The Sierra Legacy

Equal parts adventure and romance, DEAD MAN’S HAND delivers everything you want in a Western: complex characters, high stakes, authentic period detail, and a love story that feels earned. DuBois doesn’t shy away from the darkness of frontier life, but she also captures its beauty and possibility. This is historical fiction at its finest.

In 1895 San Francisco, some boundaries were never meant to be crossed.

Rebecca Hollister has everything society says a young woman should want: wealth, education, a future of comfort and security. What she doesn’t have is freedom—the freedom to choose her own path, to do meaningful work, to live a life that’s actually hers.

When she takes a...