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Dear Readers,
Looking for something to read on Valentine’s Day to remind you what happily-ever-after is all about? Try one of these classic love stories. Happy Valentine’s Day! And happy reading!
Cathy Thacker

BABY ON THE DOORSTEP
When a cooing infant was left in a Valentine basket on his front porch, Alec Roman did what any rich philanderer would - he searched like crazy for the baby's anonymous mother! When he found the supposed mother's sister, he wasn't about to let he go, not even when Jade Kincaid began to steal his bachelor's heart!
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HER SECRET VALENTINE
Once upon a time, Cal and Ashley Hart were blissful newlyweds. But all of that changed when Ashley moved to Hawaii for three years, leaving her oh-so-sexy husband alone in Holly Springs. Can this Valentine’s Day bring two Harts together—forever?
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LONE STAR VALENTINE
Gannon is only in town to sell the family ranch, but Mayor Lily McCabe makes sticking around seem pretty attractive. He can see the desire in her eyes every time they're thrown together.
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A McCABE'S VALENTINE
Loner Zach Taylor leads a jet-set life with no strings attached. But when his cousin and his wife are killed in a car crash, leaving behind two young children, Zach is the only family the kids have left. Temporarily entrusted with the children's care, attorney Claire McCabe has grown to love them as though they were her own. Can she convince reluctant Zach to take on a ready-made family? Or will she fall in love with him first? Find out in A McCabe's Valentine, a heartwarming Valentine's Day online read.
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One of the most often asked fan questions is "Which McCabe books should I read first?".

1. Start with the four original McCabe books, The McCabes of Texas,
2. then read Texas Vows, a single title about Sam McCabe and his brood,
3. and then The McCabes: The Next Generation books--all about the sons and daughter of Sam and Kate McCabe from Texas Vows.
4. Then the series Texas Legacies:The Mccabes,
5. followed by the McCabe Homecoming series,
6. and finally the series that is out now, McCabe Multiples.

Confused? There is help! Visit my website series guide, complete with book covers, and individual story info, and a McCabe family tree, also with book covers. All that said, each book is a stand-alone read, so you can read them in any order, and refer to the family tree if you want to know more. I hope this helps!

Thank you so much for your interest in my stories, and for reading!

Sincerely,
Cathy Gillen Thacker

Dear Reader,

Marriage is complicated under the best of circumstances. But when two long-time friends decide to marry in order to have a family together, life gets even more complex. For starters, Poppy McCabe and Trace Caulder are adopting. And not just one baby, but twins!

Poppy’s bungalow is small. But again, not a problem. Trace, a pilot, won’t be around that much. Plus, Poppy has triplet and twin sisters, so she knows a thing or two about life with multiples. She is sure she can handle it, all on her own. And if not, she has all those McCabe’s nearby… Trace’s tumultuous childhood taught him a lot about domestic strife, and how to avoid it. First, make the military your home. Second, find a woman who is as fiercely independent as you are, then hang onto the friendship and passion you share. Third, keep to the limits you’ve set. This works fine, until an unexpected event throws yet another monkey wrench into Trace’s and Poppy’s plans. Then, Poppy needs Trace to let down his guard and tell her what is in his heart. Trace isn’t sure he can…

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I hope you enjoy this last installment of McCabe Multiples!

Cathy Gillen Thacker

Dear Reader,

We all have our notions of what makes the perfect date, relationship, and or even life. We all also have a practical side that tells us while everything is not absolutely fabulous all the time, it’s still more than enough to make us happy.

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Triplet Violet McCabe is a single physician, looking for a big change in her life. She’s not happy unless everything is as perfect as it can be. Gavin Monroe is also a single physician, and friend of Violet’s. He’s not looking for any major change in his life. He figures his world is fine, just as it is. Enter orphaned newborn baby, Ava. Ava is relying on her temporary guardians, Violet and Gavin, to get her through a tough start to life, and find a great forever-home and family for her. Gavin and Violet take their responsibility seriously. They don’t expect to fall in love with each other, and with the baby in their care, in the process. But they do, and that leads to an even bigger dilemma. Are they the right parents for Ava? Are they the right mates for each other? Both agree nothing is perfect in their temporary home and family. The question is, should it be…?

