The Reluctant Cowgirl (24 page)
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Authors: Christine Lynxwiler
Tags: #Contemporary, #General, #Romance, #Fiction, #Love stories, #Christian fiction, #Man-woman relationships, #Christian, #Arkansas, #Cowboys, #Actors
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CHRISTINE LYNXWILER
Award-winning author and past president of American Christian Romance Writers, Christine, her husband, Kevin, and their two daughters live in the foothills of the beautiful Ozark Mountains in their home state of Arkansas. Christine’s greatest earthly joy is her family, and aside from God’s work, spending time with them is her top priority.
| • | Crystal allowed herself to be separated from her family emotionally even though she loved them. Why do you think she did this? |
| • | Why can’t Crystal sleep in the house? How does her progression of resting places parallel her healing process? |
| • | Jeremy remembers how Lindsey would leave, then come home when things went wrong. What makes him decide Crystal really is different? |
| • | Crystal believes in God but feels like He wouldn’t want her back after she deserted him. Several different things that happen in the story make her see otherwise. What are some of those things? |
| • | Why was Crystal’s grief over Cami still so fresh after seven years? |
| • | The McCord family is unique because most of the children were adopted at an older age, yet they’re obviously close to each other. What do you think is the reason for that? |
| • | When Beka was first kidnapped by her non-custodial mother, Blair (the anchorwoman) had little sympathy for Jeremy. Do you think Blair (and others) would have felt the same way if the tables had been turned and the non-custodial father had stolen the child? Or if a stranger had? Why or why not? |
| • | If Cami hadn’t died, do you think Crystal would have still gone to Broadway? What do you think might have happened in the twins’ lives? |
| • | Have you ever seen someone living another person’s dream? What are the reasons people do this? |
| • | The Reluctant Cowgirl is a story of homecoming. Why does that theme resonate so strongly with most of us? Do we have to actually go back to the place that we were born and raised in order to “come home”? Why or why not? |
COUNTRY ROADS TAKE ME HOME...
Growing up in the loving safety of her large, closely knit family, Crystal McCord’s natural talent for drama warred with her desire to forever be a cowgirl ... until tragedy struck. At eighteen, she left all she knew behind and chased dreams of stardom on the big stage all the way to New York’s theater district. Now, almost seven years later, she’s finally on the verge of the ultimate success—a starring role on Broadway.
When Crystal’s New York dream seems to crumble just as her siblings call an emergency meeting, she travels home to the family’s Arkansas ranch to regroup. And runs straight into a real-life Arkansas cowboy, complete with horse and hat.
Single father Jeremy Buchanan has his own demons to fight, but that doesn’t stop him from urging Crystal to break free from the past and embrace the future God has planned for her. But can she trust God—and Jeremy—enough to allow the real Crystal McCord to take center stage? Or will Jeremy’s own battle kill any hope of ever bringing the reluctant cowgirl home to stay?
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Award-winning author and past president of American Christian Romance Writers,
Christine Lynxwiler
lives with her husband and two daughters in the foothills of the beautiful Ozark Mountains in their home state of Arkansas.
