharpens the book's central concern and one that complicates it. That tension often reveals more than a quick summary.

Three questions to carry with you

  1. What must each character learn before the relationship can become believable?
  2. How do work, family, friendship, or identity shape the central relationship?
  3. Does the emotional resolution feel earned by the choices that came before it?

Editorial framework by Wesley Bryan, BookenDeX Founder and Editor.