She leaned toward him and rested her elbows on the brass
rail at the foot of her bed. “All right, cowboy, just when
did you fall in love with me? I’m definitely curious now.”
He regarded her in the moonlight. “I knew I was a no-hoping
goner when I caught that ridiculous hat of yours on the
platform at Gun Barrel.”
Julia sucked in her breath. She tried to be severe. “Mr.
Otto, nobody falls in love that fast!”
“I did,” he said simply, as he left her room.
Julia Darling is finally able to marry Paul Otto for
eternity. But it’s a harsh world for a rancher in
turn-of-the-century Wyoming, especially a Mormon rancher.
When alienation and threats begin, Julia must prove she’s
her husband’s equal in strength and endurance as she learns
to let go of scars on the outside and inside.