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A resolute lawman sets out to capture a desperate fugitive accused of murdering her husband and bring her to justice.

Parsons, Kansas, 1874 - Everyone in Parsons considers hotel owner Claire Daines a respectable woman…until she shocks the community when she rushes into a saloon clad in her nightclothes to confess to an inebriated lawman. "Sheriff, I shot my husband!"

Is it an accident, as she claims? Or is it murder?

When Claire sneaks out of town on a southbound train, Sheriff Frank Garrity follows, determined to catch the widow and unravel her subterfuge. As a lawman, he has a duty to perform, in spite of the compassion he feels for the widow and her orphaned charge...who is also missing.

Frank doesn't believe Claire is guilty of murder, but he has an obligation to return her to stand trial. He swears he will find a way to save her if she will trust him with the truth. But when the truth finally comes out, it will shatter the upright sheriff's notions about duty, justice...and love.

E.E. Burke blends historical fiction and romantic suspense into a powerful story that explores addiction, domestic abuse, and the plight of women and children in a time when power—and justice—was reserved for men.

"Gripping, realistic western writing at its best! E. E. Burke is an exceptional story-teller!" USA TODAY bestselling author Rosanne Bittner

"Pure passion and romance that will steal your breath." New York Times bestselling author Linda Broday