Crooked Creek Series by MK McClintock

The war is over between the North and South, but the battles at home are just beginning. 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... moreThe war is over between the North and South, but the battles at home are just beginning. 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 less