This Life She Chose

About this book

Some dreams require leaving everything else behind.Fleeing an arranged marriage to a cruel English lord, Lady Elizabeth Wellington abandons everything she has ever known for the promise of a new beginning in the untamed American West. Armed with little more than courage and the dream of becoming a schoolteacher, she arrives in the tiny Montana settlement of New Prospects determined to build a life that is finally her own.Rancher Garret Steele has no patience for privileged ladies-or for the beautiful Englishwoman who unexpectedly arrives at his doorstep. Widowed and fiercely devoted to his young daughter, he has learned that love only leads to heartache. The sooner Miss Wellington returns to England, the better.But Beth has no intention of going back. As she struggles to earn her teaching certificate and prove she belongs, Garret begins to glimpse the real strength hidden beneath her refined manners. Yet the memories each carries threaten the fragile connection growing between them. Beth fears the past she escaped may still find her, while Garret must decide whether protecting his heart is worth losing the very woman who has begun to heal it.Two wounded souls, discovering the life God calls them to is seldom the one they expected.