Raylan Covy had it pretty good. He emerged from dangerous careers as a US Marshal and hired gun unscathed and wealthy. Never looking back, his ambitions turned to different challenges. He became a successful respected business owner in the exciting wilds of Alaska during the gold rush. What more could a man expect out of life? Then a voice from his past that had been calling to him for over ten years reaches him in the form of letters written by the only woman he had ever loved. Rachel Vale defied conventional mores of the late 1800s. At twenty she inherited Canyon Creek Ranch in Wyoming from her father and made his dream for its success a reality. Her vibrant beauty and passion for this land of horses drew Raylan in for a romance that was fast and deep as the river that coursed through it. But with his youthful appetite for adventure and fear of losing his freedom, he rode out of her life. The promise to return was never fulfilled. The letters she writes over the ensuing years reveal her anxious watch for his return, the progress and struggles of her ranch, her enduring patience and fidelity. But the most startling revelation is yet to come. The possibility that he has lost out on a thing he didn't know he had brings him to a crossroads in his life. He must go home to Canyon Creek. Home to Canyon Creek is the first book in The Canyon Creek Ranch Series, followed by Maggie's Way, Captured Heart and Aurora's Song.