The second in the epic Corbins series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller follows a desperate woman and a tormented man searching for love and happiness in the Pacific Northwest. When a traveling carnival leaves Fancy Jordan stranded in the rugged Washington Territory, she thinks her luck has run out. Alone and penniless, she welcomes a most intriguing offer--to live in the home of Jeff Corbin's brother and coax the wounded, withdrawn man back to health and happiness. But a villainous attack on his ship had hurt not only his body--a far deeper sorrow tortures him, heart and soul. Can Fancy's love breathe new life into him or are some wounds too deep to heal?

This vibrant and heartrending historical series from #1 New York Times bestseller Linda Lael Miller follows a female doctor in 1880s Pacific Northwest as she searches for success and romance. In 1886, lovely Banner O'Brien overcame every obstacle and won her coveted medical diploma. Determined to leave her past--and the nightmares--behind, she escapes Oregon to accept a job with Dr. Adam Corbin in the Washington Territory. Skilled and handsome, Dr. Corbin is also arrogant and rumored to be violent. Banner is both unnerved and intrigued by this moody man but soon, she is facing an unexpected challenge--win this mysterious man's heart.

New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller gave readers "a gift to treasure" (Romantic Times) with her acclaimed Springwater Seasons novels. Now, once again capturing the spirit of early America, she delivers a marvelous tale of love, family loyalty, and passionate desire on the Western frontier -- where fairy tales sometimes do come true.

She was the only child of a rich and powerful rancher. He was the son of a drunken ne'er-do-well. But when eleven-year-old Luke Shardlow rescued eight-year-old Charity Barnham from drowning, she promised him one wish...any wish his heart might desire.

Fifteen years later, Charity and Luke meet once more, but the gulf between them seems as wide as ever. Charity is engaged to a neighboring rancher her father has chosen for her. Luke still seems to be a Shardlow to the core -- a drifter, maybe even an outlaw, on a road to nowhere. But things are not always what they appear, for Luke has a few secrets to hide. And as a sweet, sensual passion begins to grow between them, Luke and Charity discover that the only wish either of them long to fulfill is to spend a sweet eternity in each other's arms -- no matter the cost.

Lydia McQuire's courage had never wavered during the bloodiest days of the Civil War. A year later, the pretty former Union Army nurse was alone, three thousand miles from home, gamely scraping out an honest living. But now, as she said yes to marrying a stranger, her knees gave way with fear. Mr. Devon Quade had seemed polite and handsome when she answered his ad for a wife. Only after Lydia had set sail for his family's settlement in Washington did she learn the truth: her bridegroom wasn't the sweet Devon Quade, but his older brother Brigham, a widower with shoulders a yard wide, hands as strong as steel, and an arrogant belief that he was lord and master of his lumber empire, the town Quade's Harbor, and the woman he married. Lydia's dilike of him was both ardent and instantaneous...yet she also wanted him to kiss her until he took her breath away. And when Brigham wrapped her in his strong embrace, he awakened in her a white-hot passion, and a firm resolve: before she would share his bed, tough, hard-headed Brigham Quade would have to surrender himself, heart and soul, to love....