Hangtown Hearts: Love in Gold Country - Paperback

by Virginia Hull Welch (Author)

A dangerous frontier. A vanished sister. Two men who could change everything.
California, 1850. Madeline Whittaker arrives in Hangtown with nothing left but her younger sister and the ashes of her broken heart. Swindled and stranded in the roughest mining camp in the West, she clings to one dream: return to Independence and claim her late uncle's medical clinic.
But when her sister mysteriously disappears, Madeline's plans collapse into peril. Desperate for help, she finds an ally in Jesse Garry, the steadfast hotel manager whose loyalty runs as deep as the frontier itself. Just as Madeline begins to trust him, Jesse's powerful uncle steps forward with his own offer: security, wealth, and a new life in glittering San Francisco.
Two men. One impossible choice. And a future that could cost Madeline everything-her family, her dreams, and her heart.
Perfect for fans of Francine Rivers and Laura Frantz, Hangtown Hearts is a sweeping historical romance of grit, passion, and the untamed West.