In the wild mountains of the Montana Territory, the Coulter ranch is a place of family, second chances…and a hidden fortune.
As the second brother of six, Jonah Coulter has no shortage of family, yet he's more than ready to find a woman who doesn't see him as her second choice. Haunted by the loss of his sister Lucy and the rejection of his former fiancée, he sets out to find the aunt of a lost child his family has taken in. Maybe reuniting the girl with her only remaining family will give him the purpose he craves.
After fleeing her past and the man who killed her late husband, Patience Whitman has reinvented herself in the untamed Montana Territory. Relying on her gambling skills to survive, she's determined to earn enough to buy the life she dreams of—a bit of land and a home of her very own, far enough away from people that she can finally find peace. But then a man shows up in town searching for her and says his family has taken in her niece, Patsy's perfectly laid plans go awry. If Anna really is here in the Montana Territory, Patience can't abandon the only family she has left.
As Jonah and Patsy navigate the treacherous landscape of their pasts and little Anna's future, they must confront their deepest fears and learn to trust each other. But when Patsy's dangerous past catches up to them, they must risk everything to claim the happily ever after they both crave.
From a USA Today bestselling author comes a mountain family saga filled with high stakes adventure, a surprise guardianship, and love that heals wounded hearts.
