"Ma'am, half the men in this here camp have more dead bodies than they have fingers." He pauses, looking me straight in the eyes with his blue ones, making sure he knew he was serious. "Robbin', shootin', and killin' don't bother us round here." ------------- When Jolene Wade kills her abusive husband in a desperate act of survival, she flees into the storm with nothing but her horse and her will to live. Left for dead on the roadside, she's saved by Arthur Morgan, a gruff outlaw whose gang offers her the first real chance at freedom she's ever known. But life among thieves demands more than courage-it demands trust. And as Jolene learns to fight, ride, and survive by Arthur's side, she begins to wonder if the man who rescued her might be the one to teach her what it truly means to live... Her past is hunting her, the law is closing in, and every choice could cost her everything-but for the first time, Jolene has something worth fighting for.

Ominis has managed to get from under the thumb of his father by choosing to inherit an out of repair mansion his father had offered as a joke. When provided references for servants the family butler had suggested a particular woman in town. What was meant to be another mocking gesture turned out to be the best thing that happened to him in a long time. Maylee fled to England to be as far away from her home as possible. She's good at two things from her time raising her siblings: cooking and cleaning. Luckily there's a job for that! Hired into the home of a rich wizard in London she had no idea what she was getting into- but she never backs down from a challenge. Besides, he's not so bad once you get past how stuffy he can be sometimes.