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When a wagon train from Chastity, Missouri, takes a sudden detour to bring a dozen mail‑order brides to the frontier, Wagon Master Cody Snow finds himself pulled into a tangled web of longing, danger, and self‑discovery. Facing a roster that includes spinsters, widows, a teenage hopeful, a Missouri belle and an adolescent half‑breed scout, Cody realizes that every secret carried on their journey has a life of its own.
Guided by the triumphs and trials of these women, Snow must confront his own desires while protecting his crew from the threats that lurk on the prairie. The stakes rise as the men and women on the trail learn that the dangers out west mirror the inner battles each of them faces.
Set against the backdrop of a rugged historical Western romance, the novel weaves themes of adventure, resilience, and the quest for identity amid the rugged beauty of the American frontier.
First publish date: 1996
Genre: Western Fiction/Western Romance
Authors: Maggie Osborne
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