Tess Thompson

The Problem Child Tess Thompson

He's wanted Cymbeline Barnes more than anything, but can his one-time nemesis put aside their differences for a chance at love?

Cymbeline Barnes has been waiting for a grand adventure. When the town competition is announced she sees it as her chance to spread her wings, even if people think she's wild and rebellious. But when she learns that the competition is for men only her hopes are dashed. Should she give into societal pressure and do what most women do now? Marry a man of fine standing and have children? After all, it's only her pride that's keeping her from admitting that she's fallen in love with Victor Olofsson.

Victor Olofsson has it all. A university degree. A job at Emerson Pass Bank. A new cottage of his own. What he doesn't have is Cymbeline Barnes - his former enemy but now the love of his life. When he learns of her disappointment about the town competition, he thinks he may have a way to win her heart for good.

Family saga meets clean and swoony romance in this fourth installment of Tess Thompson's bestselling Emerson Pass Historical Series. Fall into the past for a heartwarming escape into the American frontier during the roaring twenties.