Spending five months eating trail dust wasn't Leo Spencer's first choice. Or his second. He's not one to run away, but some situations can't be fixed and his family -- two brothers and a sister -- needs to start over. Which is how he finds himself on a westbound wagon train. Evangeline has a secret, one that has sent her on a journey across the plains on the Oregon Trail. When her father is badly hurt and she needs help, Leo is there. A deal is struck...

"Stella is the oldest of three sisters and she's got a long history of being the one to protect and provide for her family. When a dangerous threat sent the Fairfax sisters on a wagon train journey west, Stella knew her best bet was to disguise herself as a man to keep herself and her sisters safe. Collin Mason has secrets of his own. And his family isn't short on drama either, not with his troublemaking twin and an older brother about to get hitched....

"Rachel never wanted to travel into the wilderness. The westward trail has stolen everything from her. Her home. Her family. Her husband. Now a match made out of necessity has trapped her in a marriage with a man she can't stand. Owen likes Rachel about as much as his horse likes a burr under its saddle. She's bossy and stubborn with an independent streak a mile wide. And a baby on the way. He can't help feeling responsible for the prickly mother-to-be....

"Former cowboy Sam Castlerock has been a disappointment to his father his whole life. Until now. Sam's father is giving him one chance to join the family business and turn around the Bear Creek Bank. Should be easy. Except times have been hard in Bear Creek and some of the folks who're behind on their loans deserve a second chance -- or a third. Folks like the pretty Emily Sands, the one woman Sam has never been able to forget..." --

Alone and on the run, Fran must protect her younger sister at all cost -- but she never expected the price would be marriage to a stranger. Her new husband may be a respected rancher in the community, but Fran can't trust him with her secrets. Trail boss Edgar White never planned for a marriage of convenience. He never planned to marry at all. His past taught him that women can't be trusted, and the secrets she's keeping prove his new wife is...

"Former con man Jesse Baker is two days out of prison with no prospects and trying to fulfill a promise made to his dying cellmate. He's vowed not to return to the life that landed him in prison, but when he crashes into an easy mark on the Boston train platform, he grabs the opportunity to escape the city that took everything from him. Erin O'Grady has something to prove. There's more to her than the spoiled socialite her father sees and she'll...