Hi, I had a feeling that would be hard to do. That link is one that is in the admin/article edit area, the third tab in the Joomla article admin where you also can input the lead image. I could not find a place in the article.php file where the style could be added, so I was wondering if there was some kind of include file that goes with the article.php file that I could edit. So, I can use your suggestion (thank you) but there must be some include php file that those links are referenced from.

Thanks for your help!
By the way, here is the "hack" styling that would make it look exactly like the other gray buttons...
www.gatewaytosedona.org/sedona-lodging-a.../76-red-agave-resort
but I really wanted to make it more an automated process, styling this link automatically when the link is entered into the page on the third tab of the article edit area in the admin. I can do it fine, but my staff can't do this reliably.

Sorry, dont know if it works!
1.) Create an article override
2.) Copy the attached file ( article.php) into your folder: layouts
3.) The read more link can be found in line 72

Thanks for trying to help. I'll just style the link in the article admin for now.