Following the discovery that her beloved fiance is a con artist, Lydia's heart is broken. Things go from bad to worse when her Aunt May dies unexpectedly, leaving Lydia to run their boarding-house alone. Broken hearted, she's unsure how she'll manage all by herself. After news breaks of the discovery of gold in California, Lydia makes the life changing decision to leave everything she's ever known and move to the other side of the country to start a new life. However, things aren't all smooth sailing as she finds herself traveling in the company of one Silas Jones, the mysterious stranger who revealed the truth about her former fiance. The enigmatic man is just as annoying as a fellow passenger as he was when he was a guest, but Lydia finds herself irresistibly drawn to him. What dark secrets is he hiding and what exactly does he want from Lydia? "Fortune Out West" is a series of romantic novels set in the Californian Gold Rush of the mid-19th century. "Don't Look Back," the second in the set of five, follows the life of Lydia Collins, as a chain of events leads her to question what it is she really wants - and with whom."