Book Two – The Misfit Series. She must live for today . . . The finest doctors in Manhattan have told Claire Holladay she’d be lucky to live until September. Determined to savor every moment, the beautiful young journalist hides her illness and heads for the open skies of Denver, escorted by her uncle’s trusted employee, handsome ex-outlaw Billy West. En route, she survives kidnapping by gunslingers, thanks to Billy’s daring rescue, but soon faces something even more dangerous: love. Billy’s touch makes her yearn to surrender, but the secret she holds can only break both their hearts. … And dream of tomorrow. Billy knows Claire is way out of his league the first time he sees her. She’s Beautiful, cultured and way too rich for his blood. But somewhere between New York and Denver, she steals his heart. Somehow, he has to make Claire take a chance on a man with nothing to his name—and show her how love can work miracles that last a lifetime.