The Reluctant Marshal's Guarded Heart

Rachel Bell crosses the frozen Colorado territory with nothing but a worn recipe book and the hope of the true home she was promised.

Raised in an orphanage, the spirited baker expects the man who offered that home and instead meets Mercy Creek's stern town marshal, Nate Calloway, who never placed the ad and does not want a wife.

The arrangement is entirely his meddling sister's work, an attempt to save the brooding marshal from his isolation.

Haunted by a childhood that convinced him he brings only ruin to those he loves, Nate means to send Rachel away, though her fierce spirit and gentle heart make it impossible to hold her at a distance.

When the mastermind behind the town's darkest crime ring closes in on Rachel, protecting her will demand that Nate finally surrender his guarded heart.