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Finding Home #1-3
Finding Home Series Collection
Sweet romance with some profanity.
"Finding Home Series" Collection:
Cry of the West: Hallie
Rescue on the Rio: Lilah
Missouri Challenge: Daisy
In CRY OF THE WEST, recently widowed Hallie Wells is facing a difficult situation. The sudden demise of her husband after selling their farm and just about everything they owned to travel west on the Oregon Trail, has left her stranded with an eight year old son. Dare she ask Cooper Jerome, recently returned from the War of the States, if he would put his life on hold for, say, five months to drive her wagon; and that doesn't include his return trip. At this point, she's out of options.
In RESCUE ON THE RIO, Rush Garrett is hired by his friends, Cooper and Hallie Jerome (from book one), to find Hallie's sister, Lilah Parker, and persuade her to return to Oregon with him. The sisters parted ways twenty years earlier and Hallie longs to be reunited with her only sibling.
Lilah yearns for her family, but in her infrequent letters to her sister, she has lied about her occupation. Her sister believes her to be a seamstress, when, in truth, she is a wealthy man's mistress. Lilah's shame and fear that she will be disowned by her loved ones, causes her to reject the offer of Mr. Rush Garrett of his escort to Oregon. However, fate has other plans and plenty of adventure waiting for these less-than-likely lovers!
In MISSOURI CHALLENGE, Daisy Smithson and Tim Wells are reunited after seventeen years. They first met in Missouri at the age of eight and became fast friends. However, the night before Tim departed for Oregon with his recently widowed mother, Daisy dreamed they would one day marry. After she told Timmy her dream, he couldn't get away fast enough. Now, he has returned to Missouri to appease the constant tug in is spirit. His intent is to visit the farm he was raised on so as to lay to rest the ghosts of his past. Little does he realize he's about to discover a love that most people only dream of.
Trent Garrett reconciled with his brother, Rush Garrett, five years earlier for sins he committed with his brother's first wife, but the past still haunts him. Although attracted to Arizona Cayson, a squatter on his land, he makes no effort to deepen their relationship. The arrival of Tim and Daisy Wells only serves to enhance the loneliness he always feels. Fate is about to come knocking on his door with a wake-up call.
Excerpt from Missouri Challenge:
Even as Tim glanced around the poorly cared for grounds, nostalgia made him weak. He remembered his father and mother sitting on the porch in the evenings discussing the day's happenings. The old swing on the white oak remained, its wooden seat almost completely decayed. He looked toward the barn and outbuildings where he'd often run errands because of his pa's inability to walk long distances, having suffered infantile paralysis.
The sound of the front door opening brought him back to the present. A small woman with unruly dark red hair stepped onto the porch. She pointed a shotgun at him.
"Finding Home Series" Collection:
Cry of the West: Hallie
Rescue on the Rio: Lilah
Missouri Challenge: Daisy
In CRY OF THE WEST, recently widowed Hallie Wells is facing a difficult situation. The sudden demise of her husband after selling their farm and just about everything they owned to travel west on the Oregon Trail, has left her stranded with an eight year old son. Dare she ask Cooper Jerome, recently returned from the War of the States, if he would put his life on hold for, say, five months to drive her wagon; and that doesn't include his return trip. At this point, she's out of options.
In RESCUE ON THE RIO, Rush Garrett is hired by his friends, Cooper and Hallie Jerome (from book one), to find Hallie's sister, Lilah Parker, and persuade her to return to Oregon with him. The sisters parted ways twenty years earlier and Hallie longs to be reunited with her only sibling.
Lilah yearns for her family, but in her infrequent letters to her sister, she has lied about her occupation. Her sister believes her to be a seamstress, when, in truth, she is a wealthy man's mistress. Lilah's shame and fear that she will be disowned by her loved ones, causes her to reject the offer of Mr. Rush Garrett of his escort to Oregon. However, fate has other plans and plenty of adventure waiting for these less-than-likely lovers!
In MISSOURI CHALLENGE, Daisy Smithson and Tim Wells are reunited after seventeen years. They first met in Missouri at the age of eight and became fast friends. However, the night before Tim departed for Oregon with his recently widowed mother, Daisy dreamed they would one day marry. After she told Timmy her dream, he couldn't get away fast enough. Now, he has returned to Missouri to appease the constant tug in is spirit. His intent is to visit the farm he was raised on so as to lay to rest the ghosts of his past. Little does he realize he's about to discover a love that most people only dream of.
