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Its 1846 and after escaping by wagon train from St Louis and heading west, Ruby leaves Fort Hall for California, hoping to start a new life and leave her past behind. But when she learns that what she'd hoped and planned for doesn't exist, can she find the courage to start all over? And does she put her faith in one man, who offers her something beyond her wildest dreams, or does she head back east to what she knows. A story of courage and hope, of endings and beginnings, of believing in the impossible.
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Sadie Conall
11 books32 followersThis author is also published under Quinn Carno.
I’ve been writing stories since I was a child. I'll read anything, but the book has to grab me from the first page and if I can achieve that in my own stories, then I think that’s when a little bit of magic happens.
I've written two series and co-authored one book.
The first series is Madeleine, a historical American frontier series of nine books which has some paranormal for those who love Native American folklore, spirit guides and spirit animals. The first book begins in 1799 in the pacific northwest of the New World where Ryder Benedict goes to find answers to his past. This is long before the west was settled by Europeans, when tribes still fought with bows and arrows and lances and when bison herds still roamed across the great plains and numbered in their millions. In this series you'll travel to England, where Europe is a powder keg due to the ambitions of Napoleon Bonaparte. If you love adventure in the old days of fur trappers, native Americans, some paranormal with spirit guides, then you may like these books There are six books already published with Book 7 due to be published late 2024 and Book 8 and 9 in early 2025. Most of these books are big reads with 400-530 pages long, filled with love and loss, ambition and greed, jealousy and hate and ultimately revenge.
Order of the series:
When the Wolf Loves
When the Wolf Hunts
When the Wolf Bites
When the Wolf Dreams
When the Wolf Breathes
When the Leaving is Hard
Book 7
Books 8 and 9 will be coming in early 2025.
These books are in KindleUnlimited.
My second series is two books in the escape west by wagon train series. This tells the adventures of two young women escaping west to start new lives, never expecting to find love on the way.
Order of the series:
Ella
Ruby
Both these books are in Amazon Prime and KindleUnlimited.
The book I co-wrote with my friend Carena McGregor is the first book in a series called Brides Bound for Oregon. I wrote this under the name Quinn Carno to keep this series separate from my Sadie Conall books. I hope to write some books using this name in a more modern genre some day soon, meanwhile Carena will carry on the series without me, due to the workload of my own books.
These books are in KindleUnlimited.
I also hope to start work on the Archard family in 2025 once I've put Ryder and Madeleine to rest, although I'm fine with that after nine books. You first met the Archard family in Ruby and I'm planning on writing three books in this series.
Order of Series:
Scarlett
Levi
Jed
Come visit me or join my newsletter at www.sadieconall.com or write to me at sadieconallauthor@gmail.com
I’ve been writing stories since I was a child. I'll read anything, but the book has to grab me from the first page and if I can achieve that in my own stories, then I think that’s when a little bit of magic happens.
I've written two series and co-authored one book.
The first series is Madeleine, a historical American frontier series of nine books which has some paranormal for those who love Native American folklore, spirit guides and spirit animals. The first book begins in 1799 in the pacific northwest of the New World where Ryder Benedict goes to find answers to his past. This is long before the west was settled by Europeans, when tribes still fought with bows and arrows and lances and when bison herds still roamed across the great plains and numbered in their millions. In this series you'll travel to England, where Europe is a powder keg due to the ambitions of Napoleon Bonaparte. If you love adventure in the old days of fur trappers, native Americans, some paranormal with spirit guides, then you may like these books There are six books already published with Book 7 due to be published late 2024 and Book 8 and 9 in early 2025. Most of these books are big reads with 400-530 pages long, filled with love and loss, ambition and greed, jealousy and hate and ultimately revenge.
Order of the series:
When the Wolf Loves
When the Wolf Hunts
When the Wolf Bites
When the Wolf Dreams
When the Wolf Breathes
When the Leaving is Hard
Book 7
Books 8 and 9 will be coming in early 2025.
These books are in KindleUnlimited.
My second series is two books in the escape west by wagon train series. This tells the adventures of two young women escaping west to start new lives, never expecting to find love on the way.
Order of the series:
Ella
Ruby
Both these books are in Amazon Prime and KindleUnlimited.
