STORY OF A LIFETIME
Wyatt Fielding wasnât just handsome. He was ridiculously gorgeous. So if more snow meant more time stranded in the Wind River mountains with him, Alex Dorney hoped it would never stop. For a New York journalist, two days trapped in a tent in a Wyoming blizzard should have been torture. But this was quickly becoming the bestâand most importantâstory of Alexâs life.
When Alex descended upon his camp, Wyatt was beyond stunned. Her breathtaking blonde beauty seemed out of place in the rugged landscapeâbut she was proving more resourceful, and intriguing, by the hour. His attraction came on stronger and more suddenly than the squall raging outside. But he didnât know this woman. And she didnât know his past...
REBECCA WINTERS, whose family of four children has now swelled to include five beautiful grandchildren, lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, in the land of the Rocky Mountains. Living near canyons and high alpine meadows full of wildflowers, she never runs out of places to explore. They, plus her favorite vacation spots in Europe, often end up as backgrounds for her romance novels, because writing is her passion, along with her family and church.
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ISBN: 978-1-474-07781-1
STRANDED WITH THE RANCHER
© 2018 Rebecca Winters
Published in Great Britain 2018
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To all the fearless sheepherders who live through sun, wind, rain, snow, sleet and blizzards in the Rocky Mountains tending the ewes and rams. They make it possible for us to have warm linings in our coats and delicious lamb roasts on our tables. Itâs an amazing world of beautiful creatures all its own. I was happy to see a little part of it.
Chapter One
Wyatt Fielding exhaled slowly and straightened his back, then knocked on the lawyerâs open door. âMr. Derrick? Your secretary told me to come in.â
âOf course, Mr. Fielding. Please sit down.â
âThank you.â
âCan I offer you tea, coffee, a soft drink?â
âNothing, thanks,â Wyatt said. Though a cool drink would have been refreshing in the August heat, he wasnât sure he could stomach anything at the moment.
âIâm sorry I couldnât see you until today. I had business out of town all week.â
âI understand. When I made inquiries about who was the best attorney in Wyoming, your name came up many times. As I told you on the phone last week, mine isnât truly a criminal case, but what happened to me felt criminal at the time. I left a retainer with your secretary.â
The other man nodded. âGo ahead and tell me your story. Iâm recording our conversation.â
Wyatt cleared his throat, swallowing past the dry lump there. âEleven years ago I graduated from high school in Whitebark, Wyoming.â