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Name: Maverick Heart
Rating: 4 (1 reviews)
Author: Joan Johnston

After more than twenty years of secrecy, Verity Talbot—formerly a young woman who made a grave sacrifice to protect a man she loved—re-enters her life as the Countess of Rushland. With her son Rand, she leaves England for the Wyoming Territory, hoping to start anew. However, their arrival is marked by an uneasy reckoning: the uncovering of long‑hidden relationships between Verity and the son of Miles Broderick, Viscount Linden, and the perilous capture of Rand by a Sioux warrior. As the family unravels, former loyalties and newly revealed desires collide, forcing each member to confront the past and reimagine a future together.

First publish date: 1995

Genre: Romance/Historical Romance

Authors: Joan Johnston

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