Showing results for "The Hand" in Westerns

Samantha Wynn had spent all of her thirty-two years of life on the Montana ranch she called home. The only daughter of a single mom, the pair made their living providing for the bachelor owner, as if they were his family. A natural cowgirl from childhood, she had never allowed anyone to distract her from her goal of someday running the place as her own.

Never bet more than you can afford to lose. Caroline Pruett should have heeded that advice, because once she lost her stake, there was no going back. Or was there? Desperation has clouded Caroline's judgment, because when she loses King, her thoroughbred stallion, to Micah Sutton in a poker game, the first thing she does is steal him back. The adventure is not quite a success, however, and after accidentally shooting Micah, Caroline and King are on the run.

I can pretend all day long because I’m Thatcher Manning, the guy who doesn’t do relationships. I’ll give a woman a wild romp. Hell, I’ll give her anything. Anything but my heart. I decided a long time ago I’d never get serious with a woman. The fact that I’m leaving town in a few months only cements that decision. But then Astrid has to get under my skin. She hands over the reins in bed - and out - and now I’m catching feelings. The kind you can’t fake.

Von einer schüchternen Bäckerin auf einer Versteigerung gekauft? Kein Problem. Auf der Hochzeit ihrer Schwester vorgeben, ihr fester Freund zu sein? Ich bin dabei. Ich kann den lieben langen Tag etwas vorspielen, denn ich bin Thatcher Manning, der Kerl, der keine Beziehungen führt. Ich werde einer Frau ein wildes Abenteuer schenken. Zur Hölle, ich werde ihr alles schenken. Alles außer meinem Herz.

The Idaho Territory gold mines and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom come together for a wilderness-dwelling drifter in this tale of the Weird West.