Gunsmoke & Heartache (Book 1)

When defiance sends her into exile, a young woman learns that danger and desire can strike closer to home than she ever imagined. After shaming her wealthy family, Tabitha Henry is sent to her uncle's remote ranch-punishment meant to teach her humility through hard work. But under the relentless sun and endless fences, she finds not only hardship, but the kind of freedom her old life never allowed. There, she meets Tom Roland, a jaded ranch hand with a shadowed past and a talent for trouble. As bullets fly and family secrets surface, Tabitha and Tom are drawn into a slow-burning attraction that neither of them dares to claim. In a land where loyalty is tested by gunsmoke and heartache, every choice has a cost-and some wounds cut deeper than any bullet. Fans of When Calls the Heart and Redeeming Love will fall for this clean Western romance that blends grit, slow-burn passion, and emotional redemption. When the smoke clears, not every heart will be whole-and not every love story finds its ending yet.Ride into Gunsmoke & Heartache, the first book in the trilogy-a sweeping Western tale of courage, conviction, and forbidden love. The journey has just begun... and the heartache is far from over.