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Book 1 of the San Antonio Series series
342 pages · First published 2022
Eighteen-year-old Abby travels toward Texas with her family in the 1860s until disaster leaves a group of orphaned children depending on her to get them safely to San Antonio. After threatening encounters on the trail, she disguises herself as a boy named Abner to reduce the danger and continues leading the makeshift wagon party. Scarred Texas cattleman Manny encounters the group and offers help, believing Abby is a young man and unexpectedly valuing the friendship that develops between them. Paula Peckham’s Western Christian romance blends survival, hidden identity, found family, faith, and two characters learning to see their own worth beyond fear and physical appearance.
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