title: A Match Made in Texas: A Novella Collection
author:  Mary Connealy 
description: <b>There's a secret matchmaker at work in frontier Texas!</b><BR><b>&#9;<BR></b>In the small town of Dry Gulch, Texas, a good-hearted busybody just can't keep herself from surreptitiously trying to match up women in dire straits with men of good character she hopes can help them. How is she to know she's also giving each couple a little nudge toward love?<b><BR><BR></b>A Cowboy Unmatched<BR>Neill isn't sure who hired him to repair Clara's roof--he only knows Clara desperately needs his help. Can he convince this stubborn widow to let down her guard and take another chance on love?<BR><BR>An Unforeseen Match<BR>Hoping to earn an honest wage on his way to the land rush, Clayton ends up on Grace's doorstep, lured by a classified ad. He may have signed on for more than he expected though--and he may have found the one woman who can keep him from moving on. <BR><BR>No Match for Love<BR>Andrew can't fathom how refined Lucy ended up as the caretaker to his dotty aunt, and somehow her arrival has prompted even more bizarre occurrences around the ranch. When they join forces to unearth the truth, will the attraction between Andrew and Lucy develop into more?<BR><BR>Meeting Her Match<BR>When the tables are turned and a tenderhearted meddler becomes the beneficiary of a matchmaking scheme, her world is turned upside down. As her entire life changes, will she finally be able to tell the banker's son how much she cares for him?
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  ******Final Dawn** ****
  
  ******Book 18:** ****
  
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  ******The Blockade** ****
  
  By Darrell Maloney
  
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  This is a work of fiction. All persons depicted in this book are fictional
  characters. Any resemblance to any real person, living or dead, is purely
  coincidental. Copyright 2020 by Darrell Maloney
  
  This book is dedicated to:
  
  Sydney Keeler
  
  Tom Haltom
  
  Ciera Eastin
  
  John Suarez
  
  Eileen Lawrence
  
  Kathy Foster
  
  Valerie Holder
  
  Barbara Henderson Chandler
  
  Sheila Simmons Rector
  
  Sharon Roop
  
  Without readers a writer is nothing but a guy throwing random words against a
  wall to see which ones stick together. Thank you all for reading my stuff and
  liking it enough to come back for more.
  
  **Previously…**
  
  Frank Woodard and Josie Dykes were married in their own minds, but not in the
  eyes of Texas and not in the eyes of God.
  
  Texas has no minimum number of months a couple has to present themselves as a
  married couple before their union becomes legal. But 