The Rebuffed Bride

When Daisy Dillon steps off the train in the frontier town of Hogwallow, she expects to be swept off her feet by a dashing fiancé she’s met through correspondence courtship. Instead, she’s literally knocked off her feet by a pair of rowdy drunks bursting through the swinging doors of the local saloon.Her grand arrival quickly descends into disaster, leaving her disfigured in a blood-stained dress, abandoned by a groom who flees at the sight of her.Now stranded in a boomtown brimming with shady characters — where a woman's worth is measured by her looks and reputation — Daisy realizes she must find the grit to survive.With her dreams in tatters, she forms an uneasy alliance with Crocker Mayfair, a brooding rancher as stubborn as the land he loves — who, as fate would have it, rebuffed her in her time of need.Now, he just might be her last hope for safety.Daisy rebels against the idea of turning to him of all people for help. But as she gets to know the enigmatic cowboy, she begins to wonder if perhaps her misfortune might be fate's way of leading her to a love that’s stronger than empty promises and more enduring than first impressions.If you like sweet clean romances with spunky, resilient heroines willing to cast caution to the wind in order to find true love out West, then you’ll enjoy this tale of heartache turned happily-ever-after by Eliza Hutchins.