Book 2 of The Owen Family Saga Young cavalryman Carl Owen returns from the Civil War to find the family farm destroyed, his favorite brother dead, food scarce, and his fatherdetermined to leave the Shenandoah Valley to build a cattle empire inColorado Territory. Crossing the continent, Carl falls in love with hisbrother's fiancée while set to wed another girl, but he might loseeverything if the murderous thug Berto Acosta has his way. Carl battles a band of outlaws, a prairie fire, blizzards, a trackless waterlessdesert, and his own brother—all for the hand of feisty Ellen Bates. ++Old Cover++ "I finished The Man from Shenandoah at half-past midnight because I couldn't put it down." - Utah Reader "This is a book to prize, and not only for its gritty realism, excitingaction, and compelling characters. The story further engages us byexamining the ties that hold family and community together. Not manyWesterns do that. Heartily recommended!" - Western Writer's Newsletter " The Man from Shenandoah is a book for the whole family to share. Itoffers action, romance and a realistic premise. Ms. Ward is a truestoryteller who has createdcharacters that demand and hold the reader's interest.... [Her] clearand vivid writing sweeps us along with hercharacters on theiradventures." - Anne Haw Holt, Author of Riding Fence and Blanco Sol The best reading order for The Owen Family Saga That Tender Light (Origin Story Novella), Gone for a Soldier, The Man from Shenandoah, Spinster's Folly, Ride to Raton, and Trail of Storms .