About This Book
Determined to escape her stepfather's cruelty and drinking, twenty-two year old Elizabeth O Hara takes off from Boston with her young brother and sister for Welcome, Montana, an idyllic community, according to an article she s read in the newspaper.
Unfortunately, Elizabeth soon discovers the article is a fabrication. Out of money and seeking work, she disguises herself as a nun and enters a rundown saloon. There she meets Ben Ricker, a local rancher and author of the truth-stretching news article.
Ben hires Sister Elizabeth as a cook to help his grandmother,who is going blind. Much to his chagrin, he quickly discovers she knows nothing about cooking and even less about life on a ranch. But he can't bring himself to dismiss her and the children with nowhere else to go, and he's reluctantly drawn to her beauty and spunk.
Meanwhile, things at the ranch go from bad to worse. Someone is cutting fences and spooking Ben's herd, setbacks that force him to take a loan on hard terms from local banker Ward Metcalf.
Ward and Ben have loathed each other since boyhood, and the banker can t wait to take the ranch when as he expects Ben fails to make payment on time. Worse yet, Ben spots a Wanted poster offering a reward for Elizabeth O Hara, Boston socialite turned kidnapper and thief. Then a dead body turns up on the ranch, and catastrophe threatens everything Ben and Elizabeth hold dear.
Amid growing danger, this unlikely couple must learn to trust and love each other. Promise Me Forever is a love story with memorable characters sure to touch readers hearts.
