Miranda Carmichael is looking for a husband, and she’s getting desperate. With the end of the Civil War and the rumored gold in her hometown, Cottonwood, California, young men are everywhere, but none of them seem interested in Miranda. After four years of searching for a man to settle down with, her standards have fallen so low that not even being in love matters anymore. All she needs is a man who’s willing to marry her and let her start the family she’s always dreamed of. When she finally feels herself getting close to a young banker new to town, an old crush threatens to ruin everything. Will she settle for the life she’s always wanted with a man she’ll never love ? Or risk it all for the man she’s always loved that left her broken hearted once before ?
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