Gunpowder and Promises
(2026)(A book in the Mail-Order Brides Undercover series)
A novel by Lori Soard
If the ledgers are accurate, Gideon Hayden is a criminal. If they're forged, someone wants him condemned for it.
Evelyn Mercer can handle both a ledger and a suspect. When the Brides of Liberty Bureau sends her west to investigate shipments of missing blasting powder, she knows the stakes. She never expects Gideon Hayden to be so enigmatic.
He’s careful· Precise· Respected·
And far too knowledgeable about the very shipments that keep disappearing·
Disguised as a mail-order bride, Evie infiltrates Gideon's orderly life, convinced he holds the truth hidden in the dense volumes lining his study. But the numbers refuse to add up, much like the man himself.
As suspicion festers in Cheyenne and danger draws closer, Evie must determine who to trust before a long-buried scheme ignites.
Someone is stealing gunpowder· And someone is preparing to use it· But if she chooses wrong‚ she won't just lose her chance to escape· She'll send an innocent man to his death·
Gunpowder and Promises is a sweet‚ clean historical romance of quiet bravery‚ buried secrets‚ and a love that must stand on truth or not at all·
Genre: Inspirational
Evelyn Mercer can handle both a ledger and a suspect. When the Brides of Liberty Bureau sends her west to investigate shipments of missing blasting powder, she knows the stakes. She never expects Gideon Hayden to be so enigmatic.
He’s careful· Precise· Respected·
And far too knowledgeable about the very shipments that keep disappearing·
Disguised as a mail-order bride, Evie infiltrates Gideon's orderly life, convinced he holds the truth hidden in the dense volumes lining his study. But the numbers refuse to add up, much like the man himself.
As suspicion festers in Cheyenne and danger draws closer, Evie must determine who to trust before a long-buried scheme ignites.
Someone is stealing gunpowder· And someone is preparing to use it· But if she chooses wrong‚ she won't just lose her chance to escape· She'll send an innocent man to his death·
Gunpowder and Promises is a sweet‚ clean historical romance of quiet bravery‚ buried secrets‚ and a love that must stand on truth or not at all·
Genre: Inspirational