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Things aren't going well for
Sarah Jones. With her brother recently hanged for murder, and the
bank threatening to foreclose on her property, Sarah and her
five-year-old son may very well end up homeless.
Tabor Nolen, scarred and
weathered from the war, rides into Banjo, Texas with just one
purpose: to settle down and start a family. He knew he wanted Sarah
for his own the moment he saw her trying to dig a hole in the dirt
to bury her dead brother. Intrigued by the lovely town outcast,
Tabor sets out to find out all he can about her. After overhearing a
plan to take Sarah's land between the town's evil saloon owner and
the land office clerk, Tabor decides to buy the place himself. Then,
he would get Sarah to marry him.
Suspicious of his motives and
his feelings for her, Sarah rejects Tabor's proposal-over and over
again. What man in his right mind would want a physically scarred
woman and her half-breed son?
Ms. Gold writes and an
inspiring, uplifting story that will touch your heart. The
wonderful, compelling characters compensate for the story's less
powerful backdrop. I wanted to smell the air in Banjo, and feel
the wind in my hair. Still, Ms. Gold has a way of making you
care for the characters so that you want to stick with them until
the end. The brass token itself, though an insult at first, comes to
signify something altogether different. Ms. Gold finishes the story
nicely with a surprise ending I didn't see coming. This story, and
its great characters, will stay with you long after you've finished
the book.
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