When All My Dreams Come True

“Open the cover and you’re thrust into action. Before you catch your breath, you’re swept into the character’s lives. You’ve got to love an author who helps you see, hear, smell, taste, and touch with her characters’ senses—not to mention hope, fear, cry, and rejoice with them. Janelle Mowery takes her readers along for the ride.”

—M
ARCIA
G
RUVER
,
author of the Texas Fortunes series

“What do you get when you merge a spunky heroine who dresses like a boy with a struggling Colorado rancher? Janelle Mowery’s
When All My Dreams Come True
. Action, adventure, romance, intrigue—readers will find all of these and more in this beautifully written story. Mowery proves that you can take the girl out of the denim, but you can’t take the denim out of the girl!”

—J
ANICE
(H
ANNA
) T
HOMPSON
,
author of
Love Finds You in Poetry, Texas

“Janelle Mowery’s talent for spinning a memorable and satisfying yarn is flawless. With characters that will remain with you long after the last page is turned, this novel is a must-read!”

—K
ATHLEEN
Y’B
ARBO
,
author of
The Confidential Life of Eugenia Cooper

W
HEN
A
LL
M
Y
D
REAMS
C
OME
T
RUE

JANELLE MOWERY

HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS

EUGENE, OREGON

Cover design by Left Coast Design, Portland, Oregon

Cover photo
©
Akihiro Sugimoto / Aflo / Getty Images

Back cover author photo by Katrina Ashburn

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or to events or locales, is entirely coincidental.

WHEN ALL MY DREAMS COME TRUE
Copyright © 2011 by Janelle Mowery
Published by Harvest House Publishers
Eugene, Oregon 97402
www.harvesthousepublishers.com

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Mowery, Janelle.

When all my dreams come true / Janelle Mowery.

   p. cm.—(Colorado runaway series; bk. 1)

ISBN 978-0-7369-2807-6 (pbk.)

1. Ranchers—Fiction. 2. Ranch life—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3613.O92W47 2011
813’.6—dc22

2010030864

All rights reserved.
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, digital, photocopy, recording, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher.

Printed in the United States of America

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To my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ,
the author and perfecter of faith,
who endured the cross for all
.

And to Rodney, my one true love,
who shows me how to find joy in each day
.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

EXCERPT FROM WHEN LOVE GETS IN THE WAY

ABOUT THE PUBLISHER

My deepest thanks to those who played a part in helping me with this story: Tammy Ayers, Marcia Gruver, Elizabeth Ludwig, Rachel Moon, Rod Morris, Sandra Robbins, MerriDee Shumski, and Nancy Toback.

A special thanks to Harvest House Publishers, who believed in me and this story and took me into their loving family.

And finally, to my agent, Sandra Bishop. Your hard work and dedication deserve much more than a simple thank you. I’m honored to be working with you.

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Colorado Territory 1872

I
’ll be dead in a minute. Maybe less
.

Bobbie McIntyre spurred her horse. “Faster, Mack. Hurry.” She peeked over her shoulder, saw the man’s gun poised at her back. Her heart thudded harder than the beat of Mack’s hooves.

“Go, Mack!” The wind swallowed her plea.

The bandit was gaining ground fast. She leaned lower over the saddle. The cold mountain air blurred her vision and whistled past her ears. Mack’s chest heaved and sweat streamed down his neck. He stumbled, then righted again.