Montana Shootists — Sandra Cox

Abby loved David all her life.Growing up she went everywhere he did. When he joined the Marines she did too.Then disaster struck.After leaving the Marines, she returns to the family ranch in Montana hoping to heal her shattered heart.On a ride into the foothills she sees something glowing in the side of the mountain. When she goes to investigate she discovers a fist-sized sapphire that turns her already fragile world upside down.Jake Barrow is a part-time gambler, full-time hired gun. His decisions are based on hunches and the turn of a card. He's in the foothills when a young woman comes tumbling down the mountain. Unsure whether Lady Luck has dealt him a good hand or a bad, he takes one look at the beauty at his feet and doesn't need to shuffle the deck to know she's his destiny.