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When Garrett Daines stands up for a mangy-looking woman known as Mad Mag against the town’s scurrilous mayor, he never believed he’d someday wind up in her bed being nursed after getting waylaid. That’s because he could never conceive of the beautiful, if skittish, young woman who was taking care of him having ever gone by that name.
Maggie had carefully cultivated the character of Mad Mag after she fled, at the age of thirteen, from the treachery of her own brother and was saved by an itinerant mountain man. She’s spent fifteen years hiding, surviving as best she could and keeping out of the way.
But after her brother, now mayor of a small town, recognizes her, and the handsome rancher she’s watched from afar literally falls into her world, she knows her days of hiding out in the mountains are numbered. What she doesn’t count on is Garrett falling for her, or her brother putting the man she’s come to love in the middle of their deadly dispute. And what will happen when Garrett finds out she’s really Mad Mag with a bounty on her head?
Against the backdrop of unfolding love, this novel is an examination of the bonds of family, love, trust and loyalty that bind us to one another as well as the devastation that occurs when those bonds are broken, and the monumental struggle it takes to rebuild them.
For Maggie it means facing the fear of her brother and those like him. A fear that has kept her a recluse, adrift in a violent world; a fear that has fueled her survival by forcing her to be wary and self-reliant. Can she trust the love of one man enough to stop being afraid and allow herself to be bound to him, to be moored by those all too often fragile ropes of love and trust, family and loyalty? For Garrett it means finally understanding that life without those bonds is only a shadow of a life. But is he willing to take an emotional risk that will sacrifice his independence and saddle him with obligations for the uncommon woman he’s come to love.
Stacey Kayne has written a sizzling western romance with a cowboy hero that will make any woman’s heart flutter and a heroine whose inner strength will have readers rooting for her. Memorable characters, an adventure-filled plot, authentic dialog and emotional punches combine to make this western romance a super read. The opening scene alone will have your heart pounding with excitement. Enjoy!
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