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In the unforgiving Montana wilderness, love is the only currency that matters. Henry Mercer thought he knew everything about survival—until Sarah Thompson rode into his life. With his family's ranch teetering on the edge of ruin and a generations-old land dispute threatening everything he holds dear, Henry must choose between tradition and innovation, revenge and reconciliation. Sarah Thompson left the comfort of Boston for the untamed frontier, never expecting to find a home—or a love—that would change everything. Caught between her refined upbringing and the raw beauty of Montana, ...

Baxter Sims built his empire with cold precision and ruthless determination. As Seattle's most formidable CEO, he has everything money can buy—except someone to share it with. Behind his icy exterior lies a man scarred by abandonment, who has locked his heart away along with memories of his painful past. Laci Carter lives in a different world, running a struggling bookstore while raising her four-year-old son, Jason. Her life is rich with love and laughter, if not financial security. When catering a high-society charity event brought her face-to-face with the infamous Baxter Sims, their ...

The Sky Door… A test flight. A mysterious rift. A journey across time that will change two lives forever. When Lieutenant Jessica Monroe breaks the sound barrier in the Navy's experimental X-99 fighter jet, she expects to return to base with performance data—not crash-land in 1875 Montana. Stranded in a world of horse-drawn carriages and frontier justice, this elite pilot must adapt her 21st-century skills to a harsh landscape where her technology is useless and her very presence is suspicious. Ethan Blackwood, a former sheriff haunted by tragedy, discovers the strange woman in uniform ...

Time warps, cowboys and Indians… what are the chances of love? Penelope wanted a cowboy. Charlie wanted to be a test pilot. When his plane goes down Charlie ejects himself just in time only to fall through a time warp. Captured by Indians, and delivered to Penelope, he’s cared for until his injuries heal. When it’s time for Penelope to head back east, her train is derailed, and this time Charlie is the one saving her. Is it love or mere circumstances that brings them together? Can Charlie adapt to his new surroundings? Will Penelope open her heart to more than just gratitude and ...

Thomas’s Rebellion is book three of the Eddie’s Journey Series. It is the story of Eddie’s younger brother whose thirst for education clashes with his father’s wants and needs. In 1880s Montana Territory, sixteen-year-old Thomas Grant dreams of studying geology at an eastern college, but his father William expects him to follow family tradition and take over their cattle ranch. When Thomas secretly applies for a scholarship to Dartmouth College, he sets in motion a conflict that challenges the foundations of his family. Thomas finds an unexpected ally in Eleanor "Ellie" Montgomery, ...

In 2025, Captain Eva Sinclair is at the top of her game—an elite fighter pilot testing the most advanced stealth jet ever engineered. But when a catastrophic malfunction sends her aircraft into an uncontrolled dive, she braces for certain death. Instead, she awakens in 1870 Montana Territory. Injured and disoriented, Eva is discovered by Colt McAllister, a rugged rancher with a troubled past and a deep distrust of outsiders. As she struggles to adapt to a world without modern technology, Eva must hide her true identity while fighting the growing attraction between them. But Eva isn't the ...

Letters, Lies, and Longings She promised him honesty… but one hidden truth could cost her the love of a lifetime. Widowed Mary Robbins dreams of escaping the whispers that follow her through Oak Grove. Answering a mail-order bride advertisement feels like her one chance at a new beginning—for herself and her spirited five-year-old daughter, Annie. But after a cruel rejection branding Annie a burden, Mary makes the decision she fears most: she keeps her daughter a secret. Out on the Wyoming frontier, Buck Jennings wants more than a housekeeper or a convenient arrangement—he wants a ...

A widow’s desperate journey west. A rancher’s guarded heart. A Christmas miracle that changes everything. When Clara Bennett arrives in Silver Creek, Montana Territory, she carries little more than hope. Widowed, nearly penniless, and seeking a fresh start, she accepts a position teaching in a one-room schoolhouse on the edge of the frontier. But she never expected Wyatt Carter—a brooding rancher hardened by a tragic Christmas Eve that left him bitter and unwilling to open his heart. Wyatt has turned his back on Christmas and love alike. With his ranch on the brink of loss and old ...

When a desperate wish sends them across time, a mother and daughter discover that sometimes the greatest magic is finding where you truly belong. Sarah Harper has reached her breaking point. Fleeing her abusive ex-husband with her five-year-old daughter Lacey and nowhere to go, she finds herself sleeping in her car in a Walmart parking lot on a cold November night. With no money, no hope, and a custody battle she's destined to lose, Sarah makes one last desperate wish at a mysterious wishing well—for a place where they can be safe, where she can be strong enough to give Lacey everything ...

She came back to save lives. She never expected to risk her heart. Dr. Lacey Bennett has fought for everything—her education, her place in medicine, her right to heal. Returning to Three Rivers, Wyoming, she's determined to prove that a woman can be just as capable as any man with a medical bag. But earning the trust of a frontier town is only half the battle. The other half? Ignoring the handsome Boston lawyer whose sharp mind and quiet integrity make her pulse race. Andrew Callahan came West seeking opportunity and independence. What he found was a gray-eyed physician who challenges ...

