Nobody's Darling

NOBODY'S DARLING
TERESA MEDEIROS

BANTAM

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Nobody’s Darling A Bantam Book / April 1998

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Copyright © 1998 by Teresa Medeiros.

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For my grandfathers, John Hatcher and Clarence Dame, who always appreciated a good western yarn. Wish you were still around to read this one.

For Zerelda James and all the other outlaw mothers who loved their boys.

And for Michael, whom I will always adore for making me watch McLintock! seven thousand times.