Banned from the wagon train Samantha Foley wanders through the Colorado Mountains. An early winter storms arrives leaving her at its frozen mercy.
Ruggedly handsome Mountain Man, Patrick McCrery comes to her rescue. Patrick, half white and half Indian, he fits in neither world. He lives a solitary life as a trapper. He certainly does not want to get involved with the beautiful Samantha Foley.
Knowing she is leaving at the first spring thaw, Samantha tries to guard her heart but sometimes her guard slips leaving her totally and utterly in love with her handsome hero. When she is finally left in town at the bottom of the mountain, she can’t help but gaze at the mountain trail wishing with all her heart, Patrick will appear. Can love shine through distrust, discrimination, and accusations? Only if it’s deep enough. AMAZON
This story about survival and the desire to be loved and needed by others. To have a family to rely on, something most people either have or want. Patrick is used to being on his own, but there are times that he wishes there was more. He's often lonely but he's also been hurt repeatedly by those in town, who look down on him for being part Indian. In fact except for just a couple of people, that's all they see about him. Its also the reason he only comes down off the mountain only when he needs to. Its kind of interesting how Patrick went from being own on his in the mountains, to helping other people. Most of them seemed to have something in common, they had nowhere else to go. Samantha is doing everything she can to survive as well. She was tossed off the wagon train with very little to keep her alive. She had never suffered such rejection before in her life, all while dealing with grief over the death of her last remaining parent. To make things worse was the fact that she hadn't done anything to deserve it. The cold disregard about whether she lived or died was really something. Its also something not that hard to believe about the times that she was living. Another one of the "rescued" was a very young boy who had gone through some horrific times and abuses. As he is recovering, other challenges just seem to keep coming to this little group. The author did a good job when it came to the emotions of each of them. Patrick had been so misjudged by the townspeople. He had more honor, integrity and compassion than any of them did.
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