I’ve never had so much fun writing a book!  Seriously, John Jake McCutcheon’s story just took off and wrote itself.  I guess that happened because his feelings were hurt that I’d left him totally out of the first book of the McCutcheon Family series, MONTANA DAWN, with only a few mentions.  Or maybe it was because he was mad that so many women were falling in love with his older half-brother, the handsome half-breed, Luke McCutcheon. 

In any event, John’s now finished with his medical training and is on his way to Rio Wells, Texas, where he’s been hired to take over for the elderly Doc Bixby.  Rio Wells is the home of his Texas cousins, Dustin and Chaim, as well as a host of others. 

En route, his stage coach is attacked by outlaws, and a feisty and fetching Lily Anthony helps him fight off the murdering Comancheros.  Lily is an immigrant from Germany, traveling with her Aunt Harriett on the way to their new shop in Rio Wells.  She takes a shine to the good-looking cowboy doctor, but is heartbroken when she learns he’s engaged to be married.  Settled in town, the two get to know each other better and sparks ignite.  But they really start to fly when Dustin sets his cap for Lily, and Emmeline, John’s intended, shows up unannounced. 

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