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A daring young woman pushes back against societal constraints in a feminist, coming-of-age Western romance from New York Times bestselling author Susan Andersen.
In the small, bustling town of Mattawa, Oregon, the turn of the century offers a new kind of frontier for women: a vast and exciting range of possibilities–to a point. It’s a time for change, and no one is more eager to embrace new paths than free-spirited outsider Hattie Taylor. If only she could embrace Jake Murdock too.
Jake can’t remember a time he was so confused. Hattie is off-limits. The provoking spitfire is under his mother’s protection–his protection–and he has always belonged to another. But now, with the passing of his wife, Jake feels something shift between them. Frustratingly aware of Hattie as a woman, he struggles with new feelings, new questions, new desires.
But when a desperate decision born of good intentions turns out to have ugly repercussions, Hattie confronts a cruel reality she can no longer ignore: the truth of where women really stand and the actions men take to keep them there. To navigate her new world of tainted justice and privileged order Hattie will draw on the strength of the women around her–and Jake will learn what it truly means to support the woman he loves.
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ASIN : B086SCKY3P
Publisher : Berkley
Accessibility : Learn more
Publication date : January 5, 2021
Language : English
File size : 3.2 MB
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 398 pages
ISBN-13 : 978-0593197875
Page Flip : Enabled
Best Sellers Rank: #1,641,426 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) #5,458 in American Historical Romance (Kindle Store) #5,722 in American Historical Romance (Books) #19,063 in Western & Frontier Romance eBooks
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