Western Hearts #7

When Phil Spaulding's dreams of expanding his ranch depend on a loan from the Waynes, a slick Eastern banking family, his childhood sweetheart Polly finds herself competing for his attention with the banker's glamorous daughter, Sylvia. As Polly watches Phil fall under Sylvia's spell, she'll have to decide whether to fight for the cowboy she loves or accept that their simple valley life—and their bond—may be changing faster than she can bear.

Silverheels, the cleverest dancehall girl in 1860s Alma, Colorado, shares a devoted love with Buckskin Joe despite the town's gossip—until smallpox devastates the mining camp and forces both their hearts and choices to the breaking point. When Silverheels sacrifices everything to nurse Buckskin back to health, she discovers the true cost of her love may be far greater than either of them imagined.

A young woman schemes to win back her family's sold ranch by sabotaging the Eastern newcomer who bought it—but as she manipulates Grant Haver's trust and pushes him toward desperation, something unexpected stirs in her heart. With the wedding day approaching and her ruthless plan bearing fruit, Beth Ames discovers that her trap may have caught more than she bargained for. Can she live with what her scheming has cost, or will conscience demand a reckoning before it's too late?

When stranded showgirl Doreen Darby takes a job at the Cartwheel Club in the frontier town of Cody, she meets Laramie Jones—a straight-shooting rancher whose quiet disapproval of her employer cuts deeper than any admiration she's known. As weeks pass and Doreen falls under the spell of both the prairie and the man, she's torn between her growing love for Laramie and the loyalty that keeps her tied to the dishonest Vic Saunders, caught between two worlds that seem determined never to meet.