William's Winter Watch
(2026)(A book in the Outpost Collection: Winter Watch series)
A novel by Kandice E Geddes
1864
He’ll risk everything for a woman he’s never met…
William Strout never expected his life to turn out the way it has, standing guard at Fort Benton while the world rushes past him. On the edge of the gold-fueled chaos in the Montana Territory, he watches men chase fortune while he remains behind, clinging to the thin stability of a job he no longer cares about. Winter is closing in, and with Christmas only weeks away, William has nothing to look forward to—and no one left who cares whether he sees another day.
Then a letter finds its way into his hands.
It’s from a young woman—frightened, guarded, and possibly in danger. With each letter they exchange, her words begin to chip away at the numbness he’s been living with. For the first time in years, William feels something stir within his heart, his initial concern for her shifting into something far deeper. He soon finds himself waiting for each letter with a hunger he doesn’t understand, drawn to a woman who exists only in ink and paper.
William has resisted the pull of the gold rush, unwilling to gamble the small, fragile stability he has left. But her letters change everything. With each passing day, his need to find her grows stronger—no matter the cost. He’ll brave the frozen wilderness, risk everything he’s built, and follow the faint thread that connects them across the vast Montana winter.
But she refuses to say where she is.
And the closer he feels to her, the more he fears that whatever she’s hiding may already be closing in.
Genre: Inspirational
He’ll risk everything for a woman he’s never met…
William Strout never expected his life to turn out the way it has, standing guard at Fort Benton while the world rushes past him. On the edge of the gold-fueled chaos in the Montana Territory, he watches men chase fortune while he remains behind, clinging to the thin stability of a job he no longer cares about. Winter is closing in, and with Christmas only weeks away, William has nothing to look forward to—and no one left who cares whether he sees another day.
Then a letter finds its way into his hands.
It’s from a young woman—frightened, guarded, and possibly in danger. With each letter they exchange, her words begin to chip away at the numbness he’s been living with. For the first time in years, William feels something stir within his heart, his initial concern for her shifting into something far deeper. He soon finds himself waiting for each letter with a hunger he doesn’t understand, drawn to a woman who exists only in ink and paper.
William has resisted the pull of the gold rush, unwilling to gamble the small, fragile stability he has left. But her letters change everything. With each passing day, his need to find her grows stronger—no matter the cost. He’ll brave the frozen wilderness, risk everything he’s built, and follow the faint thread that connects them across the vast Montana winter.
But she refuses to say where she is.
And the closer he feels to her, the more he fears that whatever she’s hiding may already be closing in.
Genre: Inspirational