A Soft Kiss in Autumn
She hears the world differently.
He’s certain he has nothing to offer.
But the Montana wilderness has its own plans.
Daisy Campbell has never let her disability hold her back. Deaf since childhood, she’s learned to read lips and holds her own in a world she cannot hear. But nothing prepares her for the peril that strikes on the dusty road to the train station, when the stagecoach she’s riding is ambushed by bandits—and she finds herself stranded in the vast wilderness with the one man she wished would never see her afraid.
Clay Baxter has loved Daisy from the shadows, believing a woman as bright and hopeful as her deserves far more than a poor cowhand with empty pockets and a past he’d rather forget. Escorting her to the train station was supposed to be a chance for him to say goodbye. Instead, danger throws them together, and surviving the wilds of Montana becomes their only mission… even as his feelings for her blaze hotter with every stolen glance.
Reaching Butte should have meant safety, but the bustling mining town offers them no shelter and no way home. With Daisy relying on him more than ever, Clay accepts work at the livery stable to earn them enough money to return to Silver Falls. But steady pay comes with a price: it ties him to a future where Daisy continues on to the life she deserves… without him.
Yet Daisy sees more in Clay than the hardships that have shaped him. And when the truth of his feelings for her comes to light, she’ll have to decide whether to fight for the man who’s spent his whole life believing he isn’t worthy—or let him walk away forever.
In a land where danger is constant and love is a gamble, two hearts must choose between duty, desire, and the chance to finally belong.
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