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Beautiful and compassionate boarding house matron Tessa Sinclair is tired of interference from marshal Jared Trent, but the dashing lawman is determined to protect her from the dangers of offering comfort to strangers. Original.

400 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2000

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Bobbi Smith

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After working as a department manager for Famous-Barr, and briefly as a clerk at a bookstore, Bobbi Smith gave up on career security and began writing. She sold her first book to Zebra in 1982. Since then, Bobbi has written over 40 books and several short stories. To date, there are more than five million of her novels in print. She has been awarded the prestigious Romantic Times Storyteller of the Year Award and two Career Achievement Awards. Her books have appeared on numerous bestseller lists. When she's not working on her novels, she is frequently a guest speaker for writer's groups. Bobbi is mother of two sons and resides in St. Charles, Missouri with her husband and three dogs.

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August 20, 2025
Why this book name is based on Tessa??? I didn't find anything different about her besides she helped everyone in need. Which other characters were also doing. Moreover, like Tessa and Jared characters Julie and Steve story was also described in details with same intimacy. Lots of subplots were given which were not required. The robbery and killing problems were mentioned but it was solved in the ending with fast paced although all the clues were given in the beginning about the gang. I didn't like how the problem was solved.
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