Once A Dreamer — Rebecca Goings

When her adoptive mother dies in a bank shootout, orphan Karina Vadislav is sent to live with Patrick Baker, her uncle in Dodge City, Kansas. After years of abuse, she flees, meeting Benjamin Sawyer, a gambler with a sordid past.  He agrees to help her claim her inheritance in Topeka, posing as her husband to keep her safe. But there are men who are out for Ben's blood and will stop at nothing to see him dead.  Coupled with Karina's bloodthirsty uncle, neither of them is safe on the trail. When bullets fly and truths are revealed, will Ben and Karina's fragile love survive the ultimate betrayal?