I hope you enjoy the fifth book in the McCabe Multiples series. For this and information on other titles, please visit me on Facebook or at www.cathygillenthacker.com.

Happy Reading!
Cathy Gillen Thacker

I love writing about families. And one of my favorite clans are the Montana born McKendricks, featured in the romantic-comedy series Wild West Weddings. Wily, wealthy Uncle Max always knows best, which is why he leaves as his last request, four arranged marriages for his heirs. As much as his niece, two nephews, and trusted attorney sidekick want to honor the late millionaire’s wishes, they can’t promise their hasty weddings, and 48 hour marriages, will reap anything close to love… On the other hand, an awful lot can happen when the ‘lovebirds’ are forced to stay beneath the same roof…!

I’m so happy this series is now available in e-book format. Hope you enjoy reading them as much as I loved writing them!

Click here to read excerpts from all the books in this series.

Dear Reader,

I admire entrepreneurs. Those among us who can see a need, brainstorm a way to fulfill it, and then figure out a way to actually make it happen.

Rose McCabe is one of those self-made-women. She took a need—finding a way to economically feed her triplets--then went to local farmers and cut a deal that soon benefited everyone in the community. For Rose, seeing any food go to waste is a crying shame. And that’s why it’s killing her to see a long abandoned blackberry grove go untended, and even worse, unharvested! Sexy former rodeo champion and cattle and horse rancher Clint McCulloch is the new owner of the land that luscious fruit resides on. He wants to mow the bushes down and turn the land back to pasture for his herd. Until Rose McCabe steps in, and wheels and deals their way to a solution. One that Clint sees as temporary, and Rose would like to last forever. The real question is: Can Rose negotiate their way to love? Or is theirs a life-long deal that will never be made? For more information on this and other titles, please visit me at Facebook or www.cathgillenthacker.com. Happy reading! Cathy Gillen Thacker

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I grew up in farm country, in the Midwest. One of my favorite summer activities was picking blackberries, raspberries and black raspberries with my family. We used to have competitions to see who could get the fullest bucket—and avoid the spiders and ants and chiggers that lived in those wonderful bushes. When we got the berries home, we cleaned and froze most of them for use during the cold winter months. But we also made blackberry jam, and my favorite--blackberry cobbler.

I've added my favorite recipe for blackberry cobbler to my recipe page. Click here to check it out. You can also download a recipe card.

Dear Reader,

During the eighteen years my husband and I and the kids lived in Austin, Texas, it snowed only twice—and melted the next day in both cases. So you can imagine our excitement our first winter in North Carolina, when we learned a major snowstorm was on the way. Unfortunately we couldn’t have been less prepared. We had no rock salt or sand for the sidewalks, no shovel to clear them and perilously few supplies.

Gamely, we ran out to get milk, bread and a bag of rock salt. (We didn’t get a shovel because we didn’t really think we’d need one.) We put our eldest daughter on a plane back to college. And settled in with our other two children, for a “few inches” of snow.

Those “few inches” turned into a record-breaking blizzard delivered in three separate back-to-back storms that closed schools and businesses for a week. During that time, as my family and I struggled to dig our way out of the driveway with a garden shovel, a hoe, a rake and other assorted garden tools, I found myself doing plenty of daydreaming. What if a runaway bride, a schoolteacher on a fieldtrip and a young mother with her baby got stranded in a snowstorm, at the worst possible times, in the best possible places, with the men of their dreams? The result: Three new romantic comedies— SNOWBOUND BRIDE, HOT CHOCOLATE HONEYMOON and SNOW BABY.

Since then, there have been other storms, and other series—the famous McCabes of Texas, among them. But every time we do get back- to- back winter storms in North Carolina, I think about the stories I wrote that might not ever have come to fruition had it not been for all that snow, sleet, and ice. And the beautiful winter days that followed, when thanks to the still-bad-roads and mountains of accumulation, everything was still at a standstill. I hope you enjoy reading all three books in my trilogy, BRIDES, BABIES & BLIZZARDS, as much as I enjoyed writing them.

Best wishes, always. And stay warm!
Cathy Gillen Thacker