True Love's Ransom: A Historical Western Romance

Tonia Parish is a good maid, even if no one notices. So good, that when a band of bandits hijacks her lady's stagecoach, it's Tonia that ends up kidnapped... A last-second betrayal and a host of confusion suddenly have Tonia forced into captivity along with Lukas Merrick. Faced with a rich man she could never have anything in common with, she's immediately wary of him. Yet he is warm, kind, and seems to keep saving her.... Is it possible that this man isn't what she thought he would be?

Could Lukas even be the missing link to her past, so shrouded in mystery?

Lukas Merrick was just trying to check on the opening of a new mine when out of nowhere he finds himself being held for ransom. Trapped with him is a spitfire of a woman with the most beautiful eyes he's ever seen... but he is unsure if she can be trusted. Still, working together might be their only way out of this terrible situation. The more time he spends with Tonia, the more questions he has about who she really is though, especially when he realizes he is falling in love with her...

Would his father ever allow him to marry a maid though?

Long-hidden secrets have a way of finding their way into the light, and the truth will change everything... Tonia and Lukas never expected the feelings growing between them. Can they even escape the evil man holding them though? Will shocking revelations bring them closer than ever or tear them apart forever?

"True Love's Ransom" is a historical western romance novel of approximately 60,000 words. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a guaranteed happily ever after.