Frontier Woman

by Joan Johnston

The prequel to The New York Times bestseller The Cowboy. Sprawling 1840s Texas comes alive in the hands of Joan Johnston, New York Times bestselling author on The Cowboy and The Texan. Introducing the unforgettable Creed Dynasty transporting us back to a wild, lawless frontier, Frontier Woman brings us a stirring, passionate story of Texas Ranger Jarette Creed and the free-spirited beauty who captures his heart ... a woman sworn to love no man ... Captured by Comanches as a boy, Jarette Creed grew to manhood torn between two worlds. But with the young republic under siege from ravaging Mexican armies and marauding Indian tribes alike, he made his choice. Now, as a secret government mission brings the Texas Ranger to lovely Cricket Stewart's door, he must choose again. The youngest daughter of a wealthy gentleman planter, Cricket lives life as she pleases and vows never to be a wife to any man. Until the day Jarette Creed saves her from avenging Comanches... by claiming her as his bride