Liberating her Captive Heart by Elaine Shields

Mia has been in a quandary ever since her younger sister asked for her help in desperation. Being the sole support of her aging parents, she is torn between staying with them and leaving in aid of Abby. After making hasty arrangements and heading to her sister at Rosewood Ranch, she finds matters even worse than she imagined. Faced with her sister's misery and a fractured family in conflict, Mia's one glimmer of hope and comfort is a strange but charismatic cowboy she somehow keeps running into. As her attraction grows to him though, the air of mystery around him seems to get thicker and thicker... Chris has been living a lonely life, trying to stay safe from the family drama bound to follow him. Eager to avoid past trauma and new complications, he is content with his simple life near Rosewood Ranch. Upon meeting a graceful young woman in town one day though, everything changes and he starts to second guess his decisions. He soon realizes that pursuing Mia presents a surprising predicament he never anticipated, yet he can't bring himself to stay away from her. How can he fulfill his wish to see her again and again without revealing his true identity? Troubles for Mia and Chris seem to be mounting instead of dissipating. In order to resolve the tangled mess of difficulties at Rosewood Ranch, they will need to expose their true selves and accept one another as they are. How can they possibly untie the knots of so many complex relationships in order to find their own happiness? "Liberating her Captive Heart" is a historical western romance novel of approximately 80,000 words. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a guaranteed happily ever after.