The $10,000,000 Texas Wedding

by Judy Christenberry

Overview

TERMS OF A TEN MILLION DOLLAR TEXAS WEDDING

(Excerpt from Granny Dawson's will)

Stop furrowing your brow, Gabe! Don't like the change to my will? Didn't think you would. But someone had to bring you to your senses. You can be so stubborn...

What you thought years ago--that Katie Peters dismissed your love -isn't true. Katie is a wonderful woman who cares about you. Let go of the pain from her rejection. Discover how amazing love is.

You and Katie belong together. And once you indulge in the memories that make you ache, you'll know I'm right. This isn't punishment, Gabe. It's the greatest gift I could leave you. Marry the girl, already!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781426858673
Publisher:	Harlequin
Publication date:	03/01/2010
Series:	Tots for Texans , #2
Sold by:	HARLEQUIN
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	358,846
File size:	483 KB

About the Author

Judy Christenberry, hasn't always been a writer, but she's always been a dreamer. As a child, for entertainment while doing chores, she told herself stories-she was always the heroine. However, Judy didn't start writing until she turned thirty-eight, just one year after her father's unexpected death.

After this, she realized life promised no guarantees about how much time you have. Why wait to pursue your dreams?

She had begun reading Harlequin Romance novels about ten years earlier, so romance writing came naturally.

Over time, Judy realized two central themes dominating her writing: family and small town/country life. Many of her books have cowboy heroes, partly because she read all Zane Grey's romantic versions of the Old West as a teenager, and partly because her parents grew up on farms.

As a child, Judy was surrounded by animals. Her father raised a few head of cattle to keep meat on the table. At one time or another, there were sheep, Thanksgiving turkeys, ducks and dogs, and there were always chickens.

Raised in a family of four children with a stay-at-home mom who was a terrific cook and an excellent teacher, where family tradition was concerned, Judy learned the importance of family at an early age. But, family comes in all shapes and flavors. What's important isn't the two parents and the 2.5 children, it's love and support.

The last element that frequently appears in Judy's stories is a dash of humor, just enough to bring a smile to your face. She believes laughter is good medicine and it definitely makes a six-foot hunk even more attractive!

Therefore, it may surprise readers when they discover Judy was born and raised in Dallas, Texas: a major city. In addition, her marriage ended fifteen years ago. Yet, with support from her mother and siblings, Judy and her two daughters discovered their own definition of family. She taught during the day, wrote at night, pursued her dream and raised her children.

Now, with her daughters pursuing their own dreams, Judy writes full-time and is wrapped up in her storytelling. She lives each new adventure with the vigor of a young girl, still dreaming up tales while washing dishes. She hopes to entertain her readers as much as she entertains herself!

Editorial Reviews

When high-powered, big-city attorney Gabe Dawson comes back to his rural Texas hometown to settle his grandmother's estate, he is stunned to learn that his matchmaking grandmother's will stipulates that unless he marries his teenage sweetheart, Katie, the estate will be divided between Katie and charity. Assuming that Katie knew all about it, Gabe angrily storms into her bakery to confront her and discovers that she is as appalled as he is. Although both are convinced the marriage would never work, old emotions bubble to the surface and, despite past hurts and misunderstandings, they can't deny the feelings they still have for each other. A sweet, upbeat romance filled with babies, would-be cowboys, meddling relatives and townspeople, and down-home Texas charm, this book lightly touches on issues of self-esteem, communication, and class differences and should appeal to readers who like their love stories on the warm, traditional side. Christenberry, a popular writer of contemporary series romances, lives in Texas. Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.\

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