The Winds of Autumn by Susan Rounds

A captivating story of forbidden love, passion, and betrayal set against the sweeping backdrop of the American West.

The War of the Rebellion is over, but the past still haunts Mariah Renwick. Perhaps that’s why she’s so quick to fall under the spell of the dashing Lieutenant Nathan Lawton, a man whose sights are set on revenge, a new life out West, and his claim to the Renwick fortune. With Mariah torn between desire and duty, only fate knows if she will survive her epic westward journey that shows no mercy.

When the visionary businessman Julian Marquette steps back into Mariah’s life, he’s in a desperate fight to secure a bank loan to construct the Transcontinental Railroad, certain it will improve not only his own circumstances but that of the entire nation. Julian is disciplined, passionate, a man of conviction … and he’s been secretly in love with Mariah since the day he first met her.

Now that Mariah is faced with an untrustworthy husband who’s only after her family’s money, any chance at a happily ever after seems impossible … until an unexpected moment with Julian takes them both by storm.

Will Julian fight against all odds for the woman he loves, or is all hope lost?

If you adore sweeping sagas, epic historical backdrops, and impossible love that defies all odds, you will get lost in the pages of this forbidden love story full of longing, betrayal, and romance for the ages.