Janette Oke 
Beyond the Gathering Storm (Canadian West Book #5) 

Henry—a Canadian Mountie like his father—struggles between the call of duty and the call of his heart. When he informs a young logger’s wife of her husband’s death, the memory of that loss haunts him for years. Assigned to a new beat five years later, he rediscovers Amber and gains her trust…and eventually her heart.