This Loving Land

An orphaned young woman finds danger and a dashing cowboy on the Texas frontier in this historical romance by a New York Times– bestselling author. “For those who like their romances emotionally complex and brimful of grit, Garlock holds the reins masterfully.” — Publishers Weekly As filled with promise as her name, nineteen-year-old Summer headed west for the vast Texas ranges. There she hoped to find Sam McLean, the man who cared for her family long ago. Instead, she rode into a future filled with renegade Apaches, a scheming enemy—and Sam McLean’s son Slater. As hard and handsome as big Sam was kind, Slater lived and worked for one thing only: to find the outlaw who had killed his father. Then a sweet memory from his boyhood arrived, transformed, on his doorstep. The little girl he had known long ago was now a beautiful young woman. She could bring the sunshine back into his life. But a secret long hidden, long feared, imperiled their tender, budding love.