She came west to marry a respectable rancher. Then she met a cattle rustler—in jail.
Twenty-two-year-old Lyla Partridge has had enough of New York City, factory work, and a married manager who refuses to keep his hands to himself.
Strong-willed, sharp-tongued, and never afraid to fight back, she knows she needs a fresh start before her temper lands her in serious trouble.
Becoming a mail-order bride to wealthy California rancher Stephen McDowell seems like the answer.
Unfortunately, trouble finds her before her future husband does.
Within minutes of stepping off the train in West Hope, Lyla slaps the mayor’s overly persistent son—and promptly lands herself in jail. Even worse, the man in the neighboring cell is handsome, infuriating, and far too amused by her predicament.
His name is Rhett Hammond.
And he’s a cattle rustler.
When Stephen finally arrives to collect his bride, Lyla discovers that Rhett is the very outlaw her respectable husband-to-be recently put behind bars.
She should forget him.
She certainly tries.
Stephen is wealthy, dependable, and every inch the gentleman. He offers Lyla the comfortable life she came west to find. But the longer she stays at his ranch, the more she realizes that being a rancher’s wife may mean becoming someone she barely recognizes.
And somehow Rhett keeps appearing wherever she goes—with his crooked grin, outrageous teasing, and uncanny ability to remind her of the woman she used to be.
Lyla knows a sensible woman would marry the rancher.
But when a moonlit meeting, a stolen kiss, and one very angry sheriff leave Rhett facing jail—or worse—she must finally decide whether she came west in search of security…
or the kind of love worth risking everything for.
Genre: Inspirational
Twenty-two-year-old Lyla Partridge has had enough of New York City, factory work, and a married manager who refuses to keep his hands to himself.
Strong-willed, sharp-tongued, and never afraid to fight back, she knows she needs a fresh start before her temper lands her in serious trouble.
Becoming a mail-order bride to wealthy California rancher Stephen McDowell seems like the answer.
Unfortunately, trouble finds her before her future husband does.
Within minutes of stepping off the train in West Hope, Lyla slaps the mayor’s overly persistent son—and promptly lands herself in jail. Even worse, the man in the neighboring cell is handsome, infuriating, and far too amused by her predicament.
His name is Rhett Hammond.
And he’s a cattle rustler.
When Stephen finally arrives to collect his bride, Lyla discovers that Rhett is the very outlaw her respectable husband-to-be recently put behind bars.
She should forget him.
She certainly tries.
Stephen is wealthy, dependable, and every inch the gentleman. He offers Lyla the comfortable life she came west to find. But the longer she stays at his ranch, the more she realizes that being a rancher’s wife may mean becoming someone she barely recognizes.
And somehow Rhett keeps appearing wherever she goes—with his crooked grin, outrageous teasing, and uncanny ability to remind her of the woman she used to be.
Lyla knows a sensible woman would marry the rancher.
But when a moonlit meeting, a stolen kiss, and one very angry sheriff leave Rhett facing jail—or worse—she must finally decide whether she came west in search of security…
or the kind of love worth risking everything for.
Genre: Inspirational
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