The Bride Who Arrived Too Late

She came west to become another man’s bride. Instead, she found refuge in the arms of the one man she could never afford to love.

Carrie Harper has spent months running from the powerful man who murdered her employer—and will stop at nothing to silence the only witness to his crime.

With hired killers closing in, Carrie assumes another woman’s identity and travels west to marry a rancher she has never met. Becoming Catherine Morgan is her only chance to disappear.

But when she reaches Eagle Ridge, she receives devastating news: her intended husband was killed only days before her arrival.

Widowed rancher Josh McKenna made a promise to his dead friend that he would protect the woman Thomas had chosen to marry.

Offering the frightened stranger a place on his ranch is simply the honorable thing to do.

Yet the longer Catherine remains beneath his roof, the more Josh is drawn to her quiet courage, surprising intelligence, and the sorrow she cannot hide.

Carrie knows she should leave before her lies are discovered. Instead, she finds herself falling for the gentle rancher who makes her feel safer than she has in years—and longing for a home and family she can never truly claim.

But the men hunting Carrie have followed her to Eagle Ridge.

When her dangerous past finally comes riding onto the McKenna ranch, Carrie must choose between running once more or trusting Josh with the truth. And Josh must decide whether he is willing to risk everything—including his life—to save the woman who has taught his wounded heart to love again.

A stirring historical western romance filled with danger, faith, forgiveness, and the healing promise of a second chance at love.