"terrific Forester Brother Reconstruction Era romance"
When her husband died, Dulcie McDaniel and their four
years old daughter Madeline returned to her Texas family
home, a place she fled a few years ago to escape her
bitter widower father. Now her alcoholic dad Frank
Pollard has been lynched by a mob who needed an unpopular
fall guy. Although she does not believe her father
committed the crime, Dulcie has no time to care; instead
she has the farm to run by herself as no one will help her
or work for her since she left town single and pregnant
while her father was scorned. Dulcie will do anything to
insure Madeline has a nice home. Rye Forrester has traveled from Kansas to tell Dulcie the
truth about her husband's death; the hard part will be
explaining his role. When he arrives at harvest time, he
helps her with the crop, delaying the inevitable. As they
fall in love and he serves as a kind gentle male role
model to her daughter, he fears she will kick him off the
her farm once he confesses why he came. This is a terrific Forester Brother Reconstruction Era
romance (see A REASON TO LIVE) starring two nice people
who deserve much better than what has happened in their
past. Although the theme has been used before, but
Maureen McKade keeps it fresh as sub-genre readers
anticipate the poignant High Noon showdown once Rye tells
his beloved the truth. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted February 25, 2008
SummaryLonely and filled with regrets, Dulcie McDaniels struggles
to provide a decent life for her daughter. Usually shunned
by proper folks, she's suspicious of Rye Forrester, a
drifter offering to work for his keep. But after he helps
harvest the crop, her feelings toward the handsome stranger
turn into a consuming passion. But Rye has his own secrets.
When their tragic pasts catch up with them, these two
wounded souls must fight for the love that will keep them
together for a lifetime.
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