Ada Perkins arrives in Spirit Creek, Montana, by mistake. Penniless and stranded in the small town with nothing more than several tightly kept secrets and a trunk of personal belongings, Ada accepts the position of housekeeper to the town’s widowed mayor, hoping to earn sufficient funds to continue the journey to her original destination. Has fate stepped in to keep Ada in Spirit Creek for a reason?
Overwhelmed with all his responsibilities, Mayor Randy Barker believes Ada could be the answer to his prayers. Although he has solved the problem of finding a housekeeper to care for his motherless children, Randy is not convinced Ada is the woman she claims to be. What is the exhausted, timid lady keeping from him?
Can Ada keep a tight hold on her secrets long enough to earn her stagecoach ticket out of town? Will the Pinkerton agent Randy hired to investigate the new housekeeper turn up information on Ada that Randy could never imagine? If her secrets are revealed, Ada’s and Randy’s lives could be changed forever.
Brenda Sinclair is a writer of historical American West and contemporary romance, a member of her local chapter of Romance Writers of America, a healthy lifestyle advocate and past leader of her TOPS weight-loss group, a gardening enthusiast and dog lover.
Brenda was raised on a farm in southern Manitoba and taught school on a semi-remote reservation in northern Manitoba where, during frequent visits to a nearby town, she met her husband, a Treaty Cree member of the local First Nations band. She worked in the accounting field for over twenty-five years. A few years ago, she retired and traded in numbers for words when she decided to be a full-time writer. Brenda and her husband have been married for over forty years, and during that time they raised two sons. She is extremely proud of her three wonderful grandchildren.
During writing breaks, Brenda enjoys walking the beautiful Fish Creek Park trails near her home in Calgary, Canada with her little dog, Kelly, checking out what Jack Abbott is up to on today’s installment of The Young and The Restless, or snuggling with Kelly on the sofa and enjoying a good book.
Brenda believes life is good, and for days that life isn’t so good, just get over it. There’s always tomorrow.