March 24, 2025

Marshaling Her Heart

 












Marshaling Her Heart, by Mary Connelly, brings her Wyoming Sunrise series to a close.  Becky Pruitt has been working closely with Nate Paxton, her ranch’s foreman.  Nate is a former U.S. Marshal and wants to use her ranch as a staging area for other Marshals to try to bring down the Deadeye Gang.  Becky is not so sure of this plan!


However, after Becky’s father attacks her and she suspects he might be involved with this gang, she knows she needs help.  Soon, Nate and Becky are traveling with the Marshals who are following behind a group they believe to be the Deadeye gang.  Their target seems to be a train carrying a gold shipment!


After the marshals capture the majority of the Deadeye gang and stop the robbery from taking place, Becky’s father is absolutely fuming.  All he can focus on is getting his hands on his daughter.  When Becky is grabbed as she is riding for home, you wonder if she will survive!


This is an interesting tale to follow until the very last page!








March 17, 2025

The Laws of Attraction


 










The Laws of Attraction, by Mary Connealy, opens with a “little boy” heading into Nell Armstrong’s dress shop looking for a place to hide.  When his father, Brand Nolte, comes in not far behind, Nell learns that this child is not a boy but rather a girl!


Samantha Nolte is actually soon to turn sixteen years old, while her younger sisters, Cassandra and Michaela, are thirteen and seven years old.  Brand has his hands full in deciding how to raise his young daughters.  It seems that Nell has arrived on the scene in just the nick of time!


Not only is Nell hired to sew new dresses for these sisters, she will soon become so much more in their world.  When Samantha is attacked on their family farm by a member of a deadly gang, you wonder how the lives of this family will change.  Will Nell help to bring some normalcy to their world?



March 3, 2025

Forged in Love

 











Forged in Love, by Mary Connealy, opens with Mariah Stover traveling with father and older brother.  The stagecoach is attached by a group of robbers.  Unfortunately, after fighting diligently with their own weapons, all three are shot.  Mariah is the only one to make it out alive!


Clint Roberts, who owns a diner in town, had been waiting for Mariah to arrive in town.  When he learns of the fate of the stagecoach, he heads out to discover Mariah’s fate.  Clint finds her trapped under the coach!


Once they transport her to town and discover she is still alive, the sheriff tells a select few that they must hide her away to keep her safe from the robbers.  The easiest spot is above Clint’s diner.  Once Mariah starts feeling better, she decides to return to her work in her father’s forge.  This lets everyone in town know she is still alive.  When her first day back in the forge results in an unexpected explosion and after Mariah is bit by a rattlesnake, you think the robbers may be trying to keep her silent!


You wonder if they will ever discover the individual who is behind all these attempts on Mariah’s life!