For Fans who have read the first book in the series, THE MARSHAL'S DESTINY, this is Maggie's brother's story. James Ryan's peaceful existence turns upside down the night he catches young Mick O'Toole trying to rustle his cattle. Running from a dark past of his own, Ryan agrees to take the boy and his ailing widowed mother in. Widowed Bridget O'Toole's life finally changes for the better the night the darkly handsome rancher opens his home and his heart to her and Mick. But her past is just a day's ride away from town, on a collision course with Ryan's, when her husband returns from the dead, blazing a path of destruction straight toward Bridget, Mick and the new life they've made in Emerson, Colorado. Other books in C.H. Admirand's Irish Western Series: THE MARSHAL'S DESTINY (Bk 1) THE RANCHER'S HEART (Bk 2) PEARL'S REDEMPTION (Bk 3) A GIFT FROM HOME (Bk 4) Other series by C.H. Admirand: The Secret Life of Cowboys/Sourcebooks, Inc. TYLER (Bk 1) DYLAN (Bk 2) JESSE (Bk 3) Contemporary Small Town/Sourcebooks, Inc. A WEDDING IN APPLE GROVE (Bk 1) ONE DAY IN APPLE GROVE (Bk 2) WELCOME BACK TO APPLE GROVE (Bk 3) Medieval Trilogy/DCL Publications THE LORD OF MEREWOOD KEEP (Bk 1) THE SAXON BRIDE (Bk 2) A SCOT'S HONOR (Bk 3)