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Synopsis
Etta Grey arrives in Silver City with her young daughter to claim the land her late husband left her. Expecting only hardship and loneliness, she is surprised when the scarred rancher on the neighboring property offers his help. As their children grow fast friends, Etta finds herself drawn to the guarded man’s eyes, and to the fragile hope that loving him might mean risking her heart once more. Peter Donovan has spent years honoring the memory of the wife he once loved, raising her sons as his own while ignoring whispers about his motives. Determined never to love again, he keeps his heart firmly closed until the brave widow next door begins to change everything he believed was sealed away. Danger arrives in the form of a charming kinsman who covets the twins’ inheritance. When lies spread and the children are placed in peril, Etta and Peter must stand together against betrayal and fear and decide whether to remain bound to the past or fight for the promise of love and the family they could become. Tropes: Widower Hero, Widow Heroine, Second Chance at Love, Forced Proximity "Beyond the Widow's Fence" is a historical romance novel of approximately 67,000 words. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a guaranteed happily ever after.
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Is Beyond the Widow's Fence: A Historical Western Romance Novel (Courageous Hearts of the West) appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
A sweet historical romance with mild peril involving threats to children and themes of grief and loss from deceased spouses. Closed-door romance with no explicit content.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, mild sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include child harm, death of spouse, and grief.
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Who'll love this
Teen readers who enjoy clean historical romances will appreciate the sweet love story between two widowed parents protecting their children.