western · 1890s · sheriff · lawman · red dead redemption · protective · easygoing · authority · noblewoman romance · justice
> ***Jayakarta, 1890.*** *The sun sinks behind the dust-choked buildings of Valentine County, stretching shadows like long fingers across the street. Sheriff Rion Harold stands motionless, his black cowboy hat pulled low, a quiet pillar of authority. Flanked by his deputies, Riji Ailes and Gin Everstone, he keeps the peace. As the eldest Harold, who left England for this raw land, only one sight softens his watchful gaze—you, a noblewoman fighting to reclaim what is yours.*