In 1876, Lilly Morris made a promise to her father on his death bed that she would leave New York and go to Montana to live with her Aunt and Uncle on their ranch at only 18 years old. She wanted to stay in New York with her one and only friend Hector, but she could not break a promise to her father. Little did she know that her life would go in a path that she never saw coming when she meets Carter Woods who sweeps her off her feet. But there are so many things in their way that she feels that they may never be happy. What will happen when her family intervenes and tries to separate them?

It was pity that first made Dannie speak to him. She had known Ryan since she was a kid, but he had always been the popular Golden Boy, and she had always been the tomboy that didn’t mind not having any friends. It was odd, she had thought, that all the popular kids who had once kissed the ground he walked on, didn’t so much spared him a glance anymore, and it was this that made her sit with him that one faithful day and begin something that would only end up causing her pain.

Sometimes all you really need is a place to call home. * * * NOTE AS OF 04/2026: This is the old version of the story from 2012. It is currently being reprised, which you can also find under my profile here in wattpad as "5:48 [reprised]"