Rocket's Red Glare

She came West prepared to face a thousand rough loggers. She never expected one gentle smile to frighten her more than all of them.

Ruby Swanson didn't travel from the textile mills of New Hampshire to the wild Oregon logging town of Sawyerville because she dreamed of being swept off her feet.

Small, painfully shy around men, dressed more comfortably in overalls than gowns, and carrying her father's Colt .44 in her belt, Ruby has never considered herself the sort of woman a man would choose for a wife. If marriage never comes, she'll simply build a life of her own.

Then she meets Farley Robinson.

Known as "Farley the Falcon," the handsome high climber makes his living hundreds of feet above the forest floor—and somehow makes Ruby forget every reason she has for guarding her heart. But when he first mistakes her for a boy, Ruby's deepest insecurities come rushing back.

Sawyerville's first Fourth of July celebration offers Ruby a chance to see herself differently. A beautiful red gingham dress, an afternoon dance, and an unexpected kiss might even convince her that Farley sees something in her she has never been able to see herself.

But someone has other plans for the celebration.

Three angry loggers intend to turn Sawyerville's peaceful bonfire into a night the town will never forget—and they have gotten their hands on dynamite.

Now the woman who doubts she is pretty enough to win a husband may be the only woman brave enough to help Farley save an entire town.

A spirited, clean historical Western romance filled with frontier danger, unexpected courage, gentle humor, and the promise that sometimes finding love begins with discovering your own worth.