Wes Payton

As a young woman, Reb lost her fiancé in the Civil War. After years of living a lonely life as a schoolteacher in Chicago, she accepts an invitation to stay with her well-to-do sister and brother-in-law in the boomtown of Tombstone. Life in Tombstone is not what she expects as she is continually surprised by the luxuries to be had in the desert town where she meets historical figures as well as a man with a mysterious past. Their adventures continue in Leadville where they befriend an Irish poet touring the Wild West.
After the harrowing events of the previous year, they hope that 1882 will bring peace and prosperity.and perhaps a wedding. However, an old enemy returns and plots to ruin it all. Will the help of their unlikely new friend be enough to save them?