Maddie is a bride without a groom. Her husband is a military
man who was gone for more than six years of their early
marriage. When he finally returns, thinking to take Maddie
back to Scotland with him to produce some heirs. Maddie has
different ideas. After waiting for her husband for so long,
she decided to make a life for herself without him. When
Angus sees Maddie, he decides that he must capture her
heart.
Maddie finds her passion in photography, a passion her
husband resolves to support. After all, her photographs led
him to her. Once they meet, they begin to develop a
relationship that starts with friendship and leads to love.
However, they have plenty of obstacles in their way. Maddie
wants to continue following her photography passion while
Angus wants to claim the things he expected to claim from a
young age. These obstacles are slowly tearing the two apart,
they must be resolved or the two must part.
The events of COLORADO DAWN are fast-paced. The reader will
likely finish the novel in less than two days. Kaki Warner
has a wonderful way of describing the rich Colorado terrain
and Maddie's photographs. The characters have many layers,
they truly are dynamic and change over the course of the
story. The reader will fall in love with Angus alongside
Maddie and begin to measure up past and perhaps present
boyfriends to him! There are humorous, serious, and love
scenes - a variety for the reader to sift through. Romance
fans will love Kaki Warner's latest book!
"The next in Kaki Warner's sweeping new series about
unlikely brides who make their way west--discovering
newfound freedom and rediscovering love... After only three
letters and one visit during her six-year marriage to a
Scottish cavalry officer, Maddie Wallace decides to build a
life without him. Accepting an assignment from a London
periodical to photograph the West from a female perspective,
she sails from England, determined to build a new life as an
independent woman. After injury ends his military career,
Angus Wallace returns home to find his wife gone, his family
decimated by fever, and himself next in line to an earldom.
His new mission is clear: to find his wife and sire heirs.
His search takes him across an ocean and half a continent,
but he finally tracks her to Heartbreak Creek, Colorado.
There, his biggest challenge awaits--convincing his
headstrong wife to return home as his viscountess. Amidst
statehood struggles, claim-jumping, and railroad disputes,
their passionate battle rages...until word comes that Angus
has become the earl. Now they must decide between a life in
the mountains of Colorado or in the glittering ballrooms of
London...and between duty and desire"--