Coppersmith Publishing

Fell Madsen lost the woman he’d planned to marry to another man. Quiet, surly and a bit taciturn by nature, Fell is known for his smith work and his size and has no intention of letting himself be fooled with another woman’s promise.

Helen Parrier was abandoned by her husband and managed her three little boys and the traps all winter alone. When spring arrives, everyone descends onto the prairie to trade, barter, and reconnect. Helen knows she has to trade her pelts in order to have a chance at survival.

When Fell and Helen meet, the attraction is blinding. But Fell is still trapped by memories of his former betrothed and Helen’s experiences leave her to believe she’s always the woman left behind.

In the middle of painful revelations and horrifying loss, Fell and Helen struggle to find a way to one another before the ways of the wilderness rips them apart.

The spring rendezvous in 1827 on the prairies of the west is about to be a battle for love and life itself.