Part of Series
To save her life, Belle Sharmon lets everyone think she has perished in a fire. Stowing away on a freight train, Belle and her small son meet up with a Confederate soldier. Why is the man still in uniform, when the war has been ended for five years? What secret does this soldier hide? After a short time, Belle and the soldier go their separate ways, but not before he has infused her with hope. Months later, at the Mail-Order Bride Bureau, Belle meets Leigh, a man who can rescue her. If she marries Leigh, will her secret remain safe? Or will ghosts from the past endanger their future?
Author
Margaret Tanner is an award winning, best selling author. As well as writing historical novels set in frontier Australia she has discovered a love for writing Western Romance. Her novella, Edwina of Connecticut is one of the 50 novels in the American Mail Order Bride series. Christmas Cowboy is in the Western Christmas Anthology, Silver Belles And Stetsons. . She has had numerous short stories published over the years, but writing Historical romance novels is her passion. Her favourite historical period is the 1st World War. Not only has she painstakingly researched this era, but was fortunate enough to make a poignant pilgrimage to the battlefields of Gallipoli (in Turkey), France and Belgium. She is married with three grown up sons, and two gorgeous grand-daughters. Margaret lives in Australia. She has recently retired from work, and hopes to concentrate on her writing.
