Patience Cavanaugh has lost hope in romance. The man she yearned to marry is dead and her dreams are gone with him. Now she is consumed with the restoration of a dilapidated boarding house in order to support herself. Despite her desire for solitude, Jedediah Jones, the local sheriff with a reputation for hanging criminals, becomes an ever-looming part of her life. It seems like such a simple arrangement: Patience needs someone with a strong back to help her fix up the boardinghouse, and Jedediah needs a dependable source of food for himself and his prisoners. But Patience gets more than she bargained for as she explores the depths of the “hanging lawman”–and finds both betrayal and love.
With a keen eye to historical detail and a deft hand at romantic tension, Maggie Brendan invites readers to a Montana gold rush boomtown, where vices and virtues are on full display and love is lying in wait.
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Summary
Marshal Jedidiah Jones doesn\'t know whether to be irritated or impressed with the lovely young owner of the local boardinghouse when she rudely interrupts a local arrest. However, when she shows up at the jail the following day with a delicious peace offering and a bumbling attempt at humility and apology, she most definitely catches his attention. When was the last time that a woman caught the eye of Jedidiah Jones? Patience Cavanaugh has expended tireless hours and endless energy into restoring her late grandmother\'s boardinghouse in Nevada City, optimistic that the gold rush town will one day be a bustling city upon completion of the railroad. There has been no time for empty flirtations, especially with handsome, rugged lawmen, . . . . .until now. What is it about Marshal Jones that has her running into him; literally, on so many occasions? Unfortunately when it appears that these two might come to a pleasant agreement, an ironic twist of fate leaves Patience wondering just what kind of trouble she is really in. Surrounded by pleasant characters and a lovely historical setting, these two heroines will have to overcome past regrets in order to arrive at their future. Enjoy every page of \"The Trouble with Patience\"!
Drug & Alcohol: Very small mention; saloons were commonplace in western towns.