"Desperation and redemption in this Wild West romance."

Desperate times call for desperate measures, and at this exact moment, Cassandra Logan is desperate. Her no-good, cheating husband is dead and she is eight months pregnant with their child. On top of that, her sinister landlord wants the rent paid in ways that no good girl would ever dream of doing. After a horrible struggle with the creep that ended with him lying on the floor of her shack with a huge dent in his head, Cassandra knew it was time for life- changing action. Her salvation comes in the form of a missing person's notice in the newspaper. Ryan Tolliver, a wealthy rancher's son, is missing, presumed dead, and as fate would have it, he was the spitting image of Cassandra's late husband. Gathering her courage and composing a complex web of white lies, she sets out for the Tolliver ranch, hoping they will take her in. Will her lies help her to make a better life for her child or will they backfire and put her and her babe in harm's way once again?

Morgan Tolliver had decided a long time ago that the best way to protect his heart was to shut it off forever. But when a scrawny young mother-to-be finds her way to the family ranch with an impossible story to tell, he finds the bolted door to his heart has swung open just a bit. He knew Cassandra had to be lying about her relationship with his brother, but somehow her need for protection and safety outweighed Morgan's good judgment and he allows her to stay while he checked out her story. As he gets to know the spunky lass better, and sees how she charms everyone she meets with her natural goodness and kindness, Morgan finds himself falling hard for the little liar. Could he overlook her past transgressions in order to find a lasting love of his own?

Elizabeth Lane's gift of storytelling is in full bloom with her new novel, WYOMING WIDOW. Her characters are multi- dimensional, allowing the reader to "get to know" these people and to care for them and their situations. This is a delicious story of deceit, redemption, and everlasting love that will leave readers with a wonderful sense of well- being in the end.

Reviewed by Sharon Galligar Chance
Posted April 15, 2003

Summary

Desperate times called for desperate measures.... And widow Cassandra Logan was as desperate as they come. Who could blame her for the audacious falsehood she told for the sake of her baby? No one — except maybe straight-arrow rancher Morgan Tolliver, who had every right to distrust her lying ways!

When his passion outpaced his suspicions, Morgan knew he was in trouble. After all, Cassandra had suddenly appeared at the ranch carrying nothing but a trunkful of lies. So when exactly had he dismissed her deceit and accepted the truth of his love?