Contents

Epigraph

Prologue

“Copper! Where are you!” Audrey Pride slammed the front door…

Chapter 1

Thunder boomed, jarring the ground. Audrey rose from the seat…

Chapter 2

Audrey caught up and plodded beside him, her wet shoes…

Chapter 3

Willow opened the back door before Eli had a chance…

Chapter 4

Sullen, rolling thunder woke Audrey. Rain lashed the windowpanes, and…

Chapter 5

Audrey lifted her eyes to the sky, hoping to see…

Chapter 6

Early Sunday morning, Audrey waded through mud to feed the…

Chapter 7

Audrey rummaged through her slim supply of dresses, searching for…

Chapter 8

“You did what?” Audrey’s hands shot to her hips, and…

Chapter 9

Audrey woke with a sense of dread. Today she started…

Chapter 10

Other than her encounter with Marion, Audrey left the mortuary…

Chapter 11

Aray of sun filtered through roiling clouds when Copper opened…

Chapter 12

Sinking to the floor, Audrey pulled off her wet shoes…

Chapter 13

Within the hour, the exodus from the stricken wagon train…

Chapter 14

Claudine Madison’s irregular home with all its redundant rooms finally…

Chapter 15

Dawn broke. Audrey stood in front of the kitchen window,…

Chapter 16

Audrey had been to the parlor and returned home when…

Chapter 17

Adjusting her cape, Audrey glanced at the sky as she…

Chapter 18

The judge’s house was silent when she came home. The…

Chapter 19

Audrey woke to the sound of rain drumming the window.

Chapter 20

Jolted awake, Audrey sat up in bed and tried to…

Chapter 21

The hall clock chimed three, and Willow lay encased in…

Chapter 22

Sunshine streamed through the windowpane—brilliant, warm, life-giving sunshine. Audrey parted…

Chapter 23

Two weeks later, Audrey was still scraping mud off the…

Chapter 24

The moon was up when Audrey locked up, then climbed…

Chapter 25

Audrey turned to look back at the closed door. Oh,…

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