Ezra’s fiancé passes away, but never fear, mother will have him another debutante to wed in no time while he works at his father’s bank! Ezra decides to give out West and live with his uncle on his ranch. His uncle is also very wealthy and trains sled dogs for wealthy clients. He asks Ezra to take some dogs up to the ranch’s cabin (very fancy, large cabin with all of the modern amenities). Anna Clarke is married to the most hateful and abusive man she can imagine. He was not like this when he asked her to marry him. They owned a mercantile, but one day he flung the door open and told to pack asap, only bringing the bare necessities; that he had sold their home, their store and their animals, except her chickens. They were leaving to join a wagon train to pan gold in California. He stakes a claim and comes home irritable every night. Anna becomes pregnant and wishes her baby would have a decent father. One day he comes home loaded with gold nuggets, telling Anna they are rich and for her to sew the nuggets quickly into the bottom of her skirt hem and get in their pantry, which had an invisible hiding spot in it. She heard men, yelling, and gunshots. When she finally comes out of hiding much later, her husband is lying dead on the floor. Anna gathers a few things and rides away on her husband’s horse. A blizzard comes on and she tries to stay along the tree line for protection. Ezra’s dogs start barking and whining, so Ezra takes Brutus, the lead dog toward where they were looking. He finds a young, beautiful, and very pregnant woman lying in the snow. Apparently, she had hit her head. He carries her in to his house and starts getting her warmed up, even though she was unconscious. The rest of this very well written story is about Anna and Ezra, and it is fantastic! I hope you can get this book for yourself!! I was on the ar team, and this is my honest review and opinion.