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A missing girl A damaged heart A love that risks it all

Penny May would do anything to forget her past even traveling all the way to the Colorado Territory to become a Gilbert Girl Learning to be a good waitress wasnt easy but Penny is happy with her new life and friends at the Crest Stone Hotel At least until the handsome and infuriating county sheriff arrives in search of his kidnapped sister

Sheriff Ben Young never thought his work could endanger those he loved until a disgruntled outlaw proves him wrong The last thing he needs now is another impetuous woman in his life particularly one who goes traipsing about the mountains with little regard to her own safety But theres something about Penny that draws him to her and she turns into an unlikely ally

While Penny knows shell lose the reputation shes fought so hard to regain if shes caught spending time with Ben shes compelled to help him find his sistereven if shell lose her heart in the process After a chance encounter with the outlaw and the kidnapped girl Penny finds her own life threatened and Ben must put his feelings for her aside or risk losing both his sister and Penny forever