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Along the Rio Grande
Christian historical romance
Along the Rio Grande
Book 1 of the Love on the Santa Fe series
384 pages · First published 2022
Recently widowed Susanna Jenkins follows her family to San Marcial, New Mexico, where they must manage her uncle’s Grand Hotel after a reversal of fortune. She tries to help parents accustomed to privilege adapt to work, while her brother’s growing anger and questionable companions make the family’s new beginning increasingly unstable. Susanna is drawn to Owen Turner, a boilermaker in the Santa Fe railroad shops, but her instinct to rescue everyone may be creating problems she cannot fix. The first Love on the Santa Fe novel combines life in a New Mexico railroad town at the turn of the twentieth century with faith, family upheaval, and unexpected romance. This frontier romance suits readers seeking a fresh start, complicated family loyalties, and faith tested by the work of building a new life.
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Death, grief, and loss · Mild romantic content, including kissing
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