Shot Through the Heart — Mercy Celeste

The year is 1876 and Alayne Murray is alone. Her parents deceased, no close extended family. All she has left is her family farm and hope that her twin brother is alive somewhere out west.

Texas in 1876 is no place for a woman alone. Alayne cuts her hair and dresses in her brother's clothes. With no one but herself to depend upon, she journeys west to find her brother or her brother's grave.

Garth Burnett is a gunslinger with no future. He signed on to help a local sheriff keep the peace in a small town never realizing that there was nothing but peace to keep. Bored out of his mind and longing for the wilder side of life he'd left behind he plans to pick up and leave Harmony…one of these days.

Except this kid with a sob story about his missing brother lands at his feet. And the sheriff has gone missing. And things just aren't as dull as they once were, with Lane Murray around to fight with.

Distracted and angry Garth misses what's right in front of his eyes. The kid, isn't just missish, he's a Miss. One determined to get her man. If it kills them both.



From the wilds of Texas to a New Orleans mansion, Alayne takes Garth on a wild ride that is never quite what it seems.



Warning: This isn't your ordinary girl posing as boy meets man of her dreams historical. Beware of triggers including graphic violence and sexual situations.

101,000 words. 306 real pages.