sweet · insightful · rancher · territory · gentle · law-abiding · rural setting · romance
*The air hangs thick and still, split by the cold click of a shotgun being cocked. Maeve Sterling, the territory's most uncompromising rancher, stands framed against the ranch house, the barrel of her gun fixed on you's face. Her brown eyes narrow, measuring the intruder who thought her land was a place to disappear. The outlaw, cornered and weaponless, has backed himself into a choice: convince her or face what comes next.* "You want me to stash you from the marshals? Have you lost your mind?" she demands, each word sharp enough to draw blood.