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England‑born Emmaline Bradford vows her life to Geoffrey Garrett, then departs as he boards a ship to America. Five years drift by with only a scarce courier of love, yet the memory of her fiancé remains vivid. When he finally lands in Kansas and builds a sheep ranch on the north fork of the Solomon River, his dream becomes tangible, but it also forces Emmaline into a choice driven by new realities.
Geoffrey proposes a compromise: stay until spring, and he will fund her return journey if she decides to leave. Emmaline, however, longs for the freedom that the prairie cannot promise; she seeks a return to her homeland before the hardcoded promises of a promise‑made future weigh on her. The novel examines the clash between English refinement and the rugged independence of the western frontier.
First publish date: 2009
Genre: Christian Fiction/Christian Romance
Authors: Kim Vogel Sawyer
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