A Widow's Hope on the Cattle Trail

Widowed and desperate to protect her son, Eliza Mae Whitcomb flees Texas when her late husband's gambling debts bring dangerous men to her door. With nowhere else to turn, she secures work as a seamstress on a cattle drive heading north across the frontier. Life on the trail tests her strength, yet the brooding trail boss begins stirring feelings she believed she'd long since put to rest.

Caleb Rourke lives for the drive and the men who ride under his command. Since losing the people he once loved, the trail has become the only place that feels like home. Allowing a widow and her son to join the drive was never part of his plan, yet the seamstress’s courage and the boy’s innocent trust slowly thaw the heart Caleb thought was lost forever…

As the cattle drive pushes deeper into wild country, debt collectors finally catch up, and a ruthless man lays claim to Eliza Mae. At a treacherous river crossing, the enemies make their move… Will the fragile family forming between them survive what waits at the crossing?

Tropes: Brooding Hero, Widow Heroine, Romance on the Trail, Forced Proximity

"A Widow's Hope on the Cattle Trail" is a historical western romance novel of approximately 60,000 words. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a guaranteed happily ever after.