Lost Souls Escaping Dark Times by Ellen Knightley

Eager to support her brother, Serena Olsen has put her life on hold and accompanied him as he drives a stagecoach across the barren deserts of Texas. Although she sometimes has rushing thoughts of what it would be like to fall in love, and have everything her heart desires, hard reality takes every hope she has. However, when their stagecoach is attacked by a group of bandits and Serena is taken hostage, she notices one man among them who might not be like the others... Can she really trust her own captor to be her guardian? After the death of his older brother, Luka Finley becomes a sheriff's deputy and devotes his life to protecting and serving others in the small town of Brenton. When he is asked to get recruited by a notorious gang and collect enough evidence for their arrest, he accepts without hesitation. What he didn't expect though is that on his first mission he will have to kidnap a beautiful and brave young woman, Serena. Will her presence make him devote himself to her safety and endanger his mission? The perilous state they find themselves in, seems to be drawing them together, rather than pushing them apart. How will they admit their growing attraction while surrounded by danger? Will they find the courage to overcome the boundaries forced by others or will they lose their chance at true love? "Lost Souls Escaping Dark Times" is a historical western romance novel of approximately 60,000 words. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a guaranteed happily ever after.