The infamous Jake Harkner has met his match. After being shot by Miranda Hayes, their lives take a twist and they end up holding each other's heart forever. Despite Jake being tracked across the country by the law, their love only grows stronger. Eventually the law catches up with Jake and he spends time in prison. When he finally gets out, it's with the condition he becomes a U.S. Marshall to carry the rest of his punishment for five more years in Guthrie, Oklahoma, some of the country where his own crimes were committed.
The 1800's are ruthless years with hazards at every corner and outlaws pushing the limits. After twenty-six years Jake and Randy have produced a son Lloyd, so like his father, and a beautiful softhearted daughter, Evie. Lloyd is a widower with a son and Evie is married to a doctor with a young son. Lloyd's demeanor is dynamite compared to Jake's nitroglycerin. Jake's fierce reputation precedes him and no man is willing to go against him, only those foolish enough to want to gain notoriety for the one that "kills Jake Harkner". About the time Jeff Trubridge arrives in town to write a book about the famous outlaw, Jake and his beloved family are threatened and Jake is again on the warpath and in a rage. All at once all the old wounds of his childhood and past evils are brought to the surface and Jake stands to lose not only his family, but his life as well.
As I sat down to begin DO NOT FORSAKE ME, I had no idea I would be compelled to keep reading until that last page was turned. This tale so filled with excitement, mystery, suspense, and a total commitment of love, has been one of the best and most fulfilling stories I have read. I instantly fell in love with Randy and Jake.
DO NOT FORSAKE ME is a fantastic story and part of the Outlaw Hearts series. If this story doesn't worm its way into your heart, nothing will. I have not had the pleasure of reading any of Roseanne Bitner's stories before, but I am very anxiously awaiting the sequel to this one. Bitner is one very talented author who knows exactly how to keep the reader part of the tumultuous journey. I absolutely loved DO NOT FORSAKE ME. I challenge anyone to put this book down once it's started.
Experience the epic, sweeping story of Jake and Miranda
Harkner from
Bittner's beloved OUTLAW HEARTS, called by New York Times
bestseller
Heather Graham "a wonderful, absorbing read, with
characters to capture the
heart and the imagination".
Fate brought them together. His past may tear them apart.
Miranda Hayes' life was changed the day she faced down
infamous gunslinger
Jake Harkner...and walked away with his heart. Their fates
have been
intertwined ever since. Hunted by the law, fleeing across
a savage land, their
desperate love flourished despite countless sorrows. Now,
twenty-six years
later, their family has finally found some measure of
peace...balanced on the
knife's edge of danger.
Jake has spent his years as a U.S. Marshal atoning for
sins, bringing law to the
land he once terrorized. But no matter how hard he fights
the demons of his
brutal past, the old darkness still threatens to consume
him. Only Miranda
keeps the shadows at bay. But when outlaws looking for
revenge strike a fatal
blow, Jake risks losing the one woman who saw past his
hard exterior and to
the man inside.
He always knew there'd be the devil to pay. He just never
realized he might
not be the one to bear the ultimate price.
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