The book I co-wrote with my friend Carena McGregor is the first book in a series called Brides Bound for Oregon. I wrote this under the name Quinn Carno to keep this series separate from my Sadie Conall books. I hope to write some books using this name in a more modern genre some day soon, meanwhile Carena will carry on the series without me, due to the workload of my own books.
These books are in KindleUnlimited.
I also hope to start work on the Archard family in 2025 once I've put Ryder and Madeleine to rest, although I'm fine with that after nine books. You first met the Archard family in Ruby and I'm planning on writing three books in this series.
Order of Series:
Scarlett
Levi
Jed
Come visit me or join my newsletter at www.sadieconall.com or write to me at sadieconallauthor@gmail.com
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September 15, 2020
I really liked this one!
You don't have to read the first book in the series to enjoy this one, but I am glad I did. Ruby is a complex character through both novels. In 'Ruby', our heroine really comes into being herself, unapologetically and endearingly.
This book begins as Ruby arrives at Sitters Fort to find out that there are no singing halls, and that San Francisco is only a small mission. With war with Mexico not quite over, California dreams unravel into uncertainty. Ruby meets a ranching family who help her make her own luck, and what happens when you meet the handsome male equivalence to herself?
Cons:
As with book one, this one is riddled with grammar errors that should have been discovered by any editor. Often, I quit books that are full of careless errors. I'm glad I continued with this because it was a wonderful adventure!
You don't have to read the first book in the series to enjoy this one, but I am glad I did. Ruby is a complex character through both novels. In 'Ruby', our heroine really comes into being herself, unapologetically and endearingly.
This book begins as Ruby arrives at Sitters Fort to find out that there are no singing halls, and that San Francisco is only a small mission. With war with Mexico not quite over, California dreams unravel into uncertainty. Ruby meets a ranching family who help her make her own luck, and what happens when you meet the handsome male equivalence to herself?
Cons:
As with book one, this one is riddled with grammar errors that should have been discovered by any editor. Often, I quit books that are full of careless errors. I'm glad I continued with this because it was a wonderful adventure!
October 9, 2020
Wish I could have given more stars!
I'm not a writer, but a bookaholic, especially frontier, mail order brides and the journey west! Please tell me there's going to be more to this story!! Like seeing Ella again and Tucker enjoying returning to the hauling life, maybe he and Martha will meet? There are so many more things I want to hear/ read about!
Please if you're not going to write more in this series, send me a brief synopsis of the rest of them! Moss happy? Maybe Tucker meets Nell? So many questions i dont know what I would do if you don't write more!! How am I supposed to sleep at night?
I'm not a writer, but a bookaholic, especially frontier, mail order brides and the journey west! Please tell me there's going to be more to this story!! Like seeing Ella again and Tucker enjoying returning to the hauling life, maybe he and Martha will meet? There are so many more things I want to hear/ read about!
Please if you're not going to write more in this series, send me a brief synopsis of the rest of them! Moss happy? Maybe Tucker meets Nell? So many questions i dont know what I would do if you don't write more!! How am I supposed to sleep at night?
August 21, 2021
Ruby Finds Love in California!
I read and reviewed Part 1 of this two-part series about Ella who took Ruby along on her wagon train west trek. When I finished, I just had to start Part 2 to see what happened after Ella continued toward Oregon and Ruby took a southern route toward California. The trip was interesting and Ruby found the love of her life, a career as an entertainer in a saloon that she and her husband owned and operated, and got involved in the Gold Rush. Ruby also gave herself a really bad haircut!
Read this book to get all the details. I literally could not put the book down--I had to see what happened next. I hope you enjoy this book also.
I read and reviewed Part 1 of this two-part series about Ella who took Ruby along on her wagon train west trek. When I finished, I just had to start Part 2 to see what happened after Ella continued toward Oregon and Ruby took a southern route toward California. The trip was interesting and Ruby found the love of her life, a career as an entertainer in a saloon that she and her husband owned and operated, and got involved in the Gold Rush. Ruby also gave herself a really bad haircut!
Read this book to get all the details. I literally could not put the book down--I had to see what happened next. I hope you enjoy this book also.
