num_pages: 250
description: When she manages to get herself hired for the cattle drive, all of Samantha's prayers seem to be answered. The hundred dollars she'll earn will pull her family's Texas farm out of ruin and pay off their debts. But keeping the cowhands fooled that she's a boy becomes harder than she'd expected where one cowboy in particular is concerned. Matthew Hart wants two to forget the tragedies he witnessed on the front lines of the War Between the States, and to reclaim his cowboy life. The last thing he wants is the responsibility of a tagalong youngster on the cattle drive. His closed mind and hardened heart are territory best left unexplored, until a fateful moment turns his world upside down. Matt discovers what and who "Sam" really is, and he is furious. But soon a stronger emotion takes hold, and bound by Samantha's secret, Matt is torn between revealing her identity and his own sudden and frightening love for her.
language: English
title: Samantha and the Cowboy
titlecomplete: Samantha and the Cowboy
characters: Matthew Hart, Samantha Reynolds
genres: Fiction, Historical Romance, Teen, Young Adult, Historical, Chick Lit, Historical Fiction, Romance, Westerns, Western Romance
ratings_count: 814
places: The United States of America
publisher: HarperTeen