Millie's Texas Cowboy

by Emily Woods

Millie moved all the way from New York City to find love in the Texas hill country, but when here intended husband disappears, she's left to worry and fend off unwelcome advances.

Jay is cowboy with aspirations of owning his own ranch and finding love. When a missing herd of cattle forces him away from Sherwood, he is faced with losing his chance at true love to an unscrupulous rival.

This book is a sweet, clean, western, historical, romance short story. It is a complete story, but it is also part of the Sherwood Mail Order Brides series. Be sure to read them all - in any order!

Genres: Romance, Fiction, Historical Romance

48 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 18, 2015

About the author

Emily Woods has been an avid reader her whole life and a lover of western movies.

A few years ago, Emily started writing her own stories. She started writing Western Romance and Mail Order Bride stories because she absolutely love writing about the women that helped settle the Wild West.

Reviews

[Phylis Carpenter · Rating 5 out of 5]

IThis is the first time I have read something by Emily Woods and I must say that I will certainly be reading more books by her. It was a cute little short story about a young lady who wasn't happy living in the city and decided to move to become a mail order bride. She certainly found peace and happiness with the move.

A must read for all romance readers.

[Timothy Hendricks · Rating 5 out of 5]

Emily Woods is a wonderful author. I love her books. I really loved this one. The only problem with this story is that it was too short.

The story is about Jay and Millie. I think Jay feels that he doesn't quite stack up to Millie's level. So he wants to court her a bit to make sure that she really want to marry him and love him.

They date and go out for a picnic; but Jay is so overjoyed about how things went he forgets to follow up and share his feelings with Millie and let her know he wishes to see her again. There is a meddlesome cowboy who has been trying to horn in on Millie.

Jay ends up being called away on job at the ranch he works for and Millie has heard from him. Missed him at Church and then is taken advantage of but Jay comes back just in time to save her from the unwanted advances of the other cowboy.

[BOOKWORM07 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting

I would recommend this to everyone interested in finding out what courage it took to go out west,.
Did love prevail? Was life exciting as the our parents who forth on the journey across the high seas make us believe? Could we rake that step or would the poorhouse be there home?

[Janet Graham · Rating 5 out of 5]

Warm, Clean, Sweet Romance!
This story is very warm and sweet. The plot is straightforward and well developed. The characters are well fleshed out and believable. I enjoy this author’s writing so much!

[Abby · Rating 5 out of 5]

What I enjoyed:
-Short and sweet love story.
-Millie was relatable in the sense that I’m leaving the city for the country as well, though for different reasons.

What I didn’t enjoy:
-It was a complete story but felt a little too short.

[Phylis Collins · Rating 4 out of 5]

Millie's Texas Cowboy book 1 in the Sherwood Mail Order Bride series by Emily Woods is a heartwarming short story.

[Lorri French · Rating 5 out of 5]

A delightful read

Another enjoyable clean well written story from a talented author. I love to read about Mail Order brides . Can't wait read this next books by Emily Woods .

[Margaret Fraleigh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent start to this series. Love the characters and the story line. Look forward to reading
the rest of the series.

[Brook Reader · Rating 4 out of 5]

I recommend this Sweet litte book

I voluntarily chose to review Millie and Jays Story.
Very sweet and entertaining a cute read. Happy Ever After...
(needs proofing misspelled words)

[Karen C Collier · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good story

Too short. It could have been expanded a lot to make a much more interesting story. This was more like a magazine submission

[Joann · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sweet

Very short, sweet, and adorable mail order bride story that carried a little punch. For such a short story, you got a clear idea of the characters and their goodness.

[Rachel]

This is a cute short story (about 80 pages) about a a mail order bride. Millie - the h - dislikes her life in the city and after some correspondence with Jay (H) travels west to marry him. Most books with this storyline have the couple getting married right away - not this book. I liked the idea that this couple was going to get to know each other before doing so. Unfortunately, the book was too short for this to happen. There was no "getting to know each other". In fact, other than the potential groom meeting our h at the train station one day and taking her on a picnic another they didn't see each other for a week- then got married. Don't get me wrong. I enjoyed the book, just felt that it was too short to develop the idea of first "knowing" each other and a romance to be the outcome. I was provided a copy of this story in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are mine alone.

[Stephanie (Between the Coverz) · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was a sweet short romance. I would put this one more of a short story than novella as it took me under 30 mins to read it. I think this book has a lot of potential with more interaction between Jay and Millie. There needed to be more romancing and interaction to show the attraction between the two. Some indicators that they were attracted to each other, affection was growing, and they connected would make this story believable and real. It was too short and not enough “story” to connect to the characters. When I finished reading the story, I felt that I really hadn’t read a story. I think the writing is good and can make for a really good book with some length and tweaking.

[Sue · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another tale of the mail-order bride - and all the mis-communications and adventures that come with it.

This story was short and sweet. Millie and Jay met thru their letters and she came to South Texas to marry him. He met her at the station and brought her to the parson's house, where he planned on boarding her until they could court. She didn't know what to think...

[Melissa · Rating 2 out of 5]

Simple clean western. This is a mail order bride but was a little dry with Millie and her cowboy courting till them marry which to me makes it just a simple romance. It was pretty dry for me, but it was a short story and I finished it quickly.

[Pat · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great short mail order bride story. Millie up and moved from New York to Texas. Of course there was Mis communication between the cowboy and the mail order bride.

[Jan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very cute Mail order bride story. I enjoyed getting to know the characters and both of their insecurities. Short but enjoyable story

[Patricia Walter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sweet story

Any reader who enjoys a light story would find this a pleasant story with some conflict but with ending happily

[Val · Rating 4 out of 5]

very fast read, enjoyable.

[Nicole · Rating 3 out of 5]

Over the top sweet, plus it could do with a good editor.

10/8 Obviously memorable. I just reread it three months later, not realising that I had already read it.

[Debra Reeves · Rating 5 out of 5]

this was a great book. How Millie moved from New York to meet Jay.

[Clara · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked this book. It was a sweet romance that was just enjoyable to read. A good mix of problems and then love overcoming those problems. I know that sounds super cheesy, but it really is a good romance.