Cover of the novel The Blacksmith's Apprentice, by Marsha WardBook 6 of The Owen Family Saga

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Clay Owen’s ambition is to raise and train horses on his family’s homestead, but he needs specialized skills to do the job.

With Pa’s attentions focused elsewhere, Clay apprentices himself to a family friend, the blacksmith in a town two days’ ride away.

Meg Campbell’s family travels two days by wagon to reach the fall harvest festival in town, and Meg gets assistance for a problem from a young man she recognizes from the cross-country journey their families made together a few years before.

Their instant attraction leads to a surprising decision, but life never follows a straight path, despite young lovers’ hopes and dreams.

The Blacksmith’s Apprentice is a sweet romance featuring characters with sizzling chemistry, living on the Colorado frontier in the late 1860s.

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