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Madeline: Cowboys and Cupids Book Book 14 Kindle Edition

by Zina Abbott (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 out of 5 stars 65 ratings

Returning home to Knights Ferry from normal college, Madeline Denham again realizes some people, including her parents, know things about her she doesn’t. Much to her dismay, during a community social, a well-dressed man she's never met before asks her to dance and then forces an unwelcome kiss upon her. Fortunately, an attorney she met on the train traveling home comes to her rescue.

After inheriting his mother’s Calaveras County property, James Hennessy finds growing fruit trees and a small table grape vineyard competes with his love of practicing law. He often represents farmers and ranchers intent on stopping the hydraulic mining that is clogging the area’s rivers and streams that provide much-needed irrigation water. He’s also on his local school board. At a dance, he again meets the delightful normal school graduate to offer her a teaching position.

Madeline hires James to help uncover the secrets that plague her. However, will what they learn drive him away? What about her young twin brothers who want to grow up to be cowboys? To keep her from ever being their schoolteacher, they plan to corral a good husband for her. If need be, they’ll rope him and Madeline together to get them to the altar.

Madeline is my third romance in a series of related books, each of which may be read and enjoyed as a standalone story. The other two are Kendrick, Bachelors & Babies series, and Cole, Cupids & Cowboys series.

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    Cupids and Cowboys
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    September 23, 2021
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B096WNPH59
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 23, 2021
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.4 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 200 pages
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Book 11 of 12 ‏ : ‎ Cupids and Cowboys
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Zina Abbott

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ZINA ABBOTT is the pen name used by Robyn Echols for her historical novels.

Except for the first year of her life, Robyn has lived in California. She started her young life in San Diego and has had gradually moved northward. She has been writing since she was in junior high school.

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The author currently lives with her husband in California near the “Gateway to Yosemite.” She is a member of Women Writing the West, American Night Writers Association, and Modesto Writers Meet Up. She currently lives with her husband in California near the “Gateway to Yosemite.” She enjoys any kind of history including family history. When she is not piecing together novel plots, she pieces together quilt blocks.

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  • Lori Dykes
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful Story!
    Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2021
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    California 1875

    A chance meeting (or was it fate?) on a train, brings together Madeline and James. Having just completed school to be a teacher, she was eager to get home. Although there were no jobs in the area.

    James just happens be a lawyer and farmer in another town and when he finds out Madeline is looking for a job, he urges her to come work for the children around his area.

    As these two meet again, it seems history is repeating itself, with Madeline garnering unwanted attention and he steps in the help her...

    A mystery, two little mischievous boys, interesting historical facts, charming characters and a building love make this story simply fantastic! As always, Zina brings a story of the heart and keeps you spellbound until the end!
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  • Bear Reader
    5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet story
    Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2022
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    Madeline knows that something isn't right about her heritage, but she has no idea what it is. She doesn't want to upset her parents, so she hires a lawyer to look into it for her. In the meantime, the attorney has found a school for her to teach at. She loves the school and the children. However, when a bunch of angry miners show up and threaten the attorney and her, someone comes to their rescue, who surprises them. He's the last person they ever expected.
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  • CWplus
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good job!
    Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2022
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    I'm very pleased with not only the plot and characters but also with the legal and historical research!
    The only error worthy of notice was the use of the word " feedback" which didn't enter the language for another 30 years.
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  • Yvonne Butler
    5.0 out of 5 stars School Teacher To Be
    Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2021
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    She studied to be a school teacher but returning home to live near was a decision she made when she met a man who offered her a job. Attending the dance when she got home, she was sought for a dance from someone she did not know and did not want to dance with. Not wanting to cause a scene, she danced with him. Things escalated from there. I enjoyed this book!
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  • GH
    5.0 out of 5 stars Madeline Cowboys and Cupids Book Book 14
    Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2021
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    This is a very good story about a young woman that is a schoolteacher and finds out she is not the biological child of her father and she finds love This is the fourteenth book in this series
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  • Celeste Simonsen
    5.0 out of 5 stars Like waiting for Christmas
    Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2021
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    I wait for this author's new books like waiting for Christmas & I'm never disappointed! I enjoy feeling like I'm with the characters experiencing their lives close up. I also love to learn new tidbits about the history of the areas she writes about. Quite a few of her books intertwine, so I get to read about babies that grew up & now are adults that share part of their lives with me.
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  • Trixie
    5.0 out of 5 stars Madeline
    Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2021
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    She was given to a man to raise when she was about six months old, but she aways thought he was her real father. But she knew there were secrets. Hiring a lawyer seems like the right thing to do. Good clean romance.
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  • Redrabbitt Reviews
    5.0 out of 5 stars IT’S TIME I KNOW
    Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2021
    The series will be multiple stories by various authors, but each story will read well as a stand-alone. The story is a clean western historical with a touch of history. The story is a spin-off from this author's book, Kendrick, featured in the Bachelor and Babies series. While most of the stories in this series revolve around the baby adopted by the bachelor—this one is different. A Sheriff and his deputy showed up at Kendrick’s place of business and left him with a baby and a clothing trunk. She had named him the father before she died, having all the paperwork filed in the courthouse and filing a will for her infant, Madeline. While Madeline knows that Lydia was not her birth mother, she doesn’t know about Kendrick.

    The story will have Madeline traveling back from where she had been away at normal school, getting her teaching certificate. She was hoping to find a position in her family’s hometown, but there was nothing. Boarding the final train, she will have an intoxicated man trying to sit with her and refusing to let her leave—James Hennessy will come to her rescue, helping escort the other man away using the excuse he is her attorney and needs to speak with her in private. The short trip will give them time to talk, for him to learn she is a teacher without a position, and to let her know that the school board in his area is searching for a teacher for about eighteen children.

    “If I have not disrupted your peace too much, Miss Denham, might we return to the subject of your employment plans? I’m not trying to meddle. However, I know of a school in need of a teacher.”

    I love how James is mindful of Madeline, giving her information, and more than willing to speak with her parents, even though she is twenty-one. He shares information about the area he lives in and even makes arrangements with her parents and her to visit the area before making her decision.

    “Yeah. We’re safe this year, because the school didn’t need any new teachers. But if we don’t find her a husband soon, she’ll try to get a job at our school next year. With our luck, she’ll end up being our teacher.”
    “She’s our sister. She won’t let us get away with nothing. You out to see her teaching the Bible class.”

    The story is also a mystery, suspense, all revolving around heritage, and what starts as inquiries becomes a need to know more. When Madeline hires James and insisting on paying him for his attorney-client discretion, he will agree. When a stranger comes to town, that sets off alarm bells for both Lydia and Kendrick. Kendrick has never tried to uncover the truth to protect Madeline, knowing he was not the biological father and really not carrying who the man was—as far as he is concerned, Madeline is his daughter.

    The story has the good and the bad. It brings about historical bits and pieces of mining for gold that harmed the area, contaminate the water, and affected agricultural regions. James has been battling the mining companies in court, and one of his injunctions will lead to a life and death situation. When the truth comes to light about parentage, Madeline has her answers, but deep down, Kendrick and Lydia are her Papa and Mama; they raised her to be the wonderful young woman she is. The cover-up story used for courtship allows time for two people to fall in love—and for two twin cupids to help accomplish the mission of not having a sister for a teacher.
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