Aly DeRay's breakout novel, Hush the Cries of a White Dove, is a heart-warming historical epic western romance where Kathleen Sheldon the 19-year-old daughter of a widowed ranch owner in the mid-1800s. Their beautiful ranch lay in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, in the far northwest corner of Nebraska Territory, now known as Wyoming. They led peaceful and content lives until the sudden uprise of a nearby, angry tribe of native Americans.

After several small attacks on their quiet community, a final attack ended in the destruction of their town of Augusta. Kathleen survived but found she was alone. Everyone she had ever known and loved, were slain, including her family, her friends, and even her beloved, Alex.

Terrified, she soon realized that her only chance of survival was to submit and go with the native who finds her in the smoky aftermath of the attack. This man who took part in her family's demise, could never be trusted, and never forgiven, without her loved ones, did she really care what happened to her?