Contents

Epigraph

 

Chapter 1

Copper Wilson erased the blackboard in the Beeder’s Cove schoolhouse and…

Chapter 2

Gasping, Copper sat upright when cold water hit her face.

Chapter 3

Hell hath no fury like a woman in pain. That…

Chapter 4

“Now what is this?” Adele’s shrewd gaze focused on the…

Chapter 5

The wagon creaked over the rutted terrain. Copper lay on…

Chapter 6

So once again Copper turned a page in her Book…

Chapter 7

The following noon, Copper gathered the children. Since time was…

Chapter 8

Mid-morning, a Risher and Hall Stage Line galloped by the…

Chapter 9

The sun barely topped the rise as the women stood…

Chapter 10

Heavy rain couldn’t disguise the sound of bawling cattle and…

Chapter 11

“Sadie, you have to take me.” The sun wasn’t up…

Chapter 12

Fourteen-month-old Carrie Snider had walked barefoot away from her wagon and…

Chapter 13

For some reason when the train pulled out the next…

Chapter 14

Sadie had decided to ride with a family who had…

Chapter 15

“I can’t wait any longer.” Copper reached for the crutch.

Chapter 16

The nightly fire burned low. Overhead, a quarter moon rose…

Chapter 17

A man or woman should have a proper burial. That…

Chapter 18

Clouds skittered across a cold moon. Anxiety settled over the…

Chapter 19

Josh Redlin’s face, then Adele’s studious expression. Then Josh again. Faces…

Chapter 20

“Ouch!”

Chapter 21

Copper took the letter from Audrey and stuck it under…

Chapter 22

“Now Miss Wilson, I wouldn’t read anything worrisome into this.

Chapter 23

Copper’s hands jerked when a gun went off just outside.

Chapter 24

“Hot. How was Ellsworth?”

 

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