Train Bound for Nowhere Series by Susan Leigh Carlton

Because she was being stalked, Julia made the painful decision to leave the town she thought would be her forever home.Seth Lawson had wanderlust. Always ready to see what lay on the other side of the mountain. The last thing he expected was to fall in love.Can Seth and Julia overcome the obstacles fate has forced them to overcome and make a life together? This is a sequel to "On a Train Bound For Nowhere."

After she asked Cody for his help, Temperance ordered Cody from their home when she learns what he did to her uncontrollable thirteen year old sister. When she learned the details, she tried to get him to return but he refuses. A U.S. Marshall, Cody is gravely wounded while chasing a gang of bank robbers. Temperance rushed to his bedside to find he has been given the last rites, and is clinging to life. Will he live? Can they solve their problem and restore their marriage to what it was?