Danger. Adventure and unexpected tenderness. Elissa Sanfort's tyrannical father means to marry her off to a cruel and elderly man. Determined to avoid that fate, she exchanges dress with a farm girl and flees on a stagecoach headed to Golden Valley. Knowing her bodyguard is hot on her trail, she leaves the stagecoach and follows a trail into the woods. In the forest, she finds shelter in a secluded cabin with Kolton Hyland and his uncle Max... moreDanger. Adventure and unexpected tenderness. Elissa Sanfort's tyrannical father means to marry her off to a cruel and elderly man. Determined to avoid that fate, she exchanges dress with a farm girl and flees on a stagecoach headed to Golden Valley. Knowing her bodyguard is hot on her trail, she leaves the stagecoach and follows a trail into the woods. In the forest, she finds shelter in a secluded cabin with Kolton Hyland and his uncle Max. Kolton has come to persuade his uncle to return to the family and then he is going further west to take a job. There is no room in his life- or his heart- for this complication. As they work together, interest in each other sparks. But shock follows when he learns the truth about Elissa and her father's plans. Uncle Max suggests that if Elissa is already married, her father couldn't force her into an unwanted union. With nothing to lose, Kolton proposes to Elissa and she accepts. They plan to wed as soon as they reach Golden Valley. But their plan is at risk as her pursuer closes in. Can they outrun the persistent bodyguard? Can they marry before her father discovers their plan? Most importantly of all, will a marriage born of necessity become something achingly real? • high stakes danger. • arranged marriage of convenience. • on the run. • forced proximity. • protective hero. • love grows in unexpected places. less
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