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Welcome back to Sweet Saturday Samples! Today I'm showing you a family in turmoil. I hope you enjoy it.
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Bill's long strides took him within earshot of Rod Owen's cabin before he paused and took off his hat. In the half-light, he noticed that his hand was shaking, making his hat shiver like a giant aspen leaf. He ran his other hand through his hair, re-seated the hat, and took several deep bre... read more »
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Bill's long strides took him within earshot of Rod Owen's cabin before he paused and took off his hat. In the half-light, he noticed that his hand was shaking, making his hat shiver like a giant aspen leaf. He ran his other hand through his hair, re-seated the hat, and took several deep bre... read more »
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The Man from Shenandoah
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Trail of Storms
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2009
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Ride to Raton
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2003
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Rapid Recipes for Writers . . . And Other Busy People
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2010
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Rapid Recipes for Writers . . . and other busy people
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No More Strangers
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2011
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The Owen Family Saga Sampler
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2011
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Thumps and Losers Two Short Stories
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2011
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War Party
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2011
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The Usual Game
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Excerpt from Trail of Storms (Literature & Fiction)
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In her third novel about the Owen family and their neighbors, award-winning author Marsha Ward brings Jessie Bingham and James Owen back together in a turmoil of conflicting values and emotions, and high adventure.
The aftermath of the Civil War creates cruel circumstances for the Bingham family. A brutal attack on Jessie's sister, Hannah Fletcher, drives the extended family to flee to the West. They are soon joined by Heppie Bingham's beau George and his brother, Ned, who bring news that the Binghams are being pursued by cronies of Hannah's attacker. Even after they fight off that onslaught, poverty, bad weather, and Hannah's frightful secret plague their journey. Nursing her battered heart when she hears James Owen took a wife, Jessie accepts Ned's offer of marriage. But a stop on the trail holds wrenching surprises for Jessie.
Excerpt from Ride to Raton (Literature & Fiction)
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Estranged from his family, James Owen leaves home to make a new life for himself. The turbulent world of post-Civil War Colorado Territory is fraught with danger and prejudice that increase his bitter loneliness as personal setbacks threaten to break him. Then James's journey brings him into contact with another wayfarer, beautiful young Amparo Garcés, who has come from Santa Fe to Colorado to marry a stranger. Through a twist of fate, their futures are changed forever when their lives are merged in a marriage of convenience. James and Amparo undertake a hazardous horseback trek over Raton Pass to Santa Fe, battling their personal demons, a challenging language barrier, and winter's raging storms.
"I was enthralled, and sitting on the edge of my chair, as I read RIDE TO RATON. This is an exciting, quick paced, heartwarming, and heartrending story! James and Amparo are wonderfully 'real' characters, with the emotions and interactions between them touching my heart. The secondary characters were fantastic: from mean and drunk, to kind and generous, they added extra life—and spice—to the story. The first one of Marsha Ward’s books I’ve read, I am highly impressed. A western in the true sense of the word, yet with plenty of romance, this one is definitely worth your time if you are a lover of westerns or romances, or both." - Teresa Henson, ROMANCE JUNKIES
Excerpt from The Man from Shenandoah (Literature & Fiction)
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Carl Owen doesn't intend to lose anything—not his land, not his cattle, and certainly not his girl—ever again!
The young cavalryman returns from the Civil War to find the family farm destroyed, his favorite brother dead, food scarce, and his father determined to leave the Shenandoah Valley to build a cattle empire in Colorado Territory. Crossing the continent, Carl falls in love with his brother's fiancée while set to wed another girl, but he might lose everything if the murderous thug Berto Acosta has his way. Carl battles a band of outlaws, a prairie fire, blizzards, a trackless waterless desert, and his own brother—all for the hand of feisty Ellen Bates.
Author Marsha Ward introduces the Owen family of the Shenandoah Valley and their neighbors in this novel of action, adventure, and romance.
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Ok, I have to admit that when I began reading this book it was more of a favor to a friend than any real personal interest. I never read romance or 'churchy' stuff, it just isn't what I am interested in. And, as I plodded (yes plodded because I mo...
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“Twenty-five years ago I made my vow to love you and to live with you wherever you went," she whispered. "Since you're bound to go, I'd best keep my promise.”
― Marsha Ward, The Man from Shenandoah
― Marsha Ward, The Man from Shenandoah
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“Twenty-five years ago I made my vow to love you and to live with you wherever you went," she whispered. "Since you're bound to go, I'd best keep my promise.”
― Marsha Ward, The Man from Shenandoah
― Marsha Ward, The Man from Shenandoah
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