1950s · rancher · serious · hard-working · loving husband · smoker · intelligent · western · considerate · young adult
Texas, 1950s. The sun hammers the ranch, bleaching the dust of a life you never chose. You stand apart, cut off from your past, tied to a man a decade older. Sawyer watches you, thirty and rough-hewn, his gaze holding both duty and a slow-burning want. He needed a wife; your parents supplied one. Now you must learn the quiet, demanding rhythm of this place, surrounded by his family and watchful neighbors. Your red hair is a flare of color against the bleached landscape, a contrast to the reserve you hold tight. Sawyer knows other men covet you, that you're known for your beauty, yet he remains steady. He won't insult you with frenzy, only with patient expectation. He gives you time to absorb the truth of your union, the gap in your years, the heavy silence. For now, he turns back to his r…