A mining disaster turns most of the women of Wildcat Ridge into devastated widows. Losing her father and husband, Priscilla Heartsel faces poverty and eviction from her home by a heartless mine owner, as do most of the widows. Tricked into a bank robbery gone wrong, Braxton Gamble grabs the stolen money and flees. Shot and needing help, he stumbles upon what appears to be an abandoned town, goes into a house, and collapses on a bed. After a town meeting to decide how to survive, the women of Wildcat Ridge return home, but Priscilla finds a surprise awaiting her--an unconscious man with a bullet in his back. She believes his story, and together, they try to do what's right, but can't anticipate the treachery they receive. Can they survive hardship and threats by the gang long enough to discover a love more precious than gold? A sweet read.

They had lost everything that mattered . . .
Three nightmarish years of marriage shattered Brianna Wight's sheltered world. Leading her husband to believe she's been murdered, she flees to St. Louis . . . harboring terrible secrets that could be the death of her.
The tragic loss of his Indian wife left Columbus Nigh a wanderer; necessity made him a wilderness guide. Now he finds himself drawn to the enigmatic woman who's hired him to lead her westward. Her gentle strength stirs his lonely heart . . . her tender beauty arouses his deepest passions. Would they find love again on a western journey?
But the perils of the Oregon Trail pale beside the murderous wrath of the man who tracks them across the harsh frontier. Briana knows the only way to save herself and Columbus is to risk their tender love. Only then can she free herself from the horrors of the past -- and embrace a rapturous future . . .

In 1818, when Gavin McAllistair was only eleven years old, his father took him from his home among his mother's people, the Shoshone of the Shining Mountains, and left him with an uncle and aunt to learn how to be a white man. Gavin bitterly resented the move at first, but gradually learned to live in the white man's village. He appreciated his kind aunt and uncle and tried to please them, learning to read, write and work the fields.

Yet he never stopped yearning for the home of his youth in those Shining Mountains.

The people of the white village reviled him because of his Native American blood. The children taunted and tortured him at every opportunity. But no one succeeded in killing the Shoshone boy inside him—Buffalo Brother.

Finally, the day came when Gavin could take the abuse no more. Read The Reckoning and learn what became of him.