A Voice in the Wilderness

Margaret Earle's journey to begin her life as a schoolteacher in Arizona takes a terrifying turn when she disembarks at the wrong stop in the dead of night. Lost in desert wilderness, surrounded by dark sagebrush and the howls of coyotes, she faces her own mortality, and then encounters a drunken stranger whose intentions seem darker than the landscape itself. Running blindly from one danger into another, Margaret wonders if she'll survive until dawn. Then Lance Gardley rides out of the darkness. A rugged cowboy with a kind heart and steady hands, Lance becomes her protector and guide through the unforgiving Arizona territory. But what begins as survival deepens into something neither expected. Grace Livingston Hill crafts a tender romance against the dramatic backdrop of the American frontier, where isolation strips away pretense and reveals the truest parts of a human heart. For readers who believe love can be found in the most unlikely places.