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I spent a good portion of this book trying to figure out the name. Admittedly, it threw me off and wasn’t pleasant. Once I figured out that Benteen Calder was more of a minor character and the true story was between Joe and Sarah, I got into the book.

We follow a young 16 yr old Joe as he heads out to Montana as part of a cattle drive. During a big storm Joe is left for dead by none other than his employer, Benteen Calder. Joe vows to get even with him for leaving him.

Before the storm, Joe travels to town and saves Sarah from attack, while on her journey to her uncles. They fall for each other quickly and agree to meet when Joe travels through Sarah town.

Joe, after pulling himself from the brink of death, is saved by a pair of cattle thieves. Joe is forced to stay with them. Joe escapes narrowly to be found by a nice older gentleman who breaks horses in a more horse friendly way. A couple years later, Joe learns the thieves are not dead and they want to take from Calder. Joe is on board as he still wants revenge.

The heist goes down and the thieves are killed by some of Calders men. Joe is shot as well. The men recognize him and rush him to the Dr in town o love you to learn the Dr is out and Sarah is the local nurse. Sarah nurses Joe back to life and they have a brief moment of pleasure before Joe heads off to Montana.

Joe builds a life in Montana, marrying and having a child. Meanwhile, Sarah had gotten pregnant and is forced out of town. Calders wife remembers Sarah and asks her to come to Montana as the new towns teacher.

Joe and his wife divorce and Joe and Sarah reunite. They raise their son, and Joes other son visits. Joe eventually comes to terms with Calder, though never does get revenge.

Overall, I found the book utterly predictable in a bad way. You keep Joe and Sarah would end up together and they did. Nothing special. I will not be reading more in this series.

I want to thank NetGallery and Kensington Books for the copy of this book. All opinions are my own.