
Carved in Love
Tracks of the Heart, Book 1
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Cheryl Haas
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Everyone thinks Ellie’s father was killed by Indians, but she doesn’t believe it. In fact, she would go looking if she knew how to find him. When she meets handsome Curtis Locken and his mysterious friend, Moses, she not only feels stirrings of love, but rising hope that she might find her father at last.
Southerner Curtis Locken moved west to escape a relationship that went terribly wrong. When he sees a captivating young woman fall into the path of a moving train, he manages to pull her to safety. Intrigued not only by her beauty but by her individuality and spunk, he is determined to see her again.
Can Curtis overcome his troubled past and learn to love again? Will Ellie’s powerful desire to bring her father home endanger her prospect of love?
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