Third Time Around

Georgia's wedding day came to a screeching halt when she caught her fiancé in a clench with her maid of honor. When she's finally ready for a second chance at the altar, an untimely attraction to a Cajun cowboy with a healing touch catches her off guard. When word's out that she's about to ditch another fiancé for one of the Cajuns next door, Georgia's father lets Hank Broussard know that marrying his daughter is not an option. But telling Hank he can't do something is like telling lightning it can’t strike. The only thing that crosses his mind is "challenge accepted." The question is, will Georgia choose her father's polar opposite or settle for Albert Barclay III and relive the past?Hank Broussard, the hero in this story, is also a Cajun traiteur or faith healer. Cajun traiteurs (treaters) have been ministering to the ill and the injured around the bayous since the eighteenth century when the Acadians migrated to southwestern Louisiana from France by way of Nova Scotia. Some traiteurs treat broad ranges of illnesses, while others specialize. The problem with Hank is that he lost faith in the gift of healing that was passed down to him from his grandmother when he failed to alleviate the pain of his dying wife, so in a sense he also failed his young son. So this story is also about restoring hope. The quote by C. S. Lewis below pretty much describes our still-grieving hero at the opening of the book:“To love is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give your heart to no one. Avoid entanglements; lock it up in a casket. But in that safe, dark, airless casket it will change. It will not be broken. It will become unbreakable, impenetrable.” -- C. S. LewisAUTHOR'S NOTE: The cowboys in this series believe in God, family, country, and horse in that order. They may count only a few people as real friends, but those who've proven themselves with the passage of time are life-long friends. They protect and love children and women because they see them as gifts from God.LEVEL OF SENSUALITY: If you're looking for steamy romances you'll find instead sexy stories in a non-graphic way. My goal is to create romances that feature courageous, self-assured heroes with endearing flaws and the gutsy women who capture their hearts, women for whom these unsuspecting cowboys would lay down their lives. ABOUT THE SERIES: The books in the Cajun Cowboys series are intended to be read in sequence as each book moves forward in time. I invite you to visit my website and read about future books in the series, which is set in southwest Louisiana's prairie country where Cajun cowboys have been raising cattle since their Acadian ancestors registered the first brands back in the 1700s.


Genre: Romance