The Wayfaring Widow: Bird's-Eye View, Book 1

by Casey Cline, Noah Wall (Narrator)

To escape her grievous past and avoid her bleak future, twenty-eight-year-old widow Victoria Clarke joins her friend, Isabella Bird, on a once-in-a-lifetime journey from England to America in 1854. But Harrison Wright, the man acting as escort to the women on their journey, is cold and gruff, and his mannerisms conjure up the pains of Victoria’s past, especially her former husband’s mistreatment. Victoria doubles the defenses of her already fragile heart, but will it be enough to endure what she now feels is an ill-fated expedition?

Twenty-nine-year-old New York lawyer, Harrison Wright, has made a promise to his friend, Isabella Bird, to escort her around his home country. And unlike his father, Harrison keeps his promises. Since Harrison has sworn off women due to his own troubled past, he is not pleased Victoria will be joining the trip. But as a declared bachelor, he’s built an impenetrable safeguard around his own heart that should withstand a few weeks in this other woman’s company.

As the trio explores Boston, Detroit, Chicago, Niagara Falls, and New York City, surviving fires, disreputable innkeepers, sickness, and storms, Victoria and Harrison are loathe to find that they cannot avoid each other’s company. But in such close proximity, will Victoria and Harrison’s initial flared tempers lead to even stronger and more unavoidable feelings about each other? Feelings that have them questioning whether their journey will have the most unlikely of love and healing—and happily ever after—with each other?

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Published September 26, 2025

About the author

Casey Cline collects hobbies and pursuits as quickly as she reads books. She likes to believe her degrees and licenses in business, law, and real estate aren’t entirely incongruous with writing historical stories about the ultimate adventure in life—love. Casey lives in Nebraska with her husband, two daughters, and three cats.

Her novel, THE WAYFARING WIDOW, is available in ebook, Kindle Unlimited, paperback, and audiobook formats.
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Her novella, INCOGNITO IN COLORADO, is available in ebook and audiobook format from Amazon and Apple Books:
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Reviews

[Nicole Wright · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed listening to this story. Victoria and Harrison have an interesting dynamic and don’t particularly like each other when they meet. Casey did a wonderful job writing this story, it was captivating right from the start.
This is the second time I have listened to a story narrated by Noah Wall, she does a wonderful job making this story come to life.