The Fox and the Nightingale (The Gold Strike Chronicles #1)
Laurie Sanford

Wesley Pierce has never known financial security. Raised by failed miners and bred on desperation, he finds himself drawn into the dangerous world of outlaws, with its quick money and high stakes. Everything changes when he meets Julia, a woman with only good in her. Determined to protect her at any cost and torn by budding feelings, he walks the thin line between duty and his shadowed past.
In a place where trust is scarce and the price of betrayal is deadly, Julia and Wesley must brave the dangers of a town at war in order to keep her brother from the hangman’s noose. But is love enough to keep them from harm, or will evil prevail?