"Stay Till the Snow Clears," He Told the Stranded Woman—By Spring He Asked Her to Stay for Good

"Stay Till the Snow Clears," He Told the Stranded Woman—By Spring He Asked Her to Stay for Good The stage made it as far as the foot of the Antler grade before the early blizzard caught it. Iris Lowell — newly orphaned, traveling to a distant great-aunt because there was no other door open in the world — was the one passenger with nowhere she had to be, so she gave up her seat on the rescue sled to those who did, and was stranded the whole winter at the nearest roof: the lonesome ranch of Garrett Wells, the most solitary man she'd ever met. He gave her the house and a bolted door and slept in the barn, and told her to stay till the snow cleared. Through the long white months a painter filled a hermit's bare walls with faces and his lonesome life with color — and when the thaw came, he asked her to stay not till the snow cleared, but for good. A tender, clean Old West love story of two solitary people, grief eased, and a home found in the snow on the American frontier. Fictional story. Original, carefully crafted storytelling for relaxation and comfort viewing.