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lifedifficult...”\n\nColt leaned back in his chair and studied Holly'sface.“You're still beautiful.”  \nOf course he would go there.That was his way ofdealing with life.He charmed.He complimented.  \nHe didn't mean it.  \n“Don't.I don't want compliments and I don't wantyou trying to take me down rabbit trails.You'reobviously here on business.So why don't we cutto the chase.\"  \nHe didn't smile.\"Of course,right to the point.I'mnot here about the café.\"  \nRaising her arm,she made a show of checking thetime on her watch.\"I do have a business to run.Our business.Remember,I send you a check eachmonth.”  \nHe shoved himself up from the table and limpedto the window.His hand came up to rub the backof his neck.  \n“Holly,it's about Dixie.That's why I'm here.”  \nDixie.  \nThe air left the room and her vision darkened.Hewasn't here about the café or about them.He washere to tell her something concerning Dixie  \nTheir daughter:  \nBrenda Minton lives in the Ozarks with herhusband,children,cats,dogs and strays.She is apastor's wife,Sunday-school teacher,coffee addictand is sleep deprived.Not in that order.Her dreamto be an author for Harlequin started somewherein the pages of a romance novel about a young  \nAmerican woman stranded in a Spanish castle.Herdreams came true,and twenty-plus books later,sheis an author hoping to inspire young girls to dream.  \nBooks by Brenda Minton  \n# Love InspiredMercy Ranch\n\nReunited with the RancherThe Rancher's Christmas MatchHer Oklahoma RancherThe Rancher's Holiday HopeThe Prodigal CowboyBluebonnet SpringsSecond Chance RancherThe Rancher's Christmas BrideThe Rancher's Secret ChildMartin's CrossingA Rancher for ChristmasThe Rancher Takes a BrideThe Rancher's Second ChanceThe Rancher's First LoveHer Rancher BodyguardHer Guardian RancherVisit the Author Profile pageat Harlequin.com for more titles.  \nThe Prodigal CowboyBrenda Minton  \n| If you purchased this book without a cover you should be aware  \u003Cbr>that this book is stolen property.It was reported as \"unsold and  \u003Cbr>destroyed”to the publisher,and neither the author nor the  \u003Cbr>publisher has received any payment for this \"stripped book.\"   |\n| --- |\n\n# LOVE INSPIRED\n\nINSPI RATIONAL ROMANCE  \nRecycling programsfor this product maynot exist in your area.  \nISBN-13:978-1-335-42953-7  \nThe Prodigal Cowboy  \nCopyright ◎2020 by Brenda Minton  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any mannerwhatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotationsembodied in critical articles and reviews.  \nThis is a work of fiction.Names,characters,places and incidents are either theproduct of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.Any resemblance toactual persons,living or dead,businesses,companies,events or locales is entirelycoincidental.  \nThis edition published by arrangement with Harlequin Books S.A.  \nFor questions and comments about the quality of this book,please contact usat CustomerService@Harlequin.com.  \n# Love Inspired\n\n22 Adelaide St.West,40th FloorToronto,Ontario M5H 4E3,Canadawww.Harlequin.com  \nPrinted in U.S.A.  \nCasting all your care upon him;for he careth for you.—1 Peter 5:7  \nTo the caregivers.In taking care ofyour loved one,find time for yourself.  \n1  \n# Chapter One\n\nColt West rode into town in a Ford truckpulling a two-horse trailer and feelinglike he was heading to the hangman'snoose.He guessed that was a little dra-matic and he wasn’t usually given todrama.But when a man came home toface his past,that changed everything.Especially if it meant facing mistakesmade and the people he'd hurt.The per-son he'd hurt.  \nHope,Oklahoma.A pretty fanciful namegiven that the town had been through somehard times.He figured a town strugglingto survive needed the moniker more than  \nThe Prodigal Cowboy  \nmost.But then,the town didn't need hope;it 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