The Bride Said, 'Finally!'. Cathy Thacker Gillen

      “Tell me you don’t still feel it.”

      “Feel what?” Jenna asked, ignoring the way his gaze kept drifting to her lips.

      Jake hauled her against him. “This.”

      The next thing Jenna knew, Jake had wrapped his arms around her back and lowered his lips to hers. His kiss was hot, sure and so sensual it took her breath away. Despite herself, she had missed this, missed him and the special…and yes, powerful way he made her feel.

      Jenna knew if they didn’t stop soon they would end up in one of the beds upstairs. And while that was all she had wanted when they had been together before, she also knew this was no way, and no place, to lose her virginity….

      Dear Reader,

      It’s another wonderful month at Mills & Boon American Romance, the line dedicated to bringing you stories of heart, home and happiness! Just look what we have in store for you….

      Author extraordinaire Cathy Gillen Thacker continues her fabulous series THE LOCKHARTS OF TEXAS with The Bride Said, “Finally!” Cathy will have more Lockhart books out in February and April 2001, as well as a special McCabe family saga in March 2001.

      You’ve been wanting more books in the TOTS FOR TEXANS series, and author Judy Christenberry has delivered! The $10,000,000 Texas Wedding is the not-to-be-missed continuation of these beloved stories set in Cactus, Texas. You just know there’s plenty of romance afoot when a bachelor will lose his huge inheritance should he fail to marry the woman he once let get away.

      Rounding out the month are two fabulous stories by two authors making their Mills & Boon American Romance debut. Neesa Hart brings us the humorous Who Gets To Marry Max? and Victoria Chancellor will wow you with The Bachelor Project.

      Wishing you happy reading!

      Melissa Jeglinski

      Associate Senior Editor

      The Bride Said, ‘Finally!’

      Cathy Gillen Thacker

       www.millsandboon.co.uk

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      CATHY GILLEN THACKER is a full-time wife/mother/author who began typing stories for her own amusement during “nap time” when her children were toddlers. Twenty years and more than fifty published novels later, Cathy is almost as well-known for her witty romantic comedies and warm family stories as she is for her ability to get grass stains and red clay out of almost anything, her triple-layer brownies and her knack for knowing what her three grown and nearly grown children are up to almost before they do! Her books have made numerous appearances on bestseller lists and are now published in seventeen languages and thirty-five countries around the world.

      Books by Cathy Gillen Thacker

      MILLS & BOON AMERICAN ROMANCE

      102—HEART’S JOURNEY

      134—REACH FOR THE STARS

      143—A FAMILY TO CHERISH

      156—HEAVEN SHARED

      166—THE DEVLIN DARE

      187—ROGUE’S BARGAIN

      233—GUARDIAN ANGEL

      247—FAMILY AFFAIR

      262—NATURAL TOUCH

      277—PERFECT MATCH

      307—ONE MAN’S FOLLY

      318—LIFETIME GUARANTEE

      334—MEANT TO BE

      367—IT’S ONLY TEMPORARY

      388—FATHER OF THE BRIDE

      407—AN UNEXPECTED FAMILY

      423—TANGLED WEB

      445—HOME FREE

      452—ANYTHING’S POSSIBLE

      456—THE COWBOY’S MISTRESS

      472—HONEYMOON FOR HIRE

      483—BEGUILED AGAIN

      494—FIANCÉ FOR SALE

      506—KIDNAPPING NICK

      521—BABY ON THE DOORSTEP‡

      526—DADDY TO THE RESCUE‡

      529—TOO MANY MOMS‡

      540—JENNY AND THE FORTUNE HUNTER

      556—LOVE POTION #5

      568—MISS CHARLOTTE SURRENDERS

      587—A SHOTGUN WEDDING

      607—DADDY CHRISTMAS

      613—MATCHMAKING BABY

      625—THE COWBOY’S BRIDE††

      629—THE RANCH STUD††

      633—THE MAVERICK MARRIAGE††

      673—ONE HOT COWBOY

      697—SPUR-OF-THE-MOMENT MARRIAGE††

      713—SNOWBOUND BRIDE*

      717—HOT CHOCOLATE HONEYMOON*

      721—SNOW BABY*

      747—MAKE ROOM FOR BABY

      754—BABY’S FIRST CHRISTMAS

      789—DR. COWBOY**

      793—WILDCAT COWBOY**

      797—A COWBOY’S WOMAN**

      801—A COWBOY KIND OF DADDY**

      837—THE BRIDE SAID, “I DID?”†

      841—THE BRIDE SAID, “FINALLY!”†

      Dear Reader,

      The fictional town of Laramie, Texas, exemplifies everything I know and love about the state. The people are warm and friendly and helpful as can be, their desires bold, their dreams big. It’s a place where opportunity is limitless and people are encouraged to live and enjoy life to the fullest.

      So much so that I knew when I started writing the books about John and Lilah McCabe and their four sons that I'd also write another series set in Laramie. But this one would be about a family of four sisters who, like the McCabes, find the love that has eluded them in Laramie.

      Look for the first two books about the Lockharts in August and September 2000. The third and fourth books will be published in February and March 2001.

      In the midst of all this, I am also writing a bigger, more in-depth story about Sam McCabe, John and Lilah McCabe’s nephew. A widower with five lively boys, he returns to Laramie when his life soars out of control. TEXAS VOWS: A MCCABE FAMILY SAGA, will be published in March 2001.

      I hope you enjoy them all as much as I enjoyed writing them.