January 12, 2021
Second book in this series hope there's a 3 but if not does leave me with a happy ending.keep me reading through the night hated to put it down .Enjoy a book that takes me away from these troubled times were living now .
I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoyed a good story of how it was coming across the country with courage determination and hope for a better future.clean romance and enough mystery to keep it interesting .would recommend reading Elli book one first as it sets the background for this story love both books will kook for more by this author
I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoyed a good story of how it was coming across the country with courage determination and hope for a better future.clean romance and enough mystery to keep it interesting .would recommend reading Elli book one first as it sets the background for this story love both books will kook for more by this author
June 5, 2021
Fascinating setting
I read the final sentence of this book and whispered, “Wow.” That’s a five-star tale. It covered ground that was new-to-me and interesting. In the first book of the series I learned a little about mule skinners. I had never thought to wonder how frontier trading posts got their goods. In Ruby, the Archard trading family was an integral and fascinating part of the plot and setting.
Errors, such as auto correct is famous for, will bother some readers.
I read the final sentence of this book and whispered, “Wow.” That’s a five-star tale. It covered ground that was new-to-me and interesting. In the first book of the series I learned a little about mule skinners. I had never thought to wonder how frontier trading posts got their goods. In Ruby, the Archard trading family was an integral and fascinating part of the plot and setting.
Errors, such as auto correct is famous for, will bother some readers.
January 27, 2022
Good read
Enjoyed the first book more .l found that this a little too long and draw out a little . A lot of description on things that seambed as if it wanted just to fill a page .But still enjoyed. The first book l read against l could read this one and still enjoyed. Know from a short passage that was wrote mentioned the wagon train in the mountains but unless l missed it you never found out what happened to them .Think l will have to trace it on Internet. I really love reading about the wagon trains and the courage of those people. Please write another wagon west one .
Enjoyed the first book more .l found that this a little too long and draw out a little . A lot of description on things that seambed as if it wanted just to fill a page .But still enjoyed. The first book l read against l could read this one and still enjoyed. Know from a short passage that was wrote mentioned the wagon train in the mountains but unless l missed it you never found out what happened to them .Think l will have to trace it on Internet. I really love reading about the wagon trains and the courage of those people. Please write another wagon west one .
May 25, 2021
Wonderful story
This book and Ella are the 2 best wagon train stories I've read. I love stories of early settlers. When I was younger I thought a wagon train would have been so fun and exciting! Now I just can't imagine how so many went through such hardship to come west! These characters are believable and endearing. Pretty sure there will be a continuation of this story (maybe Scarlett?) Coming soon!
This book and Ella are the 2 best wagon train stories I've read. I love stories of early settlers. When I was younger I thought a wagon train would have been so fun and exciting! Now I just can't imagine how so many went through such hardship to come west! These characters are believable and endearing. Pretty sure there will be a continuation of this story (maybe Scarlett?) Coming soon!
September 9, 2021
A really interesting story of life in early California settlement time.
The glimpse into traveling to the western region by wagon trains and what happened once you got to California was a really amazing tale. I enjoy thinking about what I was reading even after I put the book down for a while. I definitely wasn’t cut out to be a frontier women but nice to get an idea of the struggles that these folks faced.
The glimpse into traveling to the western region by wagon trains and what happened once you got to California was a really amazing tale. I enjoy thinking about what I was reading even after I put the book down for a while. I definitely wasn’t cut out to be a frontier women but nice to get an idea of the struggles that these folks faced.
October 18, 2023
A Disappointing follow up to Ella.
I read this book immediately after I read Ella, the first book in the series which I really enjoyed & gave a 5* rating.
I felt the book was too long, the descriptions were long & monotonous. There were many grammatical mistakes also poor proof reading. In truth I was bored but wanted to know how the story ended. I wouldn’t read another in this series if one was written, nor could I recommend it. Sorry Sadie!
I read this book immediately after I read Ella, the first book in the series which I really enjoyed & gave a 5* rating.
I felt the book was too long, the descriptions were long & monotonous. There were many grammatical mistakes also poor proof reading. In truth I was bored but wanted to know how the story ended. I wouldn’t read another in this series if one was written, nor could I recommend it. Sorry Sadie!
