*A Complete Western Romance Story* ## Chapter 1: The Words He Never Expected to Hear “I’m not afraid of the man you are, Caleb,” Clara whispered. “I’m afraid you’ll spend the rest of your life believing you have to face everything alone.” For several seconds, Caleb Hart couldn’t move. He had heard men threaten to … Read more
# HE FOUND A LETTER AT HIS CABIN DOOR—THEN THE WOMAN BESIDE HIM READ THE NAME THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING ## Chapter 1: The Stranger in the Snow The winter of 1889 arrived in the Montana Territory with a cruelty that even the oldest settlers struggled to remember. Snow buried the mountain trails, frozen winds swept … Read more
# EVERYONE CALLED HER THE LUCKIEST BRIDE IN TOWN—BUT HER HUSBAND WALKED AWAY ON THEIR WEDDING NIGHT ## Chapter 1: The Bride Everyone Envied Colorado Territory, October 1886. By the time Ruth Holloway stepped out of the little white church, everyone in Bellweather had decided she was the luckiest woman in town. At twenty-two, she … Read more
THE MOMENT MY NEW WIFE LAID A BLOODSTAINED PHOTOGRAPH ON OUR WEDDING BED AND WHISPERED, “I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR FIRST WIFE” ## A Montana Historical Thriller – Complete Novel ### PART 1: THE BRIDE WHO KNEW TOO MUCH “Are you really planning to leave your bride sleeping alone tonight?” The question was barely … Read more
The first thing Officer Vanessa Cole noticed was the blood running down the outlaw biker’s forehead. The second was the old woman kneeling beside him, begging her not to hurt the man who had just saved her life. “Hands behind your back!” Vanessa shouted, twisting the biker’s arm behind him. The man did not fight. … Read more
Colorado, 1884. Deep in the Bitterroot Mountains, where winter kills men who are not careful, where the wind howls like wolves and the snow piles ten feet deep. ### CHAPTER 1: THE WOMAN WITH NOTHING LEFT Eleanor Whitmore was 28 years old and she had nothing left. Not in the way young girls in Baltimore … Read more
The first thing I noticed was that the two men in suits weren’t buying anything. They had been standing at the end of my checkout aisle for almost eleven minutes, watching a twenty-five-year-old cashier named Rebecca Lane scan groceries, and every time she looked in their direction, they pretended to study the shelves. I had … Read more
# THE MOUNTAIN MAN NEVER TOUCHED A WOMAN — BUT THE LETTER IN HIS CABIN REVEALED WHY HE REALLY MARRIED HER **Colorado Territory, 1884** The first thing Eleanor Whitmore noticed about Caleb Mercer was that he never once looked at her like a hungry man looking at a woman. He looked at her as though … Read more
# ELIAS, BEFORE YOU TOUCH ME TONIGHT, ANSWER ONE QUESTION ## Can you make me feel something—and if you can’t, will you expect me to pretend? Wyoming, 1880s. Blackwood Station. Where winter doesn’t just freeze you. It erases you. ### CHAPTER 1: THE BRIDE WHO WATCHED DOORWAYS Elias Thorne went completely still. The wind was … Read more
THE MOUNTAIN MAN HAD NEVER TOUCHED A WOMAN—BUT WHAT HE TOLD HIS NEW BRIDE ON THEIR WEDDING NIGHT LEFT HER SPEECHLESS Colorado, 1884. Deep in the mountains, where winter kills men who are not careful. CHAPTER 1: THE WOMAN WITH NOTHING LEFT Eleanor Whitmore was 28 years old and she had nothing left. Not in … Read more