The Oregon Escort
HP #692
ISBN: 9781593109493
From the back cover:
When her aunt dies and leaves her nothing, Lydia Jackson heads to Oregon City in a wagon train to fulfill a teaching position. When a wagon train escort officer starts to show her attention, Lydia feels she must reject the man because of her obligations.Corporal Mike Brown has been assigned by the U.S. military to escort the wagon train safely through the frontier. Still grieving the loss of his wife and son, he welcomes time in the open wilderness as his heart tries to mend. What he doesn't expect is to be attracted to Lydia Jackson. After being faced with all the harrowing experiences of the great West, will they be able to resist their feelings for each other? Or will Lydia find a future with her Oregon escort?
"Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart." Psalm 37:4
An excerpt from the book:
Another cascade of arrows whistled into the cavern, and Mike new he had to stop them.
He had pinpointed the location of the warrior with the rifle behind a gnarled clump of brush. He wasn’t so sure about the other two. He’d hoped at least one was out of action, but from the intense fire, there had to be three of them left.
Doggedly, he watched the spot from which the gunfire had come, praying for a clear shot. It was close enough, but he couldn’t just blaze away at them. His supply of lead and powder cartridges was nearly gone, and he wasn’t known as a sharpshooter. Every bullet had to count.
He saw movement to his left and turned, knowing it was too late if the aim was true.
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Question of the Day: What are you reading right now? Historical, Contemporary, Fantasy?
I am currently reading contemporary. Susan May Warren's Nothing But Trouble. Such a fun one!
ReplyDeleteThis book look great, I live in Oregon, so it would be fun to read. :) Thank you!
I am reading a contempory. It's Protecting Her Child by Debby Giusti.
ReplyDeleteI can't say exactly what I'm reading, since it's for a contest I'm judging, but the book I read just before this was a contemporary mystery by Sarah Graves called Repair to Her Grave, the fourth in her "Home Repair is Homicide" series.
ReplyDeletehey, Casey, I used to live in Oregon. I married a man from your lovely state. I love the history of the Northwest. I just got Vickie McDonough's the Anonymous Bride. and I am reading Winter's End by Ruth Logan Herne.
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