A beautiful ex-felon who's had her fill of men. A crotchety old ranch hand who loved and lost. A busy, lonely rancher facing a difficult summer.

Marketing degree in hand, Kate Neilson leaves a Pennsylvania penitentiary and heads for an internship on a Wyoming guest ranch determined to live a better life, despite others' attempts to drag her back into the pit.

Cyrus Moore, a longtime ranch hand embittered by the loss of women he once loved, vows to make life difficult for an "over-educated" new employee who resembles Susan, his daughter who left for college and never returned.

Tending the livestock and preparing for his guest ranch's summer season, which begins soon, occupy a good portion of Mike Duncan's thoughts and waking hours, yet loneliness plucks his heartstrings like a lost melody.

Winds of Hope is the prequel to the Kate Neilson Series, contemporary romantic suspense novels set on the Whispering Pines, a picturesque guest ranch. If you like engaging characters, vivid locations and high-octane action, you'll love Winds of Hope and the other Kate Neilson stories that follow-Winds of Wyoming, Winds of Freedom and Winds of Change.

"The Kate Neilson Series is full of second chances, new beginnings, sacrifice and love. Sit back and enjoy some great reading." Pat Cory