Sold To The Cowboy To Escape The Gangster's Wrath — Emma Ashwood

Bethany May is in a situation, widowed and working for the biggest crook in town. A crook she happens to owe money too....when he proposes a solution she knows she has to escape. Bethany is a poor widow with a brood of hungry children to feed. In order to makes ends met she borrows money from the toughest crook in town. When he demands repayment Bethany needs a way out. Ted Starkey needs a bride...quickly. He places an advertisement in the paper, with the promise of $100 for anyone who would marry him. It was an offer too good to miss. But when Bethany arrives with her children out west she finds a problem. A rather big problem. What will Bethany do, stay as she promised or flee to safety somewhere else?