"The sun opened spots of color through the dawn"s rising steam. The geese had come and gone now. The frost bit the valley floors and left its cold mark on the earth. Some days the blue tones in heaven made Laurel"s spirit bright, but with the dreary days before winter she would find herself saddened from her accident. She hated being stuck in bed with everyone doting on her so. She couldn"t sneak a moment outside. From the window of her room she could watch the vivid hues in the trees turn with fall." Laurel Whitley lives in a time when roles are defined and life on the untamed western frontier is rugged and harsh. Laurel faces her days with confidence, hard work, and a simple satisfaction with her self-built reputation as a tough and able cowgirl. But when Laurel begins to feel the pull of mixed emotions of who she is, where she belongs, and proving herself as a woman she must walk the path set before her to fulfill a higher calling. Faced with emotional and physical...