The book was AWFUL.

I was promised a strong, independent woman, and was delivered another woman trying to be something else, more 'womanly'. The sheriff is a macho man, who is waiting the peferct wife wo cook, sew, and wash, and had sex every time he wants. And stays safely at home and do what he says. Ugh, let me gag.

I love you, too, more than I can ever show you.”
“You just showed me in the best way possible. You gave me a son.”

WTF?

Josephine Shafter ( Longworth), is a Bounty Hunter and trained by her father. He was the best of them. He also trained her brother and the two men would go and do some hunting. Her mother wanted her to learn how to cook and do other womanly chores. But she never got the chance. Billy Jackson a criminal, came to their home and killed all but her. She had been hunting. She spent five years hunting them and she caught them all. With Billy being the last.
Sam Longworth was also a Bounty Hunter but now he was a sheriff. His first wife left him. He did not think he could love again. But he wanted a family. He sent off for a mail-order bride. They had chosen each other. The man escaped on his way to prison. He wanted Jo dead or alive(soon to be dead). So he came to their town and tried to kill her, several times.
I enjoyed this story. There were good times and bad. I liked where she and Sam did things together.
It was nice watching them get closer together and how the people of the town accepted her and were a support base for them. It was heartwarming and encouraging. The tale was also exciting and you felt a little anxious for them.
I received this ARC from Net Galley and voluntarily reviewed it.

Sadly, this one was a DNF. I just couldn't get into the book.

Jo Shafter was a bounty hunter but once she had her family's murderer behind bars, she headed for the Montana Territory and met up with her soon to be husband. She was mail order bride and she wanted what marriage offered but she just couldn't tell her husband that she was a bounty hunter.

Sam Longworth was the sheriff of a small town in Montana. He had advertised for a mail order bride and he was expecting her to arrive on the stagecoach. They married and had planned to live happily ever after but the man who murdered Jo's family escaped and came after her. She couldn't rest until he was back in prison or dead.

Would Jo and Sam ever be able to get their happily ever after or were they destined to be defined by their lies to one another?

I was given a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Honestly, I had a hard time getting into this book. The story seemed stiff and, at times, disjointed. I couldn't seem to get invested in the characters and what was happening in their lives. There was a some descriptive sex scenes and while they were not too graphic, it didn't feel like they fit the story.