The Widow’s War A Post–Civil War Romance of Healing, Hope, and Second Chances When the war takes everything, courage becomes a woman’s only refuge. 1870, Montana Territory. Rachel Morgan arrives in Bitterroot Valley with nothing but a land deed, her six-year-old daughter, and the grit of a Union widow determined to start again. But the valley is a tinderbox of old loyalties, and many—including local rancher Silas Vance—see her as an unwelcome reminder of their defeat. Caleb Ransom, a former Confederate soldier haunted by guilt, is hired to drive Rachel off her land. Instead, he ...

A Novel of Love, Loss, and Second Chances When Kim Whitaker's car stalls on a remote Wyoming railroad crossing, she has only seconds before the freight train strikes. In a blinding flash of light, she braces for death—but wakes instead in 1875, alone on the empty prairie with nothing but the clothes on her back. Stranded 150 years in the past with no way home, Kim must navigate a world she only knew from history books. The modern conveniences she took for granted are gone. Her parents, her education, her entire future—erased in an instant. All she has left is her determination to ...

Some scars are carved by war. Others by love. Montana, 1870. Elias Mercer, a disillusioned Civil War veteran, retreats to the frontier, seeking solitude and a chance to rebuild. But the land is as unforgiving as his memories, and desperation drives him to place an ad in The Matrimonial News. Abigail Whitlow, a young widow with secrets of her own, answers his call. She arrives with a quiet strength that hides a storm of loss—and a five-year-old son she didn’t mention in her letters. As the harsh winter closes in, Elias and Abigail must navigate their fragile new partnership, learning to ...

A Time-Travel Romance of Love and Second Chances in 1866 Montana Captain Ethan Walker should have died in a helicopter crash that shattered the sky and stole his crew. Instead, he wakes alone in the Bitterroot Mountains—with no wreckage, no rescue, and no explanation. When a mysterious white light fades, Ethan finds himself stranded in 1866 Montana, a world as unforgiving as it is breathtaking, where survival depends on grit, not technology. Laura Bennett has already buried one husband, killed during Red Cloud’s War, and learned the hard cost of trust. Living in isolation with her four-...

Raised in the shadow of a miracle, Anna Bennett has always known her life was shaped by a choice made long before she could understand it. The man she called Pa once stepped out of a white light and chose love, family, and a hard frontier life over the world he left behind. Anna grew up believing that belonging mattered more than answers. When the white light returns for her, it carries her forward in time—into a world louder, faster, and lonelier than anything she has known. Stranded in the future, Anna must navigate a place where faith is fragile, grief is hidden, and connection feels ...

A Marriage of Convenience Becomes an Adventure of the Heart When Boston schoolteacher Laura Whitmore inherits a Montana ranch from her eccentric great-aunt, she discovers there's one shocking condition: she must marry within six months and live as a true wife for a year, or lose everything to a ruthless cattle baron. Desperate and out of options, she proposes a marriage of convenience to Jake Sullivan, the ranch's ruggedly handsome foreman who needs the security as much as she needs a husband. Jake Sullivan has spent three years running Whispering Pines Ranch while sending every penny to ...

In post-Civil War South Carolina, Rebecca O'Connor has everything a young lady could want - wealth, status, and a suitable marriage prospect. Everything except freedom. Suffocating under the weight of Southern society's expectations, Rebecca dreams of something more than arranged marriages and afternoon tea parties. When her brother's letters arrive from the Montana Territory, painting pictures of wide-open spaces and unlimited possibilities, she makes the boldest decision of her life - to flee her gilded cage and forge her own path in the untamed West. But Montana holds more than just ...

When fighter pilot Logan Harris ejects from his F-15 in 2018, he expects a crash landing—he doesn’t expect to wake up in 1888 Montana. Injured and disoriented, Logan finds himself in the care of Anna Bronson, a gifted surgeon with a sharp mind, a generous heart, and secrets of her own. Anna never imagined a man like Logan: bold, mysterious, and from a future beyond her comprehension. As she nurses him back to health, a bond forms between them—one that defies time itself. But Logan, haunted by the past and uncertain of his future, struggles to accept his new reality or believe he’s ...

A spicy western romance Jedadiah Barnette failed miserably in the Wyoming gold fields. Unwilling to return to the I told you so's of his father, he turned to the only thing he knew to keep from starving. He turned back to farming. Hard work brought success but his life was empty. When Caleb died at Spotsylvania, Sarah lost the only love she ever had. Her matchmaking mother was determined to have her marry a man older than her father. Desperation drove her to make a drastic choice. Can these two lonely people find romance on the Wyoming frontier? Or will they have only hard work and ...

A bird strike turns Hannah’s plane into a screaming, out of control metal tube. She blacks out and awakens, alone and lost in a dense forest. Two hunters find her and return her to civilization, but it’s no longer 2020. There are no more planes, lattes, or designer clothes; she has been thrown one hundred-forty years into the past. Ethan, a devilishly handsome mountain man and prospector, regains consciousness in a hospital. He is told by a stranger named Hannah that he had been shot several days earlier, and she had been watching over him. “Why…are you here?” is his first growly ...