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A Bounty Hunter Falls for His Mark in "Wanted for Love"
The story begins with three sisters robbing banks across the Old West, but it does not stay about crime for long. What starts as a bold spree through towns like Dodge City and Guthrie quickly turns into something darker and more intimate. A final job in Fort Worth shatters the trio forever, leaving the youngest, Sadie, running for her life and questioning everything she ever believed about loyalty, freedom, and herself. It is the end of one story and the uneasy beginning of another.
The man who finds her is not looking for redemption. Jackson Thorne is a bounty hunter used to riding alone, taking names and coin, and leaving nothing personal behind. Sadie is just another face on a poster until something in her eyes unsettles the quiet rules he lives by. Their paths cross far from town, and what happens next is not a clean chase, but a long, difficult journey that neither of them expected. Along the way, decisions become blurred and duty gives way to something neither of them wants to name.
This book does not rush the romance or soften the hard edges. Sadie is grieving and furious, and Thorne is guarded and unsure. The land they ride through is unforgiving, but in the stillness between storms, a new kind of bond begins to form. There are near-misses, shared silences, and moments that burn brighter for being quiet. Their connection does not bloom because it is easy, it survives because they fight for it.
By the end, the question is no longer whether she will escape or whether he will turn her in. It becomes something much harder to answer. What does it mean to choose someone, even when the world says you should not? If you are drawn to Westerns with grit, emotion, and slow-burning stakes, you will find what you are looking for in "Wanted for Love."
The man who finds her is not looking for redemption. Jackson Thorne is a bounty hunter used to riding alone, taking names and coin, and leaving nothing personal behind. Sadie is just another face on a poster until something in her eyes unsettles the quiet rules he lives by. Their paths cross far from town, and what happens next is not a clean chase, but a long, difficult journey that neither of them expected. Along the way, decisions become blurred and duty gives way to something neither of them wants to name.
This book does not rush the romance or soften the hard edges. Sadie is grieving and furious, and Thorne is guarded and unsure. The land they ride through is unforgiving, but in the stillness between storms, a new kind of bond begins to form. There are near-misses, shared silences, and moments that burn brighter for being quiet. Their connection does not bloom because it is easy, it survives because they fight for it.
By the end, the question is no longer whether she will escape or whether he will turn her in. It becomes something much harder to answer. What does it mean to choose someone, even when the world says you should not? If you are drawn to Westerns with grit, emotion, and slow-burning stakes, you will find what you are looking for in "Wanted for Love."
The Road to 1,440
I'm Samuel DenHartog, and at 51, at the end of November of 2023, I've embarked on a remarkable journey as a writer. My diverse background in computer programming, video game development, and film prod
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