Katie Starr finds herself strangely attracted to Branch, the rugged Texan who enters her father's inn, but fears that the secret she is harboring will, once revealed, drive him away. This description may be from another edition of this product.
WOW! What a story! Katie Starr has a lot of problems - and a secret. When Branch Kincaid stumbled onto the Gallagher's Tavern and Travelers Inn he figured that Katie was a bar wench and fair game for the asking. Only to find out that she is a widow. She soon put him straight and thereby engaged his interest. He figured he could wile away some time with her as he dug more deeply into the comings and goings around the Inn. He was tracking down the Moderator-Regulator groups of men, looking for his brothers' killer. He almost got caught when the Regulator's burned down Gallagher's Inn. He had to do some fast talking in order to save Katie and her father and brother from being killed. She just wouldn't listen to him and stay put. Hoss Garrett wanted the killer of his son, Rob found and killed and then he would welcome his younger son, Britt home to Riverrun. Edward Merchant was the leader of the Moderators and Branch still had to find out who was the big boss of the Regulators. Someone called Trident. Then Shaddoe shows up needing Katie's help to get vaccinations for the Cherokees against small pox. Branch wonders if Shaddoe is Katie's lover. The green-eyed monster starts to show up. Branch is kept busy with his teasing and courting of Katie and looking for information on the crooked land deals that were going on. The story just keeps getting better and better. Until Katie needs rescueing from the sheriff after her attempt to kill Sheriff Jack Strickland. He was trying to woo her until he turned vicious. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED -- definitely a keeper. Very hard to put down.
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