Ten years after her parents were killed, Evelyn Radcliffe is once more homeless. The orphanage that was her refuge and later her workplace has burned to the ground, and only she and a young orphan girl have escaped. Convinced this must be related to her parents’ murders, Evelyn flees with the girl to Mesquite Springs in the Texas Hill Country and finds refuge in the home of Wyatt Clark, a … talented horse rancher whose plans don’t include a family of his own.
At first, Evelyn is a distraction. But when it becomes clear that trouble has followed her to Mesquite Springs, she becomes a full-blown disruption. Can Wyatt keep her safe from the man who wants her dead? And will his own plans become collateral damage?
Suspenseful and sweetly romantic, Out of the Embers is the first in a new series that invites you to the Texas Hill Country in the 1850s, when the West was wild, the men were noble, and the women were strong.
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Evelyn Radcliffe is an excellent protagonist as she protects a young orphan girl after they are the only survivors of a fire at the orphanage where they lived. Evelyn’s parents were murdered ten years ago and she has felt someone watching her whenever she returns to the town where they lived. Evelyn feels she is the reason the orphanage was set on fire. You will admire Evelyn as she and Polly set out for a new town and a new life as sisters. Wyatt Clark wants to see the world but stays on the family horse ranch caring for his widowed mother and his younger sister. You will enjoy this intriguing story as Evelyn learns who murdered her parents and why Polly refuses to tell her real last name. I recommend Out of Embers by Amanda Cabot to others. I received an advance e-book from the publisher. This is my honest opinion.