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Her Forgotten Cowboy
Deb Kastner
She can’t remember the past He can’t imagine a future without her in Cowboy Country Suffering amnesia after a car accident, Rebecca Hamilton arrives back in Serendipity, Texas, pregnant and seeking the baby’s father—her estranged husband, Tanner. Returning to the ranch home they once shared is her best chance at regaining her memories. But will recalling the tragic reason they separated only drive a bigger wedge between Rebecca and the man she’s falling for all over again?
She can’t remember the past
He can’t imagine a future without her in Cowboy Country
Suffering amnesia after a car accident, Rebecca Hamilton arrives back in Serendipity, Texas, pregnant and seeking the baby’s father—her estranged husband, Tanner. Returning to the ranch house they once shared is her best chance at regaining her memories. But will recalling the tragic reason they separated only drive a bigger wedge between Rebecca and the man she’s falling for all over again?
A Publishers Weekly bestselling and award-winning author with over 1.5 million books in print, DEB KASTNER writes stories of faith, family and community in a small-town Western setting. She lives in Colorado with her husband and a pack of miscreant mutts, and is blessed with three daughters and two grandchildren. She enjoys spoiling her grandkids, movies, music (The Texas Tenors!), singing in the church choir and exploring Colorado on horseback.
Also by Deb Kastner (#u3cb86acc-4729-5a17-8e96-918cfb718115)
Cowboy Country
Yuletide Baby
The Cowboy’s Forever Family
The Cowboy’s Surprise Baby
The Cowboy’s Twins
Mistletoe Daddy
The Cowboy’s Baby Blessing
And Cowboy Makes Three
A Christmas Baby for the Cowboy
Her Forgotten Cowboy
Christmas Twins
Texas Christmas Twins
Email Order Brides
Phoebe’s Groom
The Doctor’s Secret Son
The Nanny’s Twin Blessings
Meeting Mr. Right
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Her Forgotten Cowboy
Deb Kastner
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ISBN: 978-1-474-09730-7
HER FORGOTTEN COWBOY
© 2019 Debra Kastner
Published in Great Britain 2019
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That was why she’d returned to Serendipity. To find this man.
Rebecca stared silently into the cowboy’s sad yet angry blue eyes.
He was definitely flummoxed by her question.
“Who am I?” Tanner repeated her question incredulously. “Rebecca, what are you talking about?”
“I feel like I should recognize you,” she admitted, feeling the heat rising to her cheeks. “No. I know I should. But I...I’m sorry. My mind isn’t cooperating. I’d hoped— Well, if anything would give my memory the jolt it needed to return, this would have been it. And yet I don’t know who you are, other than your name. Tanner Hamilton?”
His expression clouded with confusion.
“Of course, I’m—” He paused. “Wait. Are you trying to say you really don’t know your own husband?” He removed his hat by the crown and threaded his fingers through his thick blond hair.
He needed a haircut, Rebecca thought, but then realized what an odd observation that was for her to make. It was somehow...personal.
Dear Reader (#u3cb86acc-4729-5a17-8e96-918cfb718115),
This is my final story from Serendipity, and Texas’s First Annual Bachelors and Baskets Auction benefiting the senior center. Tanner and Rebecca have a much different relationship than my other heroes and heroines. They’re a married couple, separated by time, distance and heartbreak. But when Rebecca comes back to town with a case of amnesia, will they find their second chance?
This book was difficult for me to write. I always have humor in my books, but this one dealt with the heartbreaking subjects of infertility and stillbirth. I pray that any of my readers who’ve experienced infertility or stillbirth will find comfort in our Savior’s arms.
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Please know that I pray for each and every one of you daily.
Dare to Dream,
Deb Kastner
If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
—2 Timothy 2:13
To my husband, Joe.
I almost lost you to a double stroke.
I praise God every day that He’s given us a second chance.
You are my love and my best friend forever.
Contents
Cover (#ud899d67b-7098-5b06-b8d3-ec0d855828a4)
Back Cover Text (#u1829d2c2-7dcb-512e-ac32-ca55984a0de9)
About the Author (#u55d4b687-bb63-5c09-b473-8ce345236607)
Booklist (#ub20fc7c1-8bf5-54a0-aec6-4009b62e9dc3)
Title Page (#u312add60-80cb-5289-baec-606405db492a)
Copyright (#u16585fae-84fb-5b3f-b748-5c19c71b7d21)
Note to Readers
Introduction (#ud77d9cba-919e-58a3-86b0-25173ae225a4)
Dear Reader (#u2deecffc-3579-536f-800d-f7c466a67d4b)
Bible Verse (#uefeaebab-14a3-557f-b9e6-f68db4b014e6)
Dedication (#ud430f641-28ea-5d18-a51b-761aecda73f5)
Chapter One (#u6f12f38c-edc6-5a09-a02a-85ca76bba168)
Chapter Two (#uce0020fe-fe1c-5c5f-bd54-b3d3582418c3)
Chapter Three (#u178df652-aa9f-5652-9e1c-b80135fd63d2)
Chapter Four (#u1cbbd404-1980-5f4e-92f0-d7ec6918cc02)
Chapter Five (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Six (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Seven (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Eight (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Nine (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Ten (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Eleven (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twelve (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Thirteen (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Fourteen (#litres_trial_promo)
Extract (#litres_trial_promo)
About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter One (#u3cb86acc-4729-5a17-8e96-918cfb718115)
Everybody knew.
Tanner Hamilton stood stiff-spined, arms crossed and his knees locked tight, front and center on the makeshift auction block located on the community green at Serendipity, Texas’s First Annual Bachelors and Baskets Auction, and scanned the entirely too enthusiastic audience. Sweat beaded his brow and made his black T-shirt stick to his skin.
It was ripping him up inside to be standing out here at the center of a public venue with everyone’s eyes upon him. If they weren’t judging him, then at the very least he spotted pity in some of their eyes. It was a small town. His friends and neighbors—everyone in his acquaintance and probably some who weren’t, had heard about poor Tanner Hamilton.
It wasn’t like he was the only man in the world whose wife had ever left him, but he might as well have been, for the way he was feeling.
His heart was in shreds and there was nothing he could do to hide it.
