Teaching the children of formerly enslaved people to read made her a target for murder. Schoolteacher Allison Webster flees Georgia after her classroom is burned, two of her students are murdered, and a powerful man vows her family will suffer the same fate. Alone on a westbound train, she crosses paths with Adrean "A.J." Adams, a former cavalry officer whose haunted eyes and unwavering sense of honor make him the last man she expects to trust. Scarred by war and the brutality of a secret prisoner-of-war camp, A.J. has spent more than a decade hunting the men who destroyed his life. The killers who murdered his wife and daughters and abducted his little brother have finally resurfaced...and they're the very same men pursuing Allison. As danger closes in across the frontier, an unlikely alliance becomes a desperate fight for survival. A.J. has lived by one unwavering principle: never surrender his honor. But loving Allison may demand the greatest act of courage he's ever faced and force him to decide whether the past will define the rest of his life...or whether he's finally ready to fight for a future of his own making.
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