They had to find themselves before they could find each other.
Iris endured the humiliation of standing alone at the altar, but she would not believe Baxter deserted her. Even after Father told her he paid Baxter a $1000 to leave her, Iris believed in the love she and Baxter had for one another. She just had to find him.
Baxter Dalton almost the third couldn’t believe his misfortune. That Iris’s father would have him bound and on a freight wagon bound for Arizona was bad enough. That her father had crammed a thousand dollars in his jacket to leave Iris was disgusting. That her father told Iris he’d left for the money even worse. But the worst part was he still had the money. He needed to face the truth.
Rand Ketcham had no desire to hunt down anyone. No. He wasn’t interested for money or fortune. But when he returns home and finds his mother-in-law in town, things quickly change and he’s on a quest for Iris.