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Informationen zum Autor Sara Luck taught school in Alaska for six years, spending much of that time 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Married to a retired army officer (also a novelist), Sara and her husband live on the beach in Alabama with a Jack Russell terrier named Charley. Klappentext A spirited young woman and a respected, handsome doctor find love on the plains in this sweeping historical Western romance by ?an author to watch? (RT Book Reviews).A captivating Basque beauty sparks the passions of a frontier doctor?but it's strictly hands-off, as she is promised to another from her homeland. Forever an outsider? When Pia Carranza's father sends for her and her sister to at last join him in Idaho, where he has prospered herding sheep, hardworking Pia imagines that she, too, will build a new life in this land of possibility. But Sabin Carranza has plans for his daughters?marriage plans, with mates already chosen from the tight-knit group of Basque men who work the sheep range. Forever in his arms. . . . Boise physician Bart Wilson tends to those others won't? including the town's aloof Basque community, where he feels more at home than with his own critical father. When the restless, hard-drinking ladies' man notices Pia, Bart knows the exquisite newcomer is off-limits; though her fluent English and dazzling beauty leave him stunned, it is Basque custom to marry inside the culture. But the trials of life on the range?long miles, lonely isolation, physical danger?soon pull Bart and Pia into a forbidden love that calls them to listen only to their hearts.Hearts Unbound ONE Guernica, Province of Bizkaia, Spain— Tuesday, August 31, 1897 Guernicako arbola da. Haritz bat, Euskal Herriak tradizionalak sinbolizatzen da,” Pia Carranza said as she pointed to the spreading oak tree that sat inside an iron-rail fence behind her. She was surrounded by bright-eyed young girls in brown pigtails, and young boys with wind-tossed hair, all paying close attention as they listened to her teach her English-language class. “This is the Tree of Guernica. Now, answer me in English,” Pia said, addressing the half dozen children who were sitting on the grass around her. “Why is this tree different from any other tree in all of Spain?” “Because it was under this tree that the noblemen of Biscay and the kings of Castile and Aragon guaranteed us our liberties,” one of the boys replied excitedly. “And even though King Alfonso took our rights away from us, in our hearts we will always remember that among the Basques, each one is the equal of the richest, each one is the equal of the poorest, and no matter where in the world a Basque might go, we will always remember this tree and the promise of freedom.” “Very good, Matia!” Pia replied, rewarding the boy with a big smile. “That is exactly right!” “Oh, oh, Miss Pia made a mistake,” Matia said, giggling at his joke. “I am not Matia, I am Matthew.” “How silly of me. Of course you are Matthew.” Pia was twenty-one years old, a beautiful young woman with long, dark hair, high cheekbones, and brown eyes under long lashes. She had attended the parish school of Santa Maria de la Antigua until she was twelve years old. Then she left school to join her mother and her older sister, who worked in the parish bakery. Her father, Sabin Carranza, was in America working for Lander Segura as a sheepherder. When Father Ignacio, the parish priest, returned from his studies in England and the United States, he was determined to teach his parishioners to speak English. He wanted them to be able to communicate with the many foreigners who were in Bilbao, the capital of their province of Bizkaia, but most turned a deaf ear to his prodding. That was, all except for Pia Carranza. She had s...
