She came west with a sewing kit and a secret hope. He offered a cabin, a dog, and a marriage in name only. But the Montana frontier, and the secrets of a guarded heart, have a way of unraveling even the most careful plans.
Annie McAllister has spent twenty-four years cutting fabric in a cramped Boston workshop, dreaming of a life that is more than just endless stitches. When she answers an advertisement for a mail-order bride, she trades the gray city streets for the wild, untamed beauty of the Montana Territory. Her new husband, Finn O'Leary, is a man of few words, a solitary trapper with a shadowed past and a heart as guarded as the mountains he roams.
Finn didn't expect much when he sent for a bride, just someone to share the silence and perhaps mend the ragged edges of his lonely life. But Annie is not the delicate city girl he anticipated. She faces down dust storms, nurses strangers through deadly fevers, and meets the challenges of the frontier with a quiet strength that shakes his carefully constructed defenses.
As the harsh Montana winter closes in, their fragile bond faces its ultimate test. Annie discovers she is carrying Finn's child, a winter baby that will arrive amidst the perils of isolation and ice. But the weather isn't the only threat looming over the Powder River. Finn's estranged brother, Declan, returns from the shadows of an outlaw life, bringing with him danger, old wounds, and a desperate bid for redemption.
With a deadly epidemic sweeping the valley and a blizzard burying their cabin, Finn must risk everything to save the woman who has become his whole world. Can two strangers stitch together a family strong enough to weather the storm, or will the ghosts of the past tear them apart before their new life can truly begin?
"A Bride for the Trapper" is a heartwarming tale of courage, forgiveness, and the enduring power of love in the American West.
