Is love is better the second time around?
With a bad marriage behind her and the note on her horse ranch coming due, young widow Katherine Logan has neither the time nor the inclination to save a low-down bandit, until the sight of wickedly tempting Jake Banner changes her mind. Taking advantage of a local custom, she saves him from the hangman's noose, but Jake's secrets run deeper than the crime that put him there.
Though the War Between the States is over, the tension in Missouri still runs high. Former Confederate soldiers have banded together to form outlaw gangs—robbing trains, stages and banks. Second Chance, Missouri stands in the center of all the action. Jake and Katherine find themselves drawn into the wildness of the west and the temptation of each other.
Can they save Katherine's ranch, round up the bad guys and . . . fall in love?
Fans of Cynthia Roberts, Isabel Keats and Kristy McCaffrey will love this gritty, steamy, emotional tale of the Old West.
Lori Handeland sold her first novel in 1993. Since then she has written many novels, novellas and short stories in multiple genres--historical, contemporary, series, paranormal romance, urban fantasy and historical fantasy.
She has been nominated five times for the RITA Award from Romance Writers of America, winning twice, for Best Paranormal and Best Long Series Contemporary. She is a Waldenbooks, Bookscan, USA Today and New York Times bestselling author.
As well as writing many series--The Nightcreature Novels, The Phoenix Chronicles, The Shakespeare Undead duet , The Luchettis, the Rock Creek Six, Sisters of the Craft--she has also written numerous stand alone novels, Lori wrote the gritty, sensual western historical romance series, Once Upon a Time in the West, under the name Lori Austin.
Lori lives in Southern Wisconsin with her husband enjoying occasional visits from her grown sons.
She can be reached through her website at www.lorihandeland.com