Synopsis
On a trail full of danger, will he guide her to heaven or hell?
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas – 1850
Hannah knows one thing the moment she enters Fort
Leavenworth—she's arrived in Hell. But inside is the means to a new life, a
position as a scout on a wagon train bound for the Western Territories. All she
has to do is convince the wagon master, Paden Callahan, she's the right person
for the job.
After his wife was murdered by the Comanche, Paden let his work
as a Texas Ranger consume him. Now he wants nothing more than to disappear into
the West. Unfortunately, the one man he can't refuse has asked him to guide a
wagon train full of tenderfoots across thousands of miles of Indian land. But
Paden's greatest challenge turns out to be Hannah, a woman his heart won't
allow him to ignore even though she was raised by an enemy he hates.
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Excerpt
Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas—Spring 1850
Lord help her, for she had entered Hell. That Hannah had
sought guidance from the God of her past made her loneliness increase tenfold.
She should’ve prayed to Grandfather Spider.
“Well, what’a we got here?” someone yelled from behind
her. The voice was rough with malicious undertones.
“Don’t reckon I know,” replied another man. “Though she
be a purty lil’ yellow-haired thing.”
“Maybe, but we’d hafta get them injun’ clothes off her to
tell fer sure.”
Hannah stiffened in her saddle but kept her buckskin-clad
knees tight against White Cloud’s sides, urging him forward. She fought the
need to tug down the frayed cuffs of her wool coat or touch the beads and
feathers in her belt for comfort.
Don’t
react, she told herself. Don’t make eye contact. Don’t turn back.
A mountain man, the size of a bear, spat a foul-smelling
stream of brown chewing tobacco in front of White Cloud’s path. He sneered at
Hannah with lips stretched over rotting teeth.
Behind him on a saloon porch, a trio of dusty cowhands
rose from their card game, waved their whiskey bottles at her and hollered,
“Ooh-wee, lovey! Come on down from yer horse. Let us show you a good time.”
Strident feminine laughter filled the air. Hannah’s gaze
darted heavenward to discover a row of women dressed in corsets and short
calico skirts. They leaned over the balcony railing, watching her with
black-rimmed eyes full of disdain.
If she ignored
them, maybe they’d leave her alone. Or maybe coming to Fort Leavenworth hadn't
been such a good idea. She had no choice. She couldn't turn back.
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Meet Jacqui Nelson
Jacqui Nelson writes historical romantic
adventures set in the American West and Victorian London. Jacqui's love for the
Old West came from watching classic Western movies while growing up on a cattle
farm. Her passion for Victorian London wasn't far behind and only increased
when she worked in England and explored the nooks and crannies of London on her
weekends. She now lives on the west coast of Canada where she works in a
bookstore. She is a Romance Writers of America® Golden Heart® winner and
three-time finalist.
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