Stranded in Deadwood

 Aunt Liv had warned her about Deadwood."e;Such a rough and tumble town,"e; her aunt had said. "e;You shouldn't be taking this trip alone. It's no place for someone as young and pretty as you."e;  Amy had almost laughed. More than once, she'd heard the girls at school say she was plain. That was then. She'd given up on being a wife and a mother when she passed her twenty-second birthday. Andrew Reese, however thought differently. Wondering what such a lovely young woman was doing in a place such as Deadwood, he knew what usually happened to young women who were stranded here. And he was determined it wouldn't happen to her. Publisher's note:  This novella was previously published in the Anthology entitledLost and Found in Deadwood, in April of 2023.