Teagen McMurray would ride to hell and back to protect his land. He?d certainly never felt that way about a woman. Not, at least, until Jessie Barton showed up with her three little girls, desperate for a place to stay. Suddenly he found himself proposing marriage, telling himself it was only to protect her and her children.
Teagen McMurray is a strong man hardened by circumstance but morally upright. When Jessie Barton arrives with a letter from her late husband, Teagen’s bookseller friend Eli, asking him to help her and her daughters, he reluctantly extends them the shelter of his ranch. But matters are not as they seem, and soon Teagen finds himself battling both a rogue group trying to take over the prosperous horse-breeding operation and his own rapidly growing affection for Jessie and the girls. Thomas is a master at evoking Western settings and archetypes, and readers of her latest historical romance will also enjoy the continuing subplots revolving around supporting characters, and the hints of a possible fourth novel featuring little sister Sage. --Lynne Welch
About the AuthorJodi Thomas is a certified marriage and family counselor, a fifth generation Texan, a Texas Tech graduate, and writer-in-residence at West Texas A&M University. She lives in Amarillo, Texas.