The Tender Stranger
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Publisher Description
Trust No One
To her sorrow, Erin Wentworth had learned that lesson all too well when her society marriage had proved a sham. Now widowed and pregnant, she wanted only to escape the memories. But fate, in the form of Quinn Yarborough, had followed her to her mountain hideaway to resurrect the past and offer her a future.
A Breed Apart
Bounty hunter Quinn Yarborough knew he had come face–to–face with a quarry unlike any other, for runaway widow Erin Wentworth was a prize beyond any price. And his heart ached to claim her as his very own .
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Trying to escape ugly accusations and bitter memories, Erin Wentworth flees to a desolate Colorado cabin in 1875 to begin a new life and await the birth of her baby. When Quinn Yarborough, a bounty hunter hired by her in-laws, arrives at her door, an uncomfortable domestic entanglement ensues. Tentative yet tender intimacy grows between them as the struggle to survive and the imminent birth of the baby add unexpected depth to their relationship; soon Quinn decides not to fulfill his agreement to retrieve the baby. After weathering an unforeseen tragedy, Erin and Quinn choose to marry in the hope of preserving their fledgling family. Their fragile peace is further threatened when Erin's in-laws come to Colorado, intending to claim their grandson. Davidson (Runaway) wonderfully capturesgentleness in the midst of heart-wrenching challenges, portraying the extraordinary possibilities that exist within ordinary marital love.
