Texas Outlaws: Cole

About the Author USA TODAY bestselling author Kimberly Raye started her first novel in high school and has been writing ever since. To date, she’s published more than fifty-eight novels, two of them prestigious RITA® Award nominees.  Kim lives deep in the heart of the Texas Hill Country with her husband and their young children.  You can visit her online at www.kimberlyraye.com. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. It was the second biggest wedding the small town of Lost Gun, Texas, had ever seen. Next in line only to the marriage of pro bull-riding legend Pete Gunner who'd married his one and only earlier that year.Nikki Barbie hadn't been in attendance at that particular event because she'd been home nursing a bad case of strep.Thankfully.Weddings were definitely not her thing.The truth struck as she stood to the right of the minister of the Lost Gun First Baptist Church and listened to her two oldest sisters vow to "love, honor and cherish."Crystal and April were marrying the Barber twins in a massive double-wedding ceremony, complete with a fairy-tale theme that translated in the form of castle-shaped sugar-cookie favors and a live butterfly release. Jimmy and Jake Barber were the hottest team ropers on the rodeo circuit and members of the Lost Boys, which meant that in addition to the few hundred guests, there were at least a dozen reporters crowded inside the sanctuary. Snapping pictures. Documenting memories.This was definitely the worst day of her life.And not just because she was wearing a floor-length, pink satin dress, complete with parasol