Undaunted Hearts

Emily Anders returns from Philadelphia to high adventure in Montana. When she isn't shooting bank robbers or breaking horses, she's taming the sexy and mysterious Luke Morgan at the Mineral Creek ranch.

Western romance
Novella - 116 pages

Excerpt Copyright 2010

Emily abruptly turned to fire-haired Maggie, the beauty she blamed for stealing the man she'd marked to marry when she grew up. After Margaret had roped Roy the woman had insisted on sending ranch-bred, horse-loving Emily off to a Philadelphia finishing school, to "rid her of horrid vulgarian manners."

"Well blast and dang," Emily poker-faced, "I didn't keep my arm tucked close to my side, and I showed more than an inch of ankle when I crawled out from under that desk." She slapped a hand to her forehead in dramatic fashion. "Shucks! I also violated the first rule of public A lady does not draw attention to herself by shooting bank robbers."

She slanted a wry grin at Margaret. "I guess Miss Dinklenberg's "Good Form" class didn't trail break me after all."

"Heck Em, forget Miss Dinklenberg! You shot all proper-like." Roy looked into Emily's sparkling eyes. "Pretty miss, who taught you to shoot so sharp?"

Emily beamed. "Aw, one of them Eastons. You know. The homely-lookin' one."