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Here from beloved, New York Times bestselling author, Joan Johnston, is the sensational second novel in her new Western historical romance series set in the world of Bitter Creek. Hannah and her two sisters are so anxious to leave the orphanage where they live in Chicago that they concoct an outrageous escape plan. Hannah becomes a mail order bride, wedding an Irish man who whisks them off onto the Oregon trail. Soon things turn sour when they're kicked out of the wagon train and he dies of cholera, leaving Hannah and her two siblings to fend for themselves. Anxious, desperate, and destitute, they try to make their way back to the group that's abandoned them, but are set upon by a group of Sioux warriors. Separated from her two sisters, Hannah is saved by Flint Creed, a tall, dark, and handsome cowboy from the Wyoming territory. In love with his brother's fiance, Flint is eager to marry to distract him from the woman who's now off limits. He convinces Hannah to be his bride, but will their marriage ever be anything but a second choice? About the Author JOAN JOHNSTON is the bestselling, award-winning author of dozens of historical and contemporary romance novels. She is currently a full-time writer who lives in South Florida.