Author: jennifercrosswhite

In 1882, at the end of the Oregon Trail, Amelia Martin-a soon-to-be schoolteacher with a strong imagination, a gift for making things grow, and an obsession with dime novels-has arrived with her doctor father on the frontier after the death of her mother. She longs for the adventure she finds in her novels and to prove to her father that she is capable and stronger than he thinks. But after a … robbery on the stagecoach ride, her ideas about adventure might not hold up to reality.Hank Paulson tries being a hero and protecting Amelia during the robbery, only to…