"A heart-warming western romance"
On the edge of the Big Cypress Swamp in far East Texas
is a town named Redemption. The very name would seem to
offer a place of refuge, a place to start over again, and
place to make amends with the past. Brodie Yates hoped to
find those qualities as he returned to the town he also
called home. After years of fighting in the Civil War and
even more years of riding the West, Brodie was ready to
settle down for a while, get reacquainted with his past and
look for possible new beginnings. But when he walked into
the small café and looked into the lavender eyes that he
knew so well, the past came back to bite him in the
proverbial butt. Laurel James had come to Redemption looking for a new
start. When her friend Ollie offered her a new beginning
working in her small café, Laurel jumped at the chance to
leave her nightmarish past behind. She was betrothed to
banker Murphy Yates and life seemed to be on the upswing,
when a tall, handsome stranger from her past walked back
into her life. When she discovers the man she knew as
Shenandoah is really her fiance's brother Brodie, Laurel
knew the life she had imagined for her future would
probably not become a reality after all. Two men, one lovely young woman, all three with pasts
that haunt them, uncover passions that had been tapped down
for years, and soon come to grips with the realities that
life hands them. What seems to have been certain becomes
fuzzy as circumstances and conditions twist and turn. But
true love prevails, and with all good romances, the hero
gets the girl. Only in this story, which brother is the
hero? In her third western romance, local author Linda Broday
once again brings her readers an entertaining and heartfelt
story of passion in the old West. A gifted storyteller,
Broday draws her audience into the past when love was
something rare and worth hanging onto when
found. "Redemption" will coax a smile, invite a tear or
two, and warm hearts of readers everywhere.
Reviewed by Sharon Galligar Chance
Posted May 8, 2005
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