November 16, 2020
I really enjoyed reading this book
It's been a rainy cold day and this was a good book to read. I enjoyed all of the characters but especially Ruby. I could read more of the story as I'm sure their could be a lot more adventures for Sawyer and Ruby. Thank you Sadie for sharing Ruby's story.
It's been a rainy cold day and this was a good book to read. I enjoyed all of the characters but especially Ruby. I could read more of the story as I'm sure their could be a lot more adventures for Sawyer and Ruby. Thank you Sadie for sharing Ruby's story.
November 22, 2020
Very enjoyable
This book was one that wasn't to be ignored. While not reading it, my mind kept thinking about what was to come. I was never disappointed, just kept getting better and better. Great story line, interesting characters, and an unexpected ending. Keep writing, you are a very talented author!
This book was one that wasn't to be ignored. While not reading it, my mind kept thinking about what was to come. I was never disappointed, just kept getting better and better. Great story line, interesting characters, and an unexpected ending. Keep writing, you are a very talented author!
December 1, 2020
Good story but the author needs a better proofreader
I enjoyed the story and the characters, but the constant printing errors ruined it for me. Words were missing or just wrong. Its obvious someone just used spell check without making sure the right word was used. For example, several times the word "bought" was used when it was obvious she meant "brought."
I enjoyed the story and the characters, but the constant printing errors ruined it for me. Words were missing or just wrong. Its obvious someone just used spell check without making sure the right word was used. For example, several times the word "bought" was used when it was obvious she meant "brought."
December 27, 2020
A super excellent series
I loved this story more than the first one even though I enjoyed it also. It was full of adventure on the trail, telling how the comradship between the settlers kept their spirits up as they struggled over the days.
My only disappointment was the end of the story and there was no book 3 of Scarlett.?!
I loved this story more than the first one even though I enjoyed it also. It was full of adventure on the trail, telling how the comradship between the settlers kept their spirits up as they struggled over the days.
My only disappointment was the end of the story and there was no book 3 of Scarlett.?!
January 4, 2021
Great story about feeling unloved and alone, yet overcoming with the help of friends.
She was raised without love, family, or a sense of belonging. He is simply a free spirit not yet captured by a woman. They embark on a venture together and experience much. Highly recommended for all readers.
She was raised without love, family, or a sense of belonging. He is simply a free spirit not yet captured by a woman. They embark on a venture together and experience much. Highly recommended for all readers.
February 2, 2021
It was a little different from the others that I have read. There was more emphasis on the people than the hardships of traveling. Although the story was long the story flowed nicely. No nagging, dragging on. It was very interesting to me. Love scenes were described only lightly but definitely there. Clean and sweet.
It's a good book for any age. I also read the first one. Same opinion.
It's a good book for any age. I also read the first one. Same opinion.
February 20, 2021
This is as close to a 5 start book as you can get. Ruby takes $5000 from her fathers safe and flees New York. She suppords herself by singing and finally winds up in what is to become California. She partners with Sawyer to open and operate a saloon where she is the featured singer. She and Sawyer begin to fall in love and become separated when Sawyer has to return to his familys ranch. He finally finds her and they are offically married before they retun to New York for her to face her father. I really liked thyis story and enjoyed it as it is well written is pretty much a page turner.
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March 14, 2021
Ruby
ad me hooked from the the very. beginning ,between
Ella and Ruby I was hooked all the way ,I so want to go farther with this stories beautiful written and so close to the entire story I want to runaway and find my happiness at the end of the trails ,can't wait to read your other books
ad me hooked from the the very. beginning ,between
Ella and Ruby I was hooked all the way ,I so want to go farther with this stories beautiful written and so close to the entire story I want to runaway and find my happiness at the end of the trails ,can't wait to read your other books
November 18, 2020
Good reading, wonderful love story and adventure, would recommend.
Good family bondage of love and courage of traveling west. Hardship of going West over the mountains drawing family and friends together as they struggle.
Good family bondage of love and courage of traveling west. Hardship of going West over the mountains drawing family and friends together as they struggle.
