Shattered Trail

After her alcoholic father’s death, Antonia Slate realizes that there is nothing left for her in her rural Virginia town. In pursuit of her sister, who ran away years ago, and her mother, who disappeared shortly after that, Antonia decides to travel west on the only way possible in 1848- the Oregon Trail. Desperately trying to get away from the man whom her father promised her to, she takes a job as a caregiver to the children of Mr. and Mrs. Reed, a wealthy, snotty couple who are traveling to Oregon with their family. At ease with how little they care about her and her personal life, Antonia starts to let herself believe that the secrets she buried long ago will stay hidden- until she meets the Reed’s nephew, Samuel Chester. Handsome, humorous, and strong, he’s accompanying his parents and sister west, to start a new life. As the attraction grows between them, Antonia desperately tries to hide her secrets from him- until she realizes that there may be no stopping her past from emerging.