The Wind River Stranger
(2026)(A book in the Wind River Romances series)
A novel by Susan Leigh Carlton
A WIND RIVER STRANGER
A Wind River Novel, Book 2
Jake Carter is one of the most dominant pitchers in Major League Baseball—a man with a blazing fastball, magazine-cover fame, and a life that looks perfect from the outside. But behind the headlines and penthouse parties, Jake knows the man the world sees isn’t the man his mother raised him to be.
When a rain-soaked night sends his Lamborghini plunging off a mountain bridge, Jake should die.
Instead, he wakes injured on the banks of the Wind River in Wyoming Territory… in 1884.
In a world where his fame means nothing and survival depends on skills he’s never learned, Jake is taken in by rancher Daniel Mercer and his wife, Abby. Determined not to be useless, he begins the hard work of learning frontier life—one blister and failure at a time.
Then he meets Clara Dawson, the widowed owner of a thriving cattle ranch. Independent and fiercely capable, Clara has no patience for drifting strangers. But as Jake proves himself day by day, respect—and something deeper—begins to grow between them.
Yet Jake carries an impossible secret: the Carter name already exists in Wind River. The past he has fallen into may be the beginning of his own family history.
When the angel who saved him offers a chance to return to his old life, Jake must decide where he truly belongs.
A sweeping frontier romance about second chances, redemption, and the courage to become the person you were meant to be.
Genre: Paranormal Romance
A Wind River Novel, Book 2
Jake Carter is one of the most dominant pitchers in Major League Baseball—a man with a blazing fastball, magazine-cover fame, and a life that looks perfect from the outside. But behind the headlines and penthouse parties, Jake knows the man the world sees isn’t the man his mother raised him to be.
When a rain-soaked night sends his Lamborghini plunging off a mountain bridge, Jake should die.
Instead, he wakes injured on the banks of the Wind River in Wyoming Territory… in 1884.
In a world where his fame means nothing and survival depends on skills he’s never learned, Jake is taken in by rancher Daniel Mercer and his wife, Abby. Determined not to be useless, he begins the hard work of learning frontier life—one blister and failure at a time.
Then he meets Clara Dawson, the widowed owner of a thriving cattle ranch. Independent and fiercely capable, Clara has no patience for drifting strangers. But as Jake proves himself day by day, respect—and something deeper—begins to grow between them.
Yet Jake carries an impossible secret: the Carter name already exists in Wind River. The past he has fallen into may be the beginning of his own family history.
When the angel who saved him offers a chance to return to his old life, Jake must decide where he truly belongs.
A sweeping frontier romance about second chances, redemption, and the courage to become the person you were meant to be.
Genre: Paranormal Romance
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