Rustlers and a mystified marshal. A treasure map and a missing child. Why does nothing make sense to this smart school teacher?Forced into the role of a U. S. marshal, Delia Perkins keeps that a secret and goes on with her life as a teacher in the small town of Belle, Wyoming. After all, she’s only a courier. While waiting for her contact, she’s drawn to the man she’s sure is a part of a gang of … a gang of rustlers.
Roland Anderson juggles training both his horses and his daughter. The bad thing is that the horses are better behaved than his little girl. He has a job to do, but the new teacher is in his thoughts much too often.
Will Delia Perkins give him away before he can find and arrest the leader of the gang of thieves?
When the two are forced into a sudden marriage, will Roland be able to catch the thieves without losing either his wife or his daughter?
This is one Valentine’s Day that neither Delia nor Roland will soon forget.
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Delia Perkins took a job as School Teacher in Belle, Wyoming. It was about to become the most exciting thing that had happened in her life.
The train ride out was uneventful, until she met an older man who incessantly questioned her… Why she had no idea but was becoming alarmed. He looked ill and looked worse by the minute, until finally he barely seemed to be hanging on. He handed her papers, and right then and there, swore her in as a U.S. Marshal! He handed her a packet to deliver to his contact, another Marshall. But who… The only name he gave her seemed to be the criminal he was searching for!
Upon arrival in town, Delia met Enid Anderson, a troublesome student who had her at her wits end, and her father, by the same name as the criminal the Marshal had warned her about, Roland Anderson… 4 months later, after many trials with Enid who was a prankster, Delia had a meeting with “the criminal” to discuss his daughter. Things changed then and there… As things moved smoothly, Rol as the Marshal had called him decided to sneak in and find out what was really going on. That’s when he discovered her swearing in paper and revealed himself to Delia… Caught alone with her in the teachers quarters behind the school, a marriage was rushed and things heat up… Parameters of the case and her teaching career change…
Danger abounds. Enid’s dreams of a treasure to keep her daddy home will bring much excitement to the end of this story.
I love the way the Author blends these two people into a happy couple.. Both have pasts they would love to have fade away, but they know they must share them to find true happiness.
Loved reading Delia and Rol’s story!! Eenie was a great character, too!! Loved that Delia is made a US Marshal for awhile, too!! Wonderful book!! Can’t say too much that won’t given something away!! Started and finished this book today!
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This is one of those stories that has it all: Great characters, lots of action and suspense, danger, a missing child, surprises and romance. The author has put together a real page turner; one I could not put down until I had read the entire story in one sitting. I really enjoyed this book and highly recommend it!!! Don’t miss this one.
This story is packed with action and suspense and what-on-earth-is-going-on?Delia is of mixed blood and passing as white, She is a school teacher on her way to Belle when she meets a very sick man who is very interested in her and where she is going. He swears her in as a U.S. Marshal just before he passes out. He gave her some papers to take to the Marshal in Belle, but she doesn’t know his identity, so she hides the papers. Rol Anders is a horse trainer whose small daughter acts up in school because she is motherless and knows no better, apparently. A forced marriage between Delia and Rol brings them together, and they soon become aware of feelings for each other. Maris does a great job in telling this story.
Thoroughly entertaining!!