1860

Nevada

Betrayed. Tortured. Left for dead.

Lillian Hayes didn't know her fiancé was a charlatan...until he disappeared with the gold belonging to all the townsfolk. Unfortunately, that was just the beginning of her troubles.

Her cousin, Carl, is deeply indebted to Kingston, a saloon owner, and known criminal, and points him in Lillian's direction to save his own hide. Branded and strung up over a mineshaft, Lillian is tortured for answers she doesn't have.

Salvation comes in the form of a handsome horse wrangler moving his herd to town. After cutting Lillian free and carefully tending to her wounds, Nick Brace teaches her to shoot in hopes she can protect herself in the future.
But neither is ready to part ways quite yet...

Drawn to Nick with a magnetic attraction, Lillian accompanies him on his horse-trading deal. There, she is shocked to discover the meeting is with the same man who viciously attacked her. When the deal goes bad, can Lillian save Nick from Kingston's violent agenda?

Along the dusty trails of the old west, Author Debra Parmley delivers nonstop action mixed seamlessly with a compelling romance