After a failed bank robbery in Bodie, California, Helena Barnett awakens buried alive without any memory of who she is or how she got there. Haunted by the traumatic death of his mother when he was a teenager and his fiancé just three years ago, resurrectionist Oren Douglas keeps himself on the move to avoid the chance of forming emotional attachments. But his carefully structured life is derailed when he and his cousin, Casper, dig up their third and final corpse of the night in the Bodie Cemetery-only to discover she's still living. After a doctor reveals Helena's shocking identity and past, Oren feels an overwhelming sense of responsibility to protect her. He invites her to live with him and his cousin in Sacramento and gives her a new name, hoping she can start a happier life. But as Oren's web of lies unravels, they learn that some of Helena's buried secrets are deadlier than others. Together, they must fight not only for their chance at true love but also for their survival.

Rin Temple could usually get himself out of any scrape he found himself in, through the swiftness of his draw or cool-headed thinking. This time was different. He found himself a badly wanted man for something he didn't do, and worse, his accuser was in desperate need of his help.

Unable to remember the tragedy that left her orphaned, a little girl grows up in the wild backcountry of 1850 Colorado. Facing betrayal, greed, danger, and love, she must choose the kind of future she wants for herself. Safely hidden away, alone, and content, or learn to accept somethings are worth the risk. * * "I hear there was trouble in White Rock two days ago. Man by the name of Ludlow was shot dead in the street. He's a hired gun from Texas, talk is he tangled with Red Rivers and lost." Faith felt her heart quicken at the mention of his name and frowned. "Red River's? The gunfighter? Last I heard he was in New Mexico." "Not no more ma'am. Word about is he's got a price on his head and all the local guns who think they're salty enough are out to take him down." Her mind was whirling. Rivers was a wanted man; every hired gun in the territory would be after him, especially if there was a large reward involved. Where would he go, what would he do? Of all the stories she'd heard of Red, he was not a man to run from a fight.

Beth and her father have been planning to move west for more than a year. They've purchased a covered wagon, and her father has signed a contract and paid for a spot on the next wagon train. But before they're scheduled to leave, he becomes sick with a strange illness and Beth is forced to continue their plans alone. She faces obstacles, being a single woman, and has to fight to be able to follow through with her father's dream. With the help of her long time best friend, she's able to leave on time, but if she only knew what was waiting on the trail. Can she make it all the way to Oregon?

Having endured years of being bullied by him, when Lucas left town to work for the Union Pacific Railroad, all Allie could think was 'good riddance'. She hoped he was gone for good and she'd never have to see his face again. But now that the transcontinental railroad is compete, he returns to town. All Allie wants to do is avoid him, but Lucas wonders if there could be something between them and won't give her the space she wants. Trying to balance helping her father work the farm and helping her best friend who has a new suitor, it's hard for her to believe him when he apologizes for past wrongs. Can she trust that he's changed or is it just another one of his horrible pranks?

Is it possible for one little girl to survive against all odds? Nobody said that pioneer life would be easy- but Rose never could have guessed how difficult it would truly be, or how strong she would have to be to get through it. She had come out West to settle down with her family- but all it did was tear them apart. Her mother did not make it to their new home out West, and her father seems more focused on his bottles of alcohol and his grief than on his daughter. But Rose is determined to not just survive, but to turn this new land into a real, true home. Just when she gets a bit of hope, the whole world seems to come crumbling down atop of her, and Rose suddenly finds herself facing the dangers of settling out West completely alone. She struggles to cope with the realities of pioneer life- opportunities, grief, hope and danger- and finds that there may be even more to this new life than she first thought.

Western. In the old days of gold strikes, boom towns, and outlaws, Lilli finds herself alone and in desperate need of help. There's a place she belongs, one that's rightfully hers, but it's far beyond her ability to get to it on her own. One man steps forward to help, but can he be trusted? Will traveling across country alone with him ruin her reputation beyond repair, or worse? There's only one way to find out. 'Shaped lean an' tough, the stranger reminded me of a wolf, an' the well-worn gun belt with a smooth polished black ivory handle did not escape my notice neither. It was tied down, an' I felt my heart quicken. Judd had tol' me a'plenty about men who carried guns that'a way, an' I had no likin' for it. That kind was followed by nothin' but misery an' killin'. ' WARNING: There's A LOT of (') in the first few chapters of this book! A LOT. Headin', Startin' etc... There's ALSO horrible grammer. It's supposed to be there! First few chapters, then it gets better. (you'll understand when you read them) ALSO...NO GRAPHIC CONTENT of any kind. The story touches on adult themes that may not be suitable for a younger audience.