When a bookish spinster falls for a single father and his children, will his outlaw past destroy their chance for love? Shy spinster Jane Cowan prefers fictional men to the living, breathing variety. Her interactions with unattached males never fail to leave her tongue-tied and red-faced. But when widower Stephen Hicks moves to town, Jane's minister father volunteers her to care for the man's two young children. The little ones tug on her heart, so Jane agrees, never expecting a friendship to develop with the children's father.

Stephen arrives in Albany, Texas, chasing a fresh start and fighting to keep his family intact. He has reformed his outlaw ways, but his late wife's mother is determined to leverage his criminal history to gain custody of his children. When the old life Stephen worked so hard to outrun rides into town, everything he has built threatens to crumble: his reputation, his freedom, and his future with the woman who has stolen his heart. Will Jane stand by him in danger and scandal or close the book on their fledgling love?

Karen Witemeyer sweeps readers away in this Christian historical Western romance set in Texas with forced-proximity, a shy spinster heroine, and a single father hero. Perfect for readers who love clean and wholesome inspirational romance, small-town frontier settings, opposites-attract, and redemption stories with faith themes.