Copper Hearts by Renée Gendron, release April 15, 2025
A young widow is determined to forget her way in the world. A man is determined to rebuild.
Never again will Muriel Calhoun trust her heart and the fate of her children to another man. Widowed after five years of marriage and left penniless, she has worked until her aches have aches. Determined to provide for her children, she starts a business, only to have criminals rob her of her savings. Worse yet, a mild-mannered businessman with a shy smile and haunted eyes threatens to steal her heart.
Her future and heart have never seemed so uncertain.
Howard Alfred Theodore Francis Padden III can’t escape the tragic day that claimed fifteen lives. He enjoys quiet, early morning conversations with a widowed cook in a boarding house, and soon, the bruised edges of his heart begin to heal. Set out to atone for his past, he sets out on a business venture only to become the target of a conspiracy. If he tells her who he is, she’ll never forgive him. Can their love withstand the tragedies that brought them together?
Copper Hearts is a historical western slow burn romance featuring a widow with young children, a fish out of water, rich/poor, and a wounded hero with a secret past who uncover a criminal conspiracy. Copper Hearts is medium heat, and the author uses British spelling.