When you are near
(Book)

After her father's death, Lizzy Brookstone, the star trick rider of the all-female Brookstone Wild West Extravaganza, loses interest in performing. What she longs for is a life with the Brookstone ranch foreman, Wesley DeShazer, the man who once broke her heart. Meanwhile, Jason Adler, son of the show's new financial partner, comes to help with the show, and Lizzy soon finds him vying for her affection. Ella Fleming is fleeing a forced engagement when she stows away on the Brookstone train. Lizzy finds her and gives her a job in the costume department, but Ella has a dangerous secret that could affect all of their lives, as well as the future of the Brookstone Extravaganza. When Mary Reichert, a former sharpshooter for the show, learns that her brother, August, has been killed at the Fleming farm, she refuses to believe it was an accident. She returns to the show to find the truth, but is she seeking justice or vengeance?--

1900. Lizzy Brookstone, star trick rider of the all-female Brookstone Wild West Extravaganza, takes over management of the traveling show after her father's death. Working with Wesley DeShazer, the man who once broke her heart, and Jason Adler, her financial partner, she is soon torn between the two men. Ella Fleming, fleeing a forced betrothal, stows away on the train and is given a job in the costume department. Mary Reichert, a former sharpshooter for the show, refuses to believe the death of her brother, August, was an accident and returns to the show for the truth. As the train travels coast to coast, they must work together to save the show-- and each other. -- adapted from back cover and perusal of book