Healing the Lawman's Guarded Heart
(2026)(A book in the Western Brides and True Loves series)
A novel by Elaine Shields
Since her husband's death, Louisa Calder has fought to keep her ranch from going under. A widow makes an easy target, and a dangerous doctor is determined to claim both her land and her future. When a stranger answers her mail-order groom advertisement, she expects a practical arrangement. Instead, she finds a man with secrets in his eyes and a child at his side…
Deputy Emmett Vale has spent years hunting the gang that murdered his father. But when a dying woman begs him to protect her son from his ruthless outlaw father, everything changes. With danger closing in, he answers a widow's advertisement, hoping to disappear. He never expects to find a reason to stay…
Their marriage is meant to be practical: shelter for him, protection for her. But as they care for the traumatized boy between them, trust becomes something neither expected. When the past catches up, a deadly secret surfaces—one that ties his hunt to her husband's death—and Emmett must fight to protect the family they've become.
Tropes: Hidden Identity, Widow Heroine, Found Family, Mail-Order Groom, Traumatized Child
"Healing the Lawman's Guarded Heart" is a historical romance novel of approximately 80,000 words. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a guaranteed happily ever after.
Genre: Romance
Deputy Emmett Vale has spent years hunting the gang that murdered his father. But when a dying woman begs him to protect her son from his ruthless outlaw father, everything changes. With danger closing in, he answers a widow's advertisement, hoping to disappear. He never expects to find a reason to stay…
Their marriage is meant to be practical: shelter for him, protection for her. But as they care for the traumatized boy between them, trust becomes something neither expected. When the past catches up, a deadly secret surfaces—one that ties his hunt to her husband's death—and Emmett must fight to protect the family they've become.
Tropes: Hidden Identity, Widow Heroine, Found Family, Mail-Order Groom, Traumatized Child
"Healing the Lawman's Guarded Heart" is a historical romance novel of approximately 80,000 words. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a guaranteed happily ever after.
Genre: Romance
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