Klondike Doctor
"All you have to do is pretend I'm your sister," she said.
Frustrated, Sergeant Colton Hunter of the North-West Mounted Police stared at the bold young woman sitting across from him in the first-class compartment of the train. Her posture stiffened. Colt pressed his shoulder to the velvet drapes of the rumbling window and assessed her money-bought looks.
"Miss, I can no more pretend you're my sister than I can pretend you're my maid."
"Try harder. You can start with the name. It's not Miss. It's not Doctor. It's Elizabeth. Just plain Elizabeth."
There was nothing plain about her, yet there was no way on earth he wanted to be stuck with Dr. Elizabeth Langley. to her father, knew otherwise. He would never trust her again. What she'd done to him in his personal life had been reckless. Maybe accidental, but reckless nonetheless.
And now this.
The morning sun billowed over the Coast Mountains of British Columbia, through their window, and lit the red sleeve of his Mountie uniform. They'd only been riding east for fifteen minutes and were still making stops on the outskirts of Vancouver when Colt stood up and slid the aisle door clo ... read full excerpt from Klondike Doctor ebook
