Courting a Cowboy

"Filled with humor, a heartwarming plot, secrets, schemes that go awry, interesting characters, clever dialogue and romance, this story is a delight. ... Do not miss it!" -- Romance Junkies Reviews
A young lady seeking a particular kind of husband. A ranch full of cowhands who have long adored her from a distance. A foreman who's got his hands full ... and his heart on the line ...
Sophie Vandercook leaves her post as an instructor at an Academy for Young Ladies in St. Louis, and heads to the OS Ranch in Wyoming Territory with a plan. It seems the perfect place, since her older half-brother is employed there. There's just one thing in her way -- the ranch's foreman, Nate Abbott.
Nate has a ranch to run, a vital roundup to get through, and a bunkhouse full of cowhands smitten from afar with a young lady they all consider Our Sophie. So there's no time - or reason - to consider exactly what her letters might be stirring in him. Then Sophie arrives in Wyoming.
Secrets tumble, problems multiply, and the OS outfit is turned on its head wondering if Sophie will wed a cowboy?
Another western historical romance from Patricia McLinn:
Widow Woman
* Or get both Courting a Cowboy and Widow Woman in the boxed set To Love a Cowboy *

If you enjoy books set amid the rugged beauty of Wyoming, also try these contemporary romances by Patricia:
Bardville, Wyoming series
A Stranger in the Family
A Stranger to Love
The Rancher Meets His Match

Wyoming Wildflowers series

Wyoming Wildflowers: The Beginning (prequel)
Almost a Bride
Match Made in Wyoming
My Heart Remembers
-- A New World (prequel to Jack's Heart)
Jack's Heart
-- Rodeo Nights (prequel to Where Love Lives)
Where Love Lives
A Cowboy Wedding

A Place Called Home series
Lost and Found Groom
At the Heart's Command
Hidden in a Heartbeat