The Outlaw Takes a Bride - Paperback

by Susan Page Davis (Author)

Sally Golding is finally putting the past behind her. the young widow regrets her unhappy first marriage, but the promise of a new life and a loving husband in rancher Mark Paynter--a man with whom she's been writing letters--has her on a train from St. Louis to Beaumont, Texas. Mark's brother Johnny flees Denver to escape being hanged for a murder he didn't commit. At his brother's ranch in Texas, where he planned to take refuge, he finds Mark dead at the hands of outlaws wreaking havoc on the countryside. Taking advantage of his uncanny resemblance to Mark, Johnny assumes his dead brother's identity. Soon Sally arrives expecting a wedding and derails Johnny's plans. Seeing no other option, Johnny makes a fateful decision to go through with the wedding as Mark. With such deception between the newlyweds, and the possible return of Mark's murderers, can this unlikely outlaw and widow find love? A clean, sweet romance with a faith thread, and also an exciting adventure in the Old West.