River of Tomorrow, Wabash River Series

A teacher must face a harsh reality on the Illinois frontier before she can dare to love in this historical romance by a New York Times–bestselling author.

“Again and again in compelling love stories, Dorothy Garlock writes of unforgettable characters who tamed the frontier.” —RT Book Reviews

Behind her proper schoolmarm ways, sunny blond, Mercy, was the same sassy spitfire she had been as a child. An orphan raised by the Quill family with her foster brother Danny, she had always had a quick temper and often needed the loving protection of her big brother. Now she was a woman—and running to Danny again.

Two Kentucky bounders had ridden into town with a stunning secret about Mercy’s past, one that could separate Mercy and Daniel forever. Surrounded by danger, she would recognize her desperate hunger to have Danny claim her, not as a sister, but as his wife. She knew he would stand by her against a town’s cruel whispers and fight against an enemy who wanted her dead. But if she dared to declare her love, would he respond with his dependable brotherly kindness—and break her heart?