Bücher von Kathleen Denly

Will she sacrifice her marriage to regain what she's lost?Cecilia and Henry Davidson met and married in 1839 but the tragedies of their past have kept them from forming a union of the heart.After fifteen years of companionable partnership, Cecilia-desperate not to relive the most terrifying years of her life-feels forced to take actions her conscience abhors. But her choices destroy Henry's trust.Previously rejected and betrayed by his first love, Henry struggles to find a reason to give Cecilia another chance.As the holiday season draws near, Henry and Cecilia are forced to reconsider what really matters and whether the chance at true love is worth the risk.A tale of fear and forgiveness, Cakes & Kisses is an interquel novella for the Chaparral Hearts series. It takes place between the events of Waltz in the Wilderness (Book 1) and Sing in the Sunlight (Book 2). As such, it contains major spoilers for Waltz in the Wilderness.

He came to cook for ranch hands, not three single women.Gideon Swift, a visually impaired Civil War Veteran, responds to an ad for a ranch cook in the Southern California desert mountains. He wants nothing more than to forget his past and stay in the kitchen where he can do no harm. But when he arrives to find his employer murdered, the ranch turned to ashes, and three young women struggling to survive in the unforgiving Borrego Desert, he must decide whether his presence protects them or places them in greater danger.Bridget "Biddie" Davidson finally receives word from her older sister who disappeared with their brother and pa eighteen years prior, but the news is not good. Determined to help her family, Biddie sets out for a remote desert ranch with her adopted father and best friend. Nothing she finds there is as she expected, including the man who came to cook for the shambles of a ranch.When tragedy strikes, the danger threatens not only her plans to help her sister, but her own dreams for the future-with the man who's stolen her heart.