I enjoyed this story that is part of a series, A US Marshall Lawkeeper Romance, by a group of talented authors. Each story in the series will read as a stand-alone and can be read in any order. The stories will all feature law enforcement heroes and the women who love them. The stories are sweet, clean based stories where the lawman finds his woman. Each will read as a stand-alone book. While this story has Christian elements, it is not preachy.
The story begins in Little Rock, Arkansas and will pick up in Havilah, Californa in 1866. After losing both parents, Sadie Steele is placed in an orphanage where she will meet Sam Clayton. Sam will leave and make his way west to California and the gold fields, staking a claim. Once Sadie leaves the orphanage, she will try making a living as a seamstress, but then the shop owner will accuse her of theft when money comes missing. She will leave for another town and contact Sam, who will make arrangements for marriage by proxy and send for her.
What a shock to arrive in town and to be met at the stage by a US Marshall—has her former employer found her and is she to be arrested? But Lucas Graham will have the bitter news to share that Sam was murdered and she is now a widow. While her marriage to Sam wasn’t out of love but necessity, she is still in shock and wants to see justice for this senseless act, especially when she learns he is one of three men murdered and robbed.
The story will have Sadie confused by her feelings when she is around Lucas, but she isn’t the only one. Lucas wants to protect her while doing his job. What will it take to solve the crimes and to keep Sadie safe? Will the culprits be caught before another life is lost? When Lucas solves the crime, what will become of his position with the US Marshall service?
“She realized she was falling for the handsome lawman, and she wasn’t sure how to navigate such unfamiliar waters.”
The story will have the good, the bad, and the ugly of people—with greed leading to theft and murder. It will have Sadie and Lucas falling in love but still unsure about each other and how to proceed. Is this to be a marriage of convenience or will love win? What will happen when Sadie’s past catches up with her? How will Lucas react to the story Sadie tells him and can he believe her? Is leaving Lucas and returning to Little Rock the only way to keep him safe?
The story is a sweet, clean romance between Lucas and Sadie. He doesn’t push, and he respects her for the strong and courageous woman she wants to be, trying to carry on the legacy that her friend and late husband, Sam Clayton, began. The story is a quick but satisfying addition to The Lawkeepers series.
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A sweet, small country town story.
Reviewed in Australia on March 5, 2020