The Convict's Courtship

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>A remote mining town an aspiring journalist and the reformed convict who saves her life.</em></strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When Clara Alexander returned from finishing school to Virginia City she had two goals: to become a reporter and make peace with the father who betrayed her mother. But even in the West there is no room for her in the newsroom or in the family her father made when he married his mistress. Clara is forced to take desperate measures to prove her worth to an editor-including a reckless venture into a dangerous mine shaft.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Reformed convict Beau Vulpe lives a quiet life of obscurity in a remote mining town in Nevada. When he rescues a beautiful woman from a sweltering mine shaft he's welcomed into her home as a hero only to discover that they are the same family he deeply wronged the summer before. Now with winter's grip choking the mountain town and rumors of mines going bust he is forced to stay praying Clara won't discover the truth before the spring thaw.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>As Clara pursues her dreams of writing for the renowned Territorial Enterprise she continually crosses paths with the mysterious Frenchman who saved her life and is drawn to him a little more with each interaction. Beau finds himself not only falling for the lovely lady but befriending her family as well. Can he protect his freedom and atone for his wrongs without losing his heart in the process? And what about Clara-will her attraction toward Beau Vulpe lead to the disappointment her mother warned her about?</span></p><p></p>