Remember Me, Cowboy. C.J. Carmichael

      How Can He Not Remember Her?

      Corb Lambert is ready to marry Laurel Sheridan. She’s pregnant with his baby—and Corb is the type of guy who will do the right thing. He just wishes that he could remember the passion they shared before a terrible accident wiped his memory clean.

      Laurel can’t decide whether to go or stay. Corb is willing to take on his responsibility, but Laurel can’t bear the thought that he doesn’t remember her, especially since she fell for him, hard. She’s got a life in New York—but her baby deserves a father. Could he love her all over again? Or is he just staying in Montana to give her child a name? Laurel has to know now, because one person can’t do all the loving....

      The door chimed and Laurel glanced up to welcome her next customer

      The smile forming on her face froze the minute she saw him.

      Corb Lambert.

      She’d heard he’d been out of hospital for several weeks now. She’d wondered if maybe he would phone her when he was finally released, and when he hadn’t, she’d told herself she shouldn’t be surprised. He’d been through a lot physically, and had lost a brother besides. He wouldn’t have time or inclination to think about the woman he’d charmed during the week before his accident.

      But now he was here, and clearly his smile and the twinkle in his eyes hadn’t been damaged one bit. “Hello, sugar. Looks like Coffee Creek got a whole lot sweeter since the last time I was in town.”

      She smiled, thinking he was feeding her the same line on purpose. But when she glanced up at him, she saw no spark of recognition in his eyes. “Corb?”

      He looked puzzled. Then he frowned. “Have we met before?”

      Dear Reader,

      Welcome to Coffee Creek, Montana, the setting of my new series for Harlequin American Romance. You’re about to meet the Lamberts—a family of ranchers and cowboys who own the largest spread in Bitterroot County, all controlled by matriarch Olive Lambert. Olive would like to control more than just the operations of the ranch—she also has ideas about what jobs her children should work and who they should marry. Does mother know best? I’ll let you be the judge.

      One of the pleasures of writing a family saga is creating the setting for the stories. In this case I took a real town name—Coffee Creek, Montana—nudged it a little in the southwesterly direction, made it the head of fictional Bitterroot County and decked it out with interesting establishments like the Cinnamon Stick Café and the Lonesome Spur Saloon. There’s a two-story brick courthouse in the center of town, next to the post office and library. If you’d like to see the pictures that inspired the setting and stories, you can visit my storyboards on www.pinterest.com under CJ_Carmichael.

      Once you’ve soaked in the ambience of the setting, please go ahead and meet our first hero and heroine of the series—Corb Lambert and Laurel Sheridan. Their story was so much fun to write. Just imagine you had a whirlwind courtship with a fellow, were sure you had fallen in love, and then he had a head injury and forgot he’d ever met you. What happens next? Just keep reading....

      C.J. Carmichael

       www.cjcarmichael.com

      Remember Me, Cowboy

      C.J. Carmichael

       www.millsandboon.co.uk

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      Hard to imagine a more glamorous life than being an accountant, isn’t it? Still, C.J. Carmichael gave up the thrills of income tax forms and double-entry bookkeeping when she sold her first book in 1998. She has now written more than twenty-eight novels for Harlequin, and invites you to learn more about her books, see photos of her hiking exploits and enter her surprise contests at www.cjcarmichael.com.

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      Contents

       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

       Epilogue

       Excerpt

      Prologue

      Where was the groom? Laurel checked her watch, not sure whether to feel annoyed or worried. Her best friend Winnie Hays should have been marching down the aisle of the Coffee Creek United Church ten minutes ago.

      As young girls, growing up together in a Montana farming community about an hour from Coffee Creek, she and Winnie had planned their wedding days down to the color of the flowers and the flavor of the cake. Actually, Winnie had planned, and Laurel had gone along with her, claiming