Hattie of Crooked Creek (Crooked Creek #2)
M.K. McClintock, Lorraine Fico-White
Married three months before the war and now a widow, Harriett McBride can either give up and sell her ranch or fight for the life she and her husband came west to build. With the help of a friend and a stranger, she must stop the one who threatens all she holds dear. When Hattie is faced with an unexpected choice, will she bury her heart on the battlefield forever or find a way to love again?
HATTIE OF CROOKED CREEK is the second short story installment of the Crooked Creek series set in post-Civil War Montana.
Western short story approximately 10,500 words.