Vows in the Dust: A Marriage of Convenience on the Western Frontier

When Clara Whitmore boards a train to the rough frontier, she brings more than trunks of dresses and family expectations she brings the weight of a vow she never wanted. Promised to a stranger, she arrives to find her new husband anything but welcoming. James McGraw, worn down by loss and hard land, never asked for a wife. He certainly didn’t want a refined woman from Boston stepping into his ranch and his world.

Yet a quick ceremony ties them together, and what starts as stubborn clashes soon stirs something harder to ignore. Clara won’t fade into the background, challenging James at every turn, while James resists the pull of her fire even as it pulls him closer. Anger sparks, laughter slips in when neither expects it, and the storms outside are nothing compared to the ones building inside their walls.

When rustlers and betrayal threaten the ranch, they have no choice but to stand side by side or lose everything. Desire burns hot under the frontier sun, but trust proves harder to build than fences or herds.

Can two people bound by duty find the strength to choose each other for real?

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Their struggle for love is echoed in every era, binding them to others who dared to want more than history allowed.

In a land shaped by struggle and ambition, where freedom clashed with conquest, love was never simple. New World Passions follows couples caught between loyalty and desire, tradition and change, survival and surrender. From hidden encounters on wild frontiers to quiet secrets traded in glittering ballrooms, each story shows how desire can flare brightest in the hardest of times. Every book brings its own tale of longing and defiance, yet together they create a larger tapestry love pushing against history’s rules, refusing to disappear.

Will these stories linger long after the last page is turned?

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Release date

Ebook: 16 September 2025