Fated Beginnings

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Is it possible for two strangers, scarred physically and emotionally, to trust each other with their hearts?In 1884, a few years after a flash fire marred Jayson McKay's once flawless face he finds himself living on his family's ranch in the Montana Territory, longing for a normal life. Since the accident, he harbors no hope of ever starting a family. After all, what woman would ever consider marrying a disfigured man, such as himself?When a friend writes to him of a young pregnant woman from a good home who needs a husband to provide a name for her baby, Jayson is hopeful yet skeptical of such an arrangement. What would prevent her from taking his name and returning to Boston, shattering his dream of raising his own family?Allison Munroe is desperate when the father of her unborn child-the man she'd hoped to marry-jilts her to save his inheritance. Unwilling to bring shame upon her family, she agrees to travel across the country to wed a stranger.Allison soon discovers she is ill-prepared to live on a ranch out West and must rely on her determination and courage to get her through the uncertainty of her marriage, the novelty of her new life, and the ever-present dangers that plague an untamed land. Thrown together as a couple, they struggle to guard against their building attraction and flaming desires. Can they put their painful pasts behind and mend their broken hearts?