Western Hearts #4
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free# Western Hearts #4 This issue contains multiple romance and western stories. "I Lost My Buckaroo" follows a young woman named Nola from Sioux County who loses her prize bull at a rodeo, then discovers her love interest Clay has sided with a coyote rustler named Slim Pitchfork; after Clay and another rider win a double trick-riding competition, Nola learns that Clay had actually been trying to stop Slim's criminal activities. Another story depicts a woman in a red dress who must shoot a dangerous prize bull that has escaped after it gores her father, then pursues the animal on horseback to prevent further tragedy. A third story involves two brothers—Pat and Steve—where Pat abandons Steve unwilling to delay in town, leading to misunderstanding and tragedy when Steve is shot; Pat ultimately flees with money, haunted by the belief that his departure caused his brother's death.
Clara Wheeler begins the journey west to California full of hope, but when the handsome Tim Brady joins the wagon train, her father seems oddly insistent on a future marriage between them—even as Clara finds herself drawn to Joel Daine, the guide hired to lead them through dangerous mountain country. As Joel and Clara's feelings for each other deepen, Tim's jealousy and her father's mysterious determination to keep them apart threaten everything she holds dear, setting the stage for a reckoning on the frontier trail.
Terry Wilder and Clay Harkness are trick-riding champions who've always been close partners, but when Terry realizes she wants more than friendship, she makes a play for Clay's affection—only to discover he's drawn to someone gentler. A dangerous moment at the rodeo forces Terry to confront what real courage and selfless love actually look like, leaving her to reckon with the consequences of her own jealousy.
When the Kansas frontier of the 1870s faced a severe shortage of eligible women—outnumbering men thirty to one—romance took on unexpected forms. This illustrated account reveals how settlers improvised courtship customs, from traveling fifty miles to see a sweetheart, to creative solutions like handkerchief-wearing dance partners and "calico balls" where ties determined partnerships. A charming snapshot of love and persistence on the prairie, where scarcity bred ingenuity.
Lorena Mayhew returns home to the frontier after two years back East, determined to escape her small-town roots by marrying the wealthy Todd Jamison—but her childhood friend Clay Dorrand has other ideas, and a dangerous crisis forces her to confront what she's really been running from. As family and fate collide, Lorena must reckon with the difference between the life she planned and the one her heart actually wants.
Newly married Ellen Taylor discovers her courage when a dozen Native Americans attack her cabin at Three Forks, Texas on a terror-filled November night in 1835, forcing her to stand alongside her husband Joe and his cousins in defense of their homestead. As the men prepare to fight back, Ellen proves herself more than just a border bride—molding bullets, manning a gun, and using quick thinking to save the day when the attackers set fire to the cabin. "Border Bride" is a frontier tale of quiet strength tested under fire.
When the bashful young soldier George Custer encounters Elizabeth Bacon again after ten years apart—she the refined daughter of a prominent family, he now a Union Army lieutenant—old childhood feelings resurface, complicated by pride and circumstance. As George returns to the war, their connection deepens through letters, testing whether a romance kindled in chance meetings can survive separation and the uncertainties of a nation at war. This poignant true story captures a pivotal chapter in the lives of two people whose bond would shape the history of the American frontier.
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