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When Logan Devereaux accidentally shoots a man, the stakes of his life change forever. Facing execution, he is presented with a shocking sentence: marry Emma O’Toole, the pregnant woman who shot him and who now seeks vengeance. As the nation watches, a newspaper man turns Emma’s tragic story into a ballad that spreads her pain and passion across the country. Logan’s proposal threatens the only chance for mercy—yet it also puts his fortune and future on the line. In this historical romance, love, revenge and the unpredictable nature of a gambler collide in a plot that tests every wager Logan has ever taken.
The novel explores the clash of emotion and duty, the power of song to shape public opinion, and the perilous conviction that love can be found even in the most unlikely of circumstances.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Elizabeth Lane
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