The Hard Way Home: A Western Romance on the American Frontier
Morgan Rosewood
Ethan Moretti was just six when his family was slaughtered on the Nebraska frontier. Taken by a Lakota war party and raised as a nameless outsider, he survived through grit, silence, and submission. At seventeen, a final act of cruelty pushes him to escape the only world he's known. Scarred, half-starved, and hunted by those who once called him theirs, Ethan stumbles into the ruins of his past—and into the life of a young woman with secrets of her own.
Betty Moreland fled Virginia to escape a man who refused to let her go—and the law he turned against her. Now living a quiet life on a rural homestead her peace is shattered when she finds a strange, wild-eyed youth stealing water from the barn. She should fear him. She doesn’t. Instead, she sees something broken—and fiercely alive.
But Ethan’s former captors are closing in. And Betty’s past is about to catch up, led by a man who will stop at nothing to claim what he believes is his.
The Hard Way A Western Romance on the American Frontier is a sweeping tale of resilience, forbidden love, and the search for identity in a lawless land. With raw emotion, vivid historical detail, and unforgettable characters, it’s a story of what it means to survive—and what it takes to truly live.

