Topaz's Trials (The Red Petticoat Saloon)

They are starving…

Marie Therese O'Sullivan, soon to be known as Topaz for her golden brown eyes and hair, is willing to do anything to save her family from the Great Hunger in Ireland, including traveling in steerage all the way to faraway America and then by rail and wagon train to the West Coast where a job awaits. If she can earn a little money to send home, she'll do any job. If only the advertisement had a little more information about what the job required...

The Gold Rush is good for business…

And Dirk Clemens' business is acting as wagon master for groups of these intrepid travelers willing to face every danger possible crossing the plains, deserts and mountains to have a chance to get their share of the gold. He doesn't mind the occasional night with a willing woman but avoids innocents like Marie Therese O'Sullivan like the plague. Defiling virgins is not good for business. And this virgin needs rescuing every time he turns around.

A deadly storm throws them together…

And the spark between them flares into flame, making the virgin issue moot. But it's only the first disaster they face together and from which he must rescue her. The greatest awaits them on their arrival in California where the worst happens. To both of them. Madam Jewel and Gabriel Vasquez of the Red Petticoat Saloon offer shelter to so many orphans of the storm, but Topaz has been through so much. Perhaps her fire has been quenched.

DISCLAIMER: This books contains the spanking of adult women and explicit sexual scenes. If any of these offend you, please do not purchase this book.

About The Red Petticoat series:

The Red Petticoat Saloon series is a collection of books written by #1 and USA Today bestselling authors. Each book tells the unique story of a different woman, 'a gem', who comes to the saloon to find a safe haven and discovers they become part of a family. Recurring characters appear in each book to allow readers a continuity as they learn about the women who have learned to bend but have not broken under the harshness that life has to offer. It is a series where strong, loving men find not only entertainment at the saloon but the special women who reside under its roof.