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Zusatztext "Luck’s books are always rich in historical details and engaging characters." 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 Sara Luck's sweet Western historical romance features her trademark ?well-developed characters? and ?accurate historical settings? (RT Book Reviews), as a young woman on the Montana frontier finds love in the arms of an ambitious trader.After Case Williams is left at the altar?as it turns out, his bride-to-be was in love with his best friend?he decides to move to Montana and set his mind on work. There he meets Roy Pemberton, an agent sent to keep the peace between Native Americans and settlers, and the two start working together to build a wagon freight company. After a while, Roy invites Case home to meet his wife and two single daughters. Roy knows what kind of man Case is, so he pushes his eldest, Diana, into a courtship with him. But things don't go quite so smoothly. As Case realizes his lack of romantic feelings for one daughter, he finds he is attracted to the other, Diana's younger sister, Maddie?who harbors her own passion for the handsome stranger. Will they give in to their forbidden love or be forced to keep their feelings secret?A Family for Maddie ONE Battery Kemble, northwest Washington, DC 1875 This morning eight riders were gathered at Battery Kemble field for a steeplechase. Madelyn McClellan was the lone female, and it was her time to ride. Mounted on a filly, she leaned forward, patted the horse on the neck, and whispered into its ear. “We’re the only two ladies out here, so let’s show these men a thing or two, shall we?” Maddie slapped her legs against the sides of her mount, and the horse burst forth like a cannonball. Maddie loved the feel of a powerful horse and the sensation of speed. When the animal leaped over the barriers, she felt as if the horse had wings, and all she had to do was pull back on the reins and the horse could sail out over the city. She continued around the two-mile course, crossing the finish line in four minutes and fifteen seconds. “Miss McClellan wins!” the timer shouted. “Her time is the fastest of the day.” “That’s not fair, she’s a woman, she doesn’t weigh as much as any of us,” one of the other riders complained. “Don’t be a sore loser,” said Sergeant Mark Worley, the army NCO in charge of the stables at Battery Kemble. “Miss Maddie, congratulations. It was a great ride.” “All I did was sit in the saddle,” Maddie said. She patted the horse on its neck again. “Dame Eleanor did all the work, didn’t you, girl?” “It takes a team,” Sergeant Worley said. “Rider and horse.” Maddie dismounted, handing the reins to the sergeant. “Thank you for letting me ride the best horse in the whole stable.” “Think nothing of it,” Sergeant Worley said. “Dame Eleanor knows when it’s you on her back. And besides, she won, and that will put her in a good mood all day.” Maddie patted the filly as the horse whickered and nodded. “See what I mean?” Worley said. “Now there’ll be no living with her.” “You will give her an extra ration of oats, won’t you?” “I promise I will, but Sergeant Cornett will be taking care of Dame Eleanor after tomorrow.” “Oh no, where will you be?” “I’m leaving Washington,” Sergeant Worley said, a broad smile crossing his face. “I’ve been assigned to an army post out West.” “I guess I should be happy for you, but I’m not—and I know Dame Eleanor won’t be happy eith...
