One minute she was headed for a vacation out west. The next, Anne Faraday was swept up by the force of a twister and tossed back in time to 1851 Wyoming. Wandering dazed through the land of blue skies and sagebrush, she's rescued by rugged Luke McCord -- and finds herself riding a wagon train to Oregon, headed for a future of adventure, danger, and a love that will defy the boundaries of time.

The Man Who Would Claim Her Future

Luke didn't know what to make of the oddly dressed woman he found half-dead in the middle of Indian country. But she stirred his senses deeply, and one thing was certain -- the only safe place for an unattached woman on the Oregon trail was with a man. Now he's determined to keep this feisty, confounding, and desirable female by his side -- as his wife. And even though a temporary marriage was all he proposed, each day brought him closer to the desire to keep her with him forever...