The Kilted Cowboy
J W Murison
- The
- Kilted
- Cowboy
- is
- a
- modern
- tale
- for
- the
- modern
- world.
- Mike
- McGregor
- is
- a
- twenty
- year-old,
- two
- time
- Afghan
- vet
- serving
- with
- the
- 4th
- Royal
- Regiment
- of
- Scotland.
- Jean
- McGregor
- is
- his
- lonely
- widowed
- mother.
- Daniel
- Delaque
- is
- a
- rich
- Texas
- Rancher
- on
- a
- roots
- holiday
- to
- Scotland;
- a
- long
- time
- promise
- kept
- to
- his
- late
- wife.
- When
- Daniel
- and
- Jean
- meet,
- romance
- flares
- in
- the
- hearts
- of
- these
- two
- lonely
- people.
- Throwing
- caution
- to
- the
- wind
- Jean
- follows
- her
- heart
- and
- elopes
- with
- the
- handsome
- Rancher
- back
- to
- Texas.
- After
- a
- whirlwind
- romance
- they
- get
- married
- in
- the
- Elvis
- chapel
- in
- Las
- Vegas.
When
- Mike
- returns
- from
- his
- second
- tour
- in
- Afghanistan,
- badly
- wounded,
- he
- is
- in
- great
- need
- of
- some
- TLC
- from
- his
- devoted
- mother.
- It
- is
- only
- then
- that
- he
- learns
- of
- her
- elopement
- to
- the
- States.
- After
- receiving
- a
- medal
- from
- the
- hands
- of
- the
- Queen
- for
- his
- bravery
- in
- the
- roadside
- ambush,
- Mike
- heads
- off
- to
- Texas
- on
- six
- weeks
- sick
- leave
- to
- confront
- the
- happy
- couple.
From
- the
- moment
- he
- arrives
- in
- America
- Mike
- finds
- himself
- struggling
- to
- adjust
- to
- this
- strange
- environment
- and
- the
- people
- who
- inhabit
- it.
- This
- hard
- talking,
- hard
- hitting
- Private
- Soldier
- immediately
- clashes
- with
- the
- polite,
- hat
- tipping
- world
- of
- the
- Texas
- Cowboy.
This
- novel
- will
- take
- you
- through
- the
- kaleidoscope
- of
- emotions
- often
- felt
- by
- returning
- war
- veterans.
- Add
- those
- to
- the
- personality
- conflicts
- Mike
- encounters
- during
- his
- six
- weeks
- recuperation
- and
- he
- becomes
- a
- cauldron
- of
- conflicts.
- Of
- course
- once
- you
- toss
- beautiful
- women,
- drug
- dealers,
- murder,
- cattle
- rustling,
- Mescalero
- Apache
- Indians
- and
- a
- few
- mysteries
- to
- solve
- into
- the
- pot,
- it
- just
- gets
- more
- and
- more
- absorbing
- as
- you read.
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