Chapter 1

Holt Perry was a man on the run. But when he stopped for supplies in the small town of Buffalo Hollow, he found a family in even more desperate straits than him. Lizzie Tate's father had fallen ill several months ago, leaving the running of the store and the care of her little sister to her. Now winter approached, and their fuel supply was dangerously low. Holt promised to help the Tates, but as he spends time with Lizzie and her family, he finds himself wanting something more impossible than freedom…a place to call home.