This is the reissue of Catherine Anderson's book originally printed in 1993. It is a unique story because it is a romance that deals with child and wife abuse.
The day that Zachariah McGovern nearly dies, saving Kate Blakely's four-year-old daughter is the day that all their lives start to change. Zach was bitten by snakes multiple times and it took weeks for him to recover as a guest at Kate's home. As Zack recovers, he realizes that he is interested in both the mother and her daughter. He sets about wooing the mother through her daughter. He knows that Kate is a widow, but she is silent about her dead husband and is uninterested in him as a man.
Then Ryan Blakely returns to the area, he is Kate's brother-in-law and tries to coerce Kate to marry him, because it is what his 'brother wanted him to do.' Horrified, Kate refuses. However, he threatens to take Kate's daughter from her and raise the girl himself (The two brothers had told the town that Kate was mentally unstable).
The rest of the story is how Zach and Kate try to evade Ryan's machinations to destroy their lives. This is a story that will remain with the reader long after the last pages.
The day that Zachariah McGovern nearly dies, saving Kate Blakely's four-year-old daughter is the day that all their lives start to change. Zach was bitten by snakes multiple times and it took weeks for him to recover as a guest at Kate's home. As Zack recovers, he realizes that he is interested in both the mother and her daughter. He sets about wooing the mother through her daughter. He knows that Kate is a widow, but she is silent about her dead husband and is uninterested in him as a man.
Then Ryan Blakely returns to the area, he is Kate's brother-in-law and tries to coerce Kate to marry him, because it is what his 'brother wanted him to do.' Horrified, Kate refuses. However, he threatens to take Kate's daughter from her and raise the girl himself (The two brothers had told the town that Kate was mentally unstable).
The rest of the story is how Zach and Kate try to evade Ryan's machinations to destroy their lives. This is a story that will remain with the reader long after the last pages.
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