Briley of Crooked Creek (Crooked Creek #3)
MK McClintock

Far from home and with no family left, Briley Donaghue answers an advertisement from a rancher seeking a wife in Montana Territory. She arrives in Crooked Creek to find an empty cabin, a letter from her fiancé, and too many unanswered questions. Alone and uncertain, Briley forges a new life in an unfamiliar land.
BRILEY OF CROOKED CREEK is the third short story installment of the Crooked Creek series set in post-Civil War Montana.
Western Short Story: Approx 12,000 words