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Jodi Thomas's Whispering Mountain series is "at the top of everyone's favorites list."* Now the New York Times bestselling author introduces a gambling man who's about to discover that finding love in the Wild West takes both determination and a little luck.

Gambling man Lewton Paterson wants to marry into a respectable family, even if it costs him his friendship with Duncan McMurray. After fleecing a train ticket from one of the three gentlemen picked to call on Duncan's cousins, Lewt makes his way to Whispering Mountain. But seducing a well-bred woman is harder than Lewt thinks, and he realizes that to entice a McMurray sister, he'll need to learn a thing or two about ranching—and love.

Emily McMurray has no intention of ever getting married, so she convinces a friend to take her place when the suitors arrive, leaving her free to run the ranch as usual. But when Lewt insists that Em teach him about ranching, she finds herself struggling to keep up both her disguise and the walls around her heart. Because the more time Em spends with Lewt, the more she desires the man she's determined to escape.

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