My Heart Turns Back — Oliver B. Patton

Here, in the tradition of The Big Sky and Centennial, is a passionate drama come to life in an unforgettable saga that crosses a continent to a frontier where savage conflict shaped the fate of a proud embattled people and a rapaciously expanding nation.

For lovely, flame-haired Brigid O'Donnel the West was escape from the streets of New York -- a perilous opportunity for a new life in a land where a woman was both a treasure and a target.

For Private Michael Brennan, the West meant a chance to redeem himself and regain his corporal's chevrons, rising as high as hard strength and hungering ambition would take him.