Where the River Divides: When Two Hearts Collide
Frank Richardson
Howard Jefferson has everything—wealth, education, and the keys to a cattle empire. But the one thing he wants, he can't Louise May, the fierce and beautiful daughter of his father's sworn enemy.
In the brutal range wars of 1880s Montana, cattle and sheep don't mix. Neither do Jeffersons and Mays. But when Howard and Louise meet by the river that divides their worlds, something stronger than inherited hatred ignites between them.
Their secret romance becomes impossible to hide when Howard publicly declares his intentions, triggering a chain of events that will test their love to its arson, kidnapping, armed standoffs, and a father's ultimatum that could destroy everything they've built.
Disowned and penniless, Howard must prove that cattle and sheep can coexist on the same land—and that a Jefferson and a May can build a life together. With the whole valley watching and a year to succeed or fail, Howard and Louise stake everything on an experiment that's part science, part faith, and all courage.
Based on the real conflicts that devastated the American West, Where the River Divides is a sweeping romance about choosing love over fear, hope over hatred, and the radical belief that the deepest divides exist only in the hearts of those who maintain them.