Trent Garrett reconciled with his brother, Rush Garrett, five years earlier for sins he committed with his brother's first wife, but the past still haunts him. Although attracted to Arizona Cayson, a squatter on his land, he makes no effort to deepen their relationship. The arrival of Tim and Daisy Wells only serves to enhance the loneliness he always feels. Fate is about to come knocking on his door with a wake-up call.
Excerpt from Missouri Challenge:
Even as Tim glanced around the poorly cared for grounds, nostalgia made him weak. He remembered his father and mother sitting on the porch in the evenings discussing the day's happenings. The old swing on the white oak remained, its wooden seat almost completely decayed. He looked toward the barn and outbuildings where he'd often run errands because of his pa's inability to walk long distances, having suffered infantile paralysis.
The sound of the front door opening brought him back to the present. A small woman with unruly dark red hair stepped onto the porch. She pointed a shotgun at him.
530 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 24, 2013
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About the author
Verna Clay
57 books116 followersI love a book that makes me forget everything except what I'm reading. As a preteen, I devoured Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys' Mysteries. When I reached my teens, romance novels became my favorite genre. Many years later, I decided to try my hand at writing and I've been doing so with a passion ever since. I have released over twenty-five romance novels, including a contemporary western series titled "Romance on the Ranch." The initial story, "Dream Kisses," started out as a single novella, but turned into an ongoing saga when secondary characters cried out for their own stories. The series was completed with book 10 and its one of my proudest accomplishments. As for historical romance, I ventured into that genre with a four book series titled "Unconventional," and enjoyed it so much that I wrote another collection titled "Finding Home." After that I returned to contemporary romance with the unlikely setting of a trailer park in the Arizona Desert, and, believe it or not, romance abounds at Desert Princess Trailer and RV Park in the middle of nowhere. There are three books in the "Oasis" series. Of course, I couldn't overlook writing in the paranormal/fantasy genre and released "The Shapeling Trilogy" about shapeshifters. In that series, my shifters travel the world, solve mysteries, and fall in love.
Using the pen name of Colleen Clay, I published a YA novel titled, "Fragile Hearts."
Now that I've been writing for so many years, I can't imagine doing anything else.
Using the pen name of Colleen Clay, I published a YA novel titled, "Fragile Hearts."
Now that I've been writing for so many years, I can't imagine doing anything else.
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April 11, 2015
Cry of the West: Hallie 3 stars
This was an ok read. The story was pretty rushed with a lack of character development. However, the plot and characters were interesting enough to keep reading. At times the writing did not read very historically which took me out of the story a bit. Overall, a sweet story.
Rescue on the Rio: Lilah 4 stars
This story was much better than the first. The heroine actually had a backbone and toughed it out in some spectacularly unlucky situations. The hero was patient and the interactions between hero and heroine felt genuine and were well written. Again, some of the book felt rushed or summarized too quickly but Clay is starting to find a pace.
Missouri Challenge: Daisy 3 stars
This was an interesting turn where the story followed two pairs of heroes and heroines. Both stories were interesting and with a bit more depth and a slower pace could have been stand alone books. However, it was an interesting read and quite enjoyable.
This was an ok read. The story was pretty rushed with a lack of character development. However, the plot and characters were interesting enough to keep reading. At times the writing did not read very historically which took me out of the story a bit. Overall, a sweet story.
Rescue on the Rio: Lilah 4 stars
This story was much better than the first. The heroine actually had a backbone and toughed it out in some spectacularly unlucky situations. The hero was patient and the interactions between hero and heroine felt genuine and were well written. Again, some of the book felt rushed or summarized too quickly but Clay is starting to find a pace.
Missouri Challenge: Daisy 3 stars
This was an interesting turn where the story followed two pairs of heroes and heroines. Both stories were interesting and with a bit more depth and a slower pace could have been stand alone books. However, it was an interesting read and quite enjoyable.
February 3, 2015
finding home series
I just finished the finding home series and I loved it. Great characters and great stories. I especially love Pearl with her second sight. The books have a great balance of adventure and romance.
I just finished the finding home series and I loved it. Great characters and great stories. I especially love Pearl with her second sight. The books have a great balance of adventure and romance.
April 13, 2015
Great!!!!!
Really good book series first time I've read anything from Verna Clay , everyone had heartache but all found love at the end!!!!
Really good book series first time I've read anything from Verna Clay , everyone had heartache but all found love at the end!!!!
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