In the stifling town of Promise Creek, tucked amid the Cascade Mountains, Olivia Morse's only future is a loveless marriage for the sake of security. Or at least that is what her mother implies.Olivia has plans that include her beloved horse Nugget and other horses to raise and train. The last thing she wants is to be bound and chained in a forced marriage.Refusing to be caged and under a man's dominance, Olivia sets her sights on a different inheritance, the lost gold of her notorious outlaw grandfather. But as she gets closer to the truth, she realizes the town's charming new schoolteacher is a deadly imposter on the same trail. Her quest for freedom has turned into a high-stakes battle for her life in the unforgiving mountains.
