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Character Spotlight: Shannon McKenzie

Five years ago, Shannon McKenzie left Federal carrying a secret and a broken heart. Now she's running again—and the only man she can trust is the one she never stopped loving.

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Joshua Taylor

At nineteen, Joshua Taylor thought he knew exactly what he wanted. Five years later, he has learned that wanting something and being willing to fight for it are two very different things.

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A young blond boy in worn suspenders standing on a Wyoming ranch, holding a wooden toy

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Joshua Leonard

At five years old, Joshua Leonard—Rachel's son in West of Forgotten—has already learned things no child should have to learn. But he hasn't lost his capacity for trust, happiness, or wonder.

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Rachel Leonard, a red-haired Wyoming ranch woman in denim and chambray, standing on the porch of the Lazy L Ranch

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Character Spotlight: Rachel Leonard

Rachel Leonard has spent her entire life at the Lazy L Ranch, and there is nowhere else she wants to be. For six years she has kept the ranch solvent while caring for her injured father and raising her young son, Joshua. She can rope, ride, brand, mend fences, and milk cows—and she has no intention of letting anyone take the land she has fought so hard to preserve.

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Harrison Taylor stands at a ranch woodpile, axe in hand, with the Wyoming Territory stretching behind him.

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Harrison Taylor: The Marshal Who Found Home at the Lazy L

Meet Harrison Taylor — federal marshal, reluctant rancher, and the man who rode into Wyoming looking for answers and found something he never expected.

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