{"product_id":"the-cold-cold-ground-jasmine-lee-keith-9798253201961","title":"The Cold, Cold Ground: A Dark Gothic Western Romance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Civil War assassin came west to work the land.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA mail-order bride arrived to build a future.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow they're trapped together on a dying homestead.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBirdy Johnson survived the Civil War-but the war never really left him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Union sharpshooter in a Colored regiment, Birdy learned how to kill men from distances most soldiers never lived long enough to master. When the fighting ended, the hatred followed him home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow he drifts from town to town as a cowboy and horse whisperer, never staying long enough to build a life... or lose one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil he takes a job on a remote Texas homestead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe man who hires him, Emry Holladay, is an eccentric dreamer determined to tame the wild land. He has plans for a prosperous ranch-and a mail-order bride arriving any day to help him build it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen Marta König steps down from the wagon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA grieving Amish widow with callused hands and a spine of iron, Marta didn't come west for romance. She came west to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the homestead is already cracking under Emry's unraveling mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the land turns hostile and danger closes in, Birdy and Marta find themselves drawn together by something neither of them expected.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause when violence comes to the frontier, it takes a killer to stop it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd Birdy Johnson knows exactly how.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReaders will find: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCivil War veteran assassin \/ sharpshooter hero\u003cbr\u003eMail-order bride\u003cbr\u003eForbidden attraction\u003cbr\u003eIsolated frontier homestead\u003cbr\u003eForced proximity\u003cbr\u003eProtective hero \/ touch-her-and-die energy\u003cbr\u003eOutlaws \u0026amp; frontier violence\u003cbr\u003eFound family built in hardship\u003cbr\u003eGothic Western atmosphere\u003cbr\u003eInterracial historical romance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jasmine Lee Keith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798253201961\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/22\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 386\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.86d","brand":"Jasmine Lee Keith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48743152189695,"sku":"9798253201961","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4c8c6722-944c-4aeb-893d-26ef31776148.jpg?v=1782450124","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-cold-cold-ground-jasmine-lee-keith-9798253201961","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}