Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins; First Edition edition (June 1, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0061373427
ISBN-13: 978-0061373428
Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.8 x 8 inches
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When settlers arrived on the new Texas territory that the United States had annexed it was a rough haul to assimilate to this strange land and unusual people. But coming from Germany and speaking fractured English it was almost impossible to survive, but the widow Mariel Wolffe most assuredly was determined to and felt she had been handed an opportunity she would not let pass without a good fight for survival. Mariel had been set aside by her parents into a marriage she abhorred and then sent away by her in-laws after her husband died a scandalous death in prison. This American frontier seemed to be the answer to her prayers but soon after her arrival with the other German immigrants she realizes that this situation may be worse not better.Her employer is making inappropriate advances toward her, there is no lodging to be found and Texas appears to be more rugged than she ever envisioned. All this strife seems to melt away when she meets strong, brave and handsome Carson Quinn, Texas Ranger. He seems to have lit a fire deep inside her that she thought had been extinguished and Mariel would follow him anywhere even across the long expanse of Texas. Carson offers to take the group to their destination in part to help the immigrants but in reality so that he can spend more time together with Mariel and hopefully figure out these feelings he has for her.With Carson's immediate family traveling with him and the immigrants the time he spends with Marial is limited but very rewarding with a few stolen kisses and tender hand holding. She is able to heal his heart from the misery caused by a woman that had spurned him in a most humiliating fashion.
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