Cover, Blurb, and Release Date for IN HIS ARMS (Blemished Brides Book 3)

The third book in the Blemished Brides series, IN HIS ARMS, is finally ready! This book took me a lot longer to write than I had intended. Between family vacation in Yellowstone (which, for me, included on-sight research for Yellowstone Origins), to hiking the Colorado Rockies with my editor and friend, Barbara, then going on a girls-only road trip to Wyoming to see the Mountain Man Museum and a quick detour to Yellowstone to hike Mount Washburn (trip report coming up in a future blog post), this book got delayed by several weeks, but it's now ready, and I am happy to announce that the official release date is August 10, 2015.

In the meantime, I haven't posted the cover on the blog yet (my Facebook friends and those of you who are in my Facebook group have seen it, along with a bunch of teasers), and the blurb, so you get an idea of what the story is about. 

I have an ambitious writing schedule planned for the rest of the year, which includes releasing Yellowstone Origins, a collaboration project I'm not allowed to discuss yet that has a deadline looming, the fourth Blemished Brides, and a Christmas story with the Walkers from the Teton Series. No guarantees I'll get these all done by the end of the year, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed...

IN HIS ARMS

A woman unable to trust. A man consumed by guilt. Can two lonely souls find a common ground and pave a path to love?

Grace Jennings knows how to survive, but she’s learned long ago not to trust anyone, least of all a man. Sent west on an orphan train with her sister, Grace finds herself adopted into an unimaginable situation. She will stop at nothing to find and reunite with her sibling, and keep her safe from the man who is out to exploit homeless young girls.

Levi Colter is a loner by choice. Haunted by the guilt of his sister’s death, he escapes into the mountains with his grief. Living an isolated life protects him from the heartache of losing those closest to him. When a stubborn young woman and a couple of runaways seek shelter at his cabin, Levi's solitary existence is turned upside down.

Thrown together unexpectedly, Grace and Levi are forced to put old hurts aside and confront their deepest demons. Can two people with troubled pasts let go of their guilt and mistrust, and learn what it means to open their hearts?