From the Back Cover:
Lives Forever Change One Night on a Cattle Drive
Eliza Gentry's pursuit of marriage to the son of her family's sworn enemy has cost her greatly. Ben Barnhart will never be Wyatt Creed, her best friend from childhood, but Ben has stubbornly wooed her heart.
Furious at his daughter's choices, Eliza's father has her watched, both in New Orleans and Galveston, by the steadfast eye of John Brady, a detective he had hired to see to her safety. With danger at every turn--not the least of which to his heart--can John keep his focus on the present job when a night on the Chisholm Trail nine years ago still haunts his every move?
My Thoughts:
I liked how the story began when Eliza was a young girl of twelve years old and gave the reader a glimpse into her childhood and relationship with Wyatt Creed. It helped to identify with her when the story fast-forwards nine years and Eliza is running into choices of rebellion with a man her family doesn't approve of. There is a bit of a mystery for Eliza as to what happened long ago on that Chisholm Trial drive that cost the life of her best friend. It's a moment that has had lasting affects on her life and her heart. In the current time period, Ben Barnhart, the man she was unofficially engaged to is stubborn and determined. The story keeps you wondering just how bad he really is, and what he is capable of doing. I enjoyed this story and the book kept me reading into the wee hours to see how the story would all wrap up! Kathleen Y'Barbo has written a great adventurous novel to add to The Daughter of the Mayflower collection.
***I received this complimentary book from Barbour Publishing, and was under no obligation to post a review.
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