November 21, 2020
Great Read
This book was enthralling and the story flowed smoothly. In the first book Ruby's character left me feeling as if I didn't really care what happened to her. But in this book her character was developed in such a great way that I wanted to know her story.
This book was enthralling and the story flowed smoothly. In the first book Ruby's character left me feeling as if I didn't really care what happened to her. But in this book her character was developed in such a great way that I wanted to know her story.
November 23, 2020
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'This book was a sequel to Ella and was wonderful. I found the history of the trip west fascinating. Early Californian history was also interesting.
'This book was a sequel to Ella and was wonderful. I found the history of the trip west fascinating. Early Californian history was also interesting.
December 22, 2020
I loved the book!
Sadie Conall, thank you for these wagon train westward novels! The storyline makes me want to be right there, with the characters. Thank you for helping me escape the stress of everyday life with these great stories!
Sadie Conall, thank you for these wagon train westward novels! The storyline makes me want to be right there, with the characters. Thank you for helping me escape the stress of everyday life with these great stories!
January 5, 2021
Tighten The Sails
It kept my attention as the wagons rolled west with all the worldly possessions they'd have for months on end . They wasn't sure if where they were goiing, but expected it to be better than what they were leaving behind.
It kept my attention as the wagons rolled west with all the worldly possessions they'd have for months on end . They wasn't sure if where they were goiing, but expected it to be better than what they were leaving behind.
March 18, 2021
Wagons and Gold
The story was intriguing with history events and the characters involved made it more so, I was disappointed in the improper spelling and grammatical use of some words such as breath and breathe, At first I thought it was just a typo but this error was throughout,
The story was intriguing with history events and the characters involved made it more so, I was disappointed in the improper spelling and grammatical use of some words such as breath and breathe, At first I thought it was just a typo but this error was throughout,
April 26, 2021
Story of Adventure, Love and Family
This book will hold your interest. Lots of adventure filled with love of family, hard choices, feeling sad, happy and leaving you wanting to tell the characters what to do and say!
This book will hold your interest. Lots of adventure filled with love of family, hard choices, feeling sad, happy and leaving you wanting to tell the characters what to do and say!
May 19, 2021
It's been a long time since I stayed up past midnight to finish a book. Loved this story. Ruby is on the run from the goons her father hired to find her. She escapes in the box of a wagon on its way to California. Loved all the characters. Loved the ending.
June 6, 2021
Gripping romance with engaging storyline
I loved the story. Captured me from the start. Couldnt put the book down loved the charactures. Would love to hear more from this author. Well written and kept me engaged throughout. Thoroughly good read.
I loved the story. Captured me from the start. Couldnt put the book down loved the charactures. Would love to hear more from this author. Well written and kept me engaged throughout. Thoroughly good read.
July 31, 2021
My impressions
I just found it very interesting and historical about wagon trains going west and John Sutter, the goal rush, founding of Sacramento etc. Plus all the characters were intriguing, especially Sawyer and Ruby.
I just found it very interesting and historical about wagon trains going west and John Sutter, the goal rush, founding of Sacramento etc. Plus all the characters were intriguing, especially Sawyer and Ruby.
June 2, 2022
Go West
Wonderful, historically accurate, filled with life, adventure, and some heartache, Ruby finds that God had a purpose for her; Sawyer And his family would help shape the country’s expansion West. Great story, good characters, suspense enough added too.
Wonderful, historically accurate, filled with life, adventure, and some heartache, Ruby finds that God had a purpose for her; Sawyer And his family would help shape the country’s expansion West. Great story, good characters, suspense enough added too.
September 6, 2023
First class entertainment
A superb narrative with warm and believable characters. The depth of detail is astonishing and carries the reader on one adventure after another. By the time I had reached the end I felt like I had walked every step west. I Highly recommend this book.
A superb narrative with warm and believable characters. The depth of detail is astonishing and carries the reader on one adventure after another. By the time I had reached the end I felt like I had walked every step west. I Highly recommend this book.
August 26, 2020
Excellent !
Sadie never disappoints..always excellent. Thank you , well worth the wait . Have enjoyed all her books , Thank you again.
Sadie never disappoints..always excellent. Thank you , well worth the wait . Have enjoyed all her books , Thank you again.
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