Maggie escapes to an old mining town in the Colorado Rockies to rehearse her dreams of becoming a free-spirited writer. Her life changes, but not as she expects. Her natural clumsiness throws her into the arms of Rarick, a wealthy rancher, who does not appear impressed with Maggie until his estranged brother Harry, a mountain hermit, shows an interest in her. While Rarick struggles with the memory of his deceased wife, Harry is bound by circumstances that led to his reclusive lifestyle. Maggie has her own reasons to question whether any man would ever want to marry her. Is love worth the risk of opening one's heart? Come to Random Creek and discover for yourself. Helen E. Hertha grew up in a small town in Kansas. Every summer as a child she would make the family trek to the Rocky Mountains to visit relatives of her Colorado-born parents. Vacations were adventures: hunting for Indian artifacts with her father, a soil scientist and expert on ancient Native American life; listening to forest ranger tales of her grandfather and uncle; camping in the mountains, creating visual mountain memories with her grandmother and mother, and piling in the back of an old pickup truck with fun-loving relatives to explore the high country. Helen enjoys sharing her love of the mountains through believable characters and her continuing exploration of Colorado through a writer's eyes.