Pieces of sky
(Book)

On a stagecoach traveling through New Mexico Territory, Jessica Thornton is a long way from the cool mists and lush gardens of her native England. An authoress and milliner, she carries the weight of the scandalous secret--a horrible shame that has brought her to the West on a desperate search for the only family she can trust: her brother. No one prepared Jessica for the heat and hardship--or for a man like Brady Wilkins. Despite the rancher's roughhewn appearance and her own misgivings, Jessica puts her life in his hands after their stagecoach crashes, and begins to see the man behind the callused hands and caustic with-- a man strong enough to carve out a home in the wilderness, and passionate enough to restore her faith in herself--and her heart...