"It's the booming California Gold Rush of 1849, and the toughest man in town is ready to face his truth. Truitt Emerson wants out. Enough fighting and terrorizing gold miners, he wants to leave Hangtown for good. But now stranded with two eastern young women who his boss expects delivered to Hangtown, things just got worse. One thin red headed woman he'd like to leave to the Indians, the other beauty, clutching a silly case, has him looking back to watch her every move. As soon as she literally fell into his arms, he had to know, was this one his boss's intended? Cassidy O'Ryan was pulled from her Irish grandparent's home as a child, and now her father tries to manage her life. Unwilling to marry to please her father in a convenient business alliance, she promised him she'll travel to Hangtown, a new gold rush town, to wed her cousin, solidifying the family business in the West. All goes well until Truitt burns her beloved violin. Will the toughest man in Hangtown break under the truth?"-- Provided by publisher.
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