Rosie Bosse – författare

May, 1868

You are on your own, Molly Brewster, and you had better get used to it.

Alone, frightened, and pregnant, Molly had no idea where she was going or how she was to support her baby when it arrived. Her father had sent her away when he found she was with child. She was to stay with her aunt in New Orleans until she gave birth and then give the baby away...but Molly didn''t stop. When she rushed off the train, she bought passage onto the first riverboat headed north.

Lance Rankin was a young cowboy headed home to Cheyenne. He had been away for eight long months and was anxious to return to the Wyoming Territory. The family plantation in Georgia had been sold and he now had the money to buy the ranch he wanted.

He hadn''t seen the young woman climb onto the deck behind him, but he saw her now. Her back was pressed against the railing and her eyes were wide with terror as two rough men approached her.

A cowboy, a lady, and a trip into untamed country-what could possibly go wrong?

Join Lance and Molly as they travel north to Cheyenne on their long road home.

Gabe Hawkins and his crew of cowboys are preparing to cross the South Platte River in Nebraska. Ogallala, the town that claims to be too tough for Texas, is in front of them.

As trail boss, no women on drives were always Gabe''s most important rule. However, he broke that rule twice this trip. The first was when Laurel Evans married one of Gabe''s best hands and signed on as cook''s helper. The second took place when Merina Montero and her four-year-old sister joined their brothers in Dodge City. Merina had no intention of riding in a wagon on the drive north, and even Gabe had to admit that she did a fine job as a horse wrangler.

Now the drive was coming to an end. While heartbreak had followed Gabe north, his dream of buying his own ranch was finally coming true.

Join Gabe and his riders as they complete their drive and build Gabe''s ranch beneath the western sky.

                   "I''ve known Paul my whole life," he answered with a wry grin.

  The Civil War ended in 1865. Five years later, people in both the North and the South are still dealing with the loss of family, friends, and livelihood. The cost was high, and the scars the survivors carry are not always easy to see.

  Reuben Williams and his sister, Beth, live in Columbus, Georgia. Beth loves to visit the small cemetery there. Reuben thinks she spends too much time with the dead, but those visits give Beth a sense of peace.

  She does not know why she is drawn to the grave of Sergeant Paul Rankin. An unexplained feeling of sadness came over her the first time she read his marker. Now she visits his grave every week. She talks to him and to all the young men buried there as she searches the new stones for the name of her younger brother who never came home.

                   Join the Williams as they try to move past the war and ride the rails west.

Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory

April 1,1880

 "I guess these last six months of trying to reform went out the window. I''ll just go back to my old ways. It''s easier on my heart even if it''s harder on my body."

Miguel Montero, the "bad boy" of the Montero family, had lived fast and loose for many years. He was comfortable with his life-no strings, no woman waiting for him or telling him to behave, and riding jobs he could leave when he pleased. A talented horseman and a top hand, Miguel was an unencumbered man, and he was happy with his life.

Then a woman from his past jolted him, and Miguel decided to reform to win her love. However, things did not go exactly as they should have-or did they?

Join Miguel in this story as he travels east with his horse, Demonio, in search of fun and a woman he met only one time. His life, as well as the lives of the friends he encounters, will be changed in ways none of them could have imagined.