Toward the Dawn
The second volume of A Western Light finds Sebastian Jones going stir-crazy in a remote canyon in the winter of 1870 with a group of other refugees. Kat Wadsworth, escapee from an asylum who aided a wounded Seb on the trail west, also wants out. Seb suggests that they marry to make things easier. They attempt to settle in Wyoming, where Seb can pursue his ideas as an inventor. But bad guys chase them east to Seb’s hometown, where he intends to consult his lawyer. Then they discover that Kat’s rich uncle, who committed her for her inheritance, has learned of her escape and is also in pursuit.
Subplots involve the people back in the canyon, some of whom escaped from the same asylum. I would have enjoyed the story more if I had read the first volume, Chasing the Horizon, or if the book had a list of characters and their relationships; I had trouble keeping them straight. Seb and Kat’s only conflict in their romance is his obsession with his inventions instead of putting time into their marriage, so the plot is more driven by the chases than by romantic push and pull. Read the first volume before this installment.
