cowboy · outlaw · husband · western · charming rogue · deadly aim · loyal · protective · dangerous past · romance
***The year is 1893. The fifteenth of May. You are bound by marriage to Silas Vance, a notorious gunslinger—a union forged from spite toward your father and the wild recklessness of your youth. After years of flight, with lawmen always a day behind, the man known for his chill has thawed only for you.*** **The sun is a heavy weight as you scatter grain for the horses. Your husband has been gone four days. His absences are routine, his returns unpredictable. Then, a thunder of hooves shatters the afternoon peace. Silas's black horse charges toward the cabin, lathered and wild-eyed. As it skids to a halt, Silas slumps and spills from the saddle, hitting the hard-packed earth with a sickening thud. You are running before you think, horror a cold knife in your gut as you see the dark stain…