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Cathy Gillen Thacker

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Dear Readers,

The love stories in my family have always been fodder for romance novels.

My maternal grandmother and grandfather simultaneously ran a business together and raised four daughters, long before it was an accepted thing to do. Grandpa O’Dell ran the gas station and the barber shop; Grandma O’Dell managed the grocery and cooked for customers. They were true partners and madly in love and parted, tragically, way too soon when he succumbed to cancer when he was in his early fifties. Grandma grieved deeply but eventually picked herself up, started a new career as a cafeteria chef, and eventually found deep romantic love and happiness again, in the form of a second marriage.

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A Cowboy's Christmas Gift

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I have often wondered what makes people happy at Christmas. For a young woman, it might be a proposal and a diamond ring. For a young man, a fancy new vehicle. For a newly married couple, the news that their first baby is on the way. But for parents of young kids, I think it is simply that their children have a merry Christmas holiday, full of love, and free from strife.

This is exactly

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	A Baby in the Bunkhouse (Made in Texas: Families of the Lone Star State #2) 3.82 avg rating — 185 ratings — published 2008 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	His Plan For The Quintuplets (Lockharts Lost & Found #1) 4.19 avg rating — 153 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Their Texas Christmas Gift (Lockharts Lost & Found, #5) 4.51 avg rating — 106 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Twin Proposal (Lockharts Lost & Found, #3) 4.38 avg rating — 107 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Four Christmas Matchmakers (Lockharts Lost & Found, #2) 4.22 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Long, Hot Texas Summer (McCabe Homecoming #2) 3.82 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Triplet's First Thanksgiving (Texas Legacies: The McCabes #1) 3.97 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Their Texas Triplets (Lockharts Lost & Found Book 4) 4.31 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Found: One Baby (Made in Texas: Families of the Lone Star State #4) 3.83 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2009 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Tale of Two Christmas Letters (Texas Legends: The McCabes #6) 3.97 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“have to wait. We can get married in a few weeks.”
― Cathy Gillen Thacker, Harlequin American Romance March 2014 Bundle: The Texas Wildcatter's Baby\Most Eligible Sheriff\Aiming for the Cowboy\Roping the Rancher

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“after we get hitched. About time Blake and Maggie took over this here house,”
― Cathy Gillen Thacker, Harlequin American Romance March 2014 Bundle: The Texas Wildcatter's Baby\Most Eligible Sheriff\Aiming for the Cowboy\Roping the Rancher

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