Victim. Avenger. Murderess.In the span of four months, Cassie Jo Foster would be all these things.Henry and Cassie Foster were working their dream panning for gold until the night a gang of four men raided their camp while they slept. By the time it was over, everything was gone. Cassie's husband, son, and friends were dead, and Cassie's face was scarred for life from the end of a whip. She knows Charlie Carson and his friends are responsible and vows to bring them to justi...

It's 1890, and Hannah Becker does not want to marry her father's cousin, Gunter. Grandmother suggests she go west to South Dakota and file a claim under the Homestead Act. This would take her far from Gunter's reach, and allow her to own land of her own. Prairie life would be hard, but the rewards would be hers, not her father's or husband's. On her journey, she befriends the Bergen sisters of Rock Creek, experienced girl homesteaders who know of the abandoned neighboring Goldman claim now...

Three stories from the Hope Harbor anthologies.A Light in The DarknessAnnalise Hopewell O'Shay inherits an emerald ring and a train ticket to Hope Harbor, Maine. The ring, originally the property of pirate Gideon O'Shay, is believed to grant true love to whoever owns it. Widower Connor Hunter moves to Hope Harbor with his young son, Andrew, to be the new lighthouse keeper. When Connor and Annalise meet, there is an instant attraction. Could it be the power ...

Annie March is devastated when she catches her fiancé in bed with another woman mere weeks before the wedding. But when she decides to go on the honeymoon without him and meets a handsome cowboy, a whole new world of possibilities opens before her.Rancher Rod MacCray is attracted to the beautiful Annie from the moment they run into each other on a busy Deadwood street. But when he offers to take her to the ghost town of Custer Creek and show her the renovations he's made to his fou...

It's 1919, and one friend's betrayal has put all three Pine Lake Girls in danger.Lizzie Finley is overjoyed with the arrival of her newly adopted daughter, but she's terrified of a secret she's learned from her mother's past. A secret she fears will ruin her future if discovered by her friends and neighbors.Alice Barnes has started a new life with Harry's brother, Jack. Married and carrying his child, Alice's future is bright, but the shadow of Betty's betrayal still haunts...

Mary knew from the moment they met, Earl Bishop would be the love of her life. Together they survived the Civil War and the loss of their children, only to face a much greater danger from the people of one small northern town. When Earl dies, Mary is left alone to continue the fight against those who would harm her. Can she trust local shop owner, Oliver Polk, when he offers his help, and his heart? Just when all appears lost, an old friend returns to help Mary overcome her grief and learn...

It's 1918, and Alice, Betty, and Lizzie have been best friends for as long as they can remember. But everything changes when one goes on a campaign to lure away the fiance of another. How can they remain friends when one betrays another?Harry Barnes returns from France with half his face damaged and his nights haunted by the friends he lost on the battlefield. How can anyone love the monster he has become?Alice Armstrong wanted nothing more than to be Harry's wife. But when...

It's 1919, and Betty Young has always loved Harry Barnes, but he was engaged to marry Alice Armstrong, her best friend. Bound and determined to have him for herself, Betty tricked him into marrying her instead. Now that she has the husband and big city society life she always wanted, is she living her dream, or a nightmare?Prohibition is the law and women are fighting for the right to vote. Betty's eyes are opened by the disparity between the lives of those around her and the immig...