Ivory Irons is young, wealthy, and utterly gorgeous. As the only child of one of the richest men in the country, firearm mogul and manufacturer Henry Irons, she has every advantage as well as every male eye that comes her way.

Joshua Barker has never enjoyed coming to town, but must do so regularly to engage in whatever work he can find.

The two are brought together cruelly one night as Joshua halts a vicious attack which pits Ivory as the victim, and despite his best efforts, Ms. Irons proclaims to be in his debt.

What starts out as basic assistance and harmless company turns into a deep, personal, and lustful connection which neither Irons nor Barker knew they could feel.

It isn't long before her father learns of the relationship and demands she cut ties immediately, but her heart does not allow it and the two are cloaked in shame and exile and forced to risk all they know for the love they share…

To Love and War is created by G.M. Enright, an eGlobal Creative Publishing author.

To Love and War

Two months later, The Pacific Northwest. 


        Ivory sat in the corner of a small, wooden plank house, watching Joshua fill the fireplace with logs he’d brought home earlier.  As habit had developed, she felt around the baldness of her scalp and the scars which inhabited it.  She and Joshua now both kept their hair whisker-short, Joshua sporting a massive beard.  


        He turned to face her after tossing the last chunk of wood into the fire, with a smile that failed to reach his dim eyes.  She smiled back, fighting the urge to turn her gaze to the multiple scars which peppered his face, a fight she lost as he sat down beside her.  


        “Do they still hurt?” Ivory asked, feeling her lover’s forearms and face.  Both were lean, but firm, malnourished-like.  She recognized the feeling, having lost some weight herself over the last couple of months.  


Chapter 47