When Ruth Bellamy discovers her charming fiancé is the ruthless leader of the Iron Spur Gang, her world collapses. The truth arrives with a terrified boy who is kidnapped, orphaned, and the only witness to murder. Refusing to leave him with killers, she flees in the night and accepts a stranger’s offer of a fake marriage.
Caleb Harrow is a hardened bounty hunter chasing the gang that murdered his brother. When he sees a frightened woman begging for passage, he offers a practical solution: a fake marriage for cover. But protecting Ruth and the boy awakens something in him he thought long dead.
Forced together on a dangerous trail, their uneasy partnership deepens with every mile. The orphaned boy clings to them both, binding them into something that feels like family. But the gang is closing in, and when the truth surfaces, they must choose: stick to the past that broke them, or fight for the love neither saw coming.
Tropes: Orphan Child, Forced Proximity, Fake Marriage, Love on the Run.
“An Orphaned Child on the Colorado Trail” is a historical western romance novel of approximately 75,000 words. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a guaranteed happily ever after.
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