Allison Webster dreams of having an adventure like the characters in the books she loves. But there is no romance in being pursued by a man who wants her dead for educating the children of former slaves. Unlike the heroines she reads about she doesn't have a trusty companion to rescue her...until she literally runs into A.J. Adams, a former Confederate cavalry officer. Now, she just has to convince A.J. he really is the honorable man and hero depicted in the dime novel she is reading. Branded a "traitor" for more than ten years, scarred by harsh treatment in an inhumane prisoner of war camp, A.J. Adams wants revenge. Allison Webster's arrival into his life provides the bait to destroy the men who murdered his wife and daughters and kidnapped his little brother. The men pursuing Allison are the very same men he has sworn to kill. Falling in love and admitting he might actually be a hero means surrendering his need for vengeance. Surrender is not part of A.J.'s battle strategy.

Hearts break. Armor tarnishes. Honor remains. Brokken, Texas, 1867Abigail Bailey isn't sure her idea was wise. She's not even sure she can love another man after her beloved Sam perished in a Union run prisoner of war camp. But her town needs a doctor, and she has decided to accept any man competent to do the job. Yet doubt plagues her. What will he think when he finds she is uneducated, so much so that she did not pen her own letters to him? The Civil War broke Dr. Mathew Knight. His decisions of who to save, who to allow to die, even what to use, haunts his every step. He can never be unbroken, but he wants a chance for his son. Four-year-old Ethan has been left terrorized after witnessing atrocities no one should have to see. Mathew's child needs a mother. He hopes Abigail Bailey may fill that role, an omission he made in his letters. Perhaps, too, he'll have a chance to start over, maybe even to find a reason to practice medicine again. Two broken people in a broken town might be what they each need to become whole again.

Brokken, TexasApril 1868Yesterday haunts her shattered heart.Victoria English's world is crashing down around her. Marriage to Jonathan had been anything but the sweetness and roses he promised her while he was courting her. Five years after her husband went missing and was presumed dead at the Battle of Tullahoma, a shell of a man is back.An exploding cannon ball knocked Jonathan, and the men around him, unconscious. When Jon woke, his life was irrevocably changed. His identity had been taken, and he was left to face the consequences of a doppelganger's evilness.Victoria must break through the defensive walls around her heart to heal her broken soul. Jon needs to prove to Victoria he isn't the man she once knew. If he does that, though, he's putting his neck into a hangman's noose.Will tomorrow bring the promise of healing?

He's everything she fears... Wounded gunfighter Colt Evans stumbles onto a remote homestead never expecting to find compassion. But beautiful Amelia McCollister is like no other woman. Suddenly, his dream of settling down with a wife and home is within reach--but only if his past never comes gunning for him. She's everything he dreams of... Amelia had to grow up fast after outlaws murdered her parents, leaving her to raise her siblings alone. With a young brother who idolizes shootists, she dreads having a notorious gunman in her home. But as Colt slowly recovers, he reveals a caring nature under his tough exterior that Amelia can't resist. Just when Colt starts to believe he can leave the gunfighter life behind, his past returns, bringing danger to them all. Can a shootist ever hang up his hardware? Or will their dreams disappear in the smoke of a desperado's gun?