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Her Independent Spirit
by Zina Abbott
Will independent spirits yield to hearts bound by love?
About
the Book:
Although widow Beth Dodd has agreed to wed Val Caldwell, she
puts their marriage off until the end of the year. She still desires to have a
place of her own that she and her little sister can fall back on should
something go wrong in the future. Widowed in California, she has an estate
coming to her that is worth far less than her portion from the Ohio farm that
her pa sold to her late husband for the express purpose of providing Beth with
a husband and a secure place to spend her life and raise a family. That was
before her late husband sold out and left her behind so he could return to the
mines in the eastern Sierra-Nevada Mountains. Now, she is in the eastern
Sierras, but it is land, not gold and silver, she seeks.
Louisa
Parmley has a decision to make. Will she give up her baby in order to resume
working as a prostitute at the Blue Feather brothel? Or, will she take Beth up
on her offer to keep her baby, leave prostitution behind, and work as a cook?
And, will the stubborn German cook, Gus Herschel, who owns the chop shop at the
back of the Arcade Saloon where Beth works, give in to Beth’s badgering and
promises? Knowing Louisa’s past, will he allow Louisa to bring her baby there
and work as a cook in spite of the Arcade Saloon’s strictly-enforced policy of
“no upstairs girls”?
Excerpt:
“Speakin’ of Miss Flora, I done promised her
I’d not be the one to pull you out of the Blue Feather. You got to be the one
to walk away. If you do, I ain’t wantin’ to hear much more about Miss Flora.”
“I will, Mrs. Dodd. Anything to keep my
baby, especially if it will get me away from doing this. And, this man, Mr.
Herschel, he said it’s all right for me to work there?”
“Reckon I’ll tell him you’re comin’ this Friday.
If Gus don’t have enough work, I’ll teach you to bake for me.”
“You’re sure? And it will be all right for
me to keep Sophie Ann with me while I work?”
Lulu watched the woman purse her lips. She
hurried on before Mrs. Dodd could change her mind about helping her.
“Also, I’ll need someplace to rent for me
and Sophie Ann to live. Is there a place with rooms by this eating place where
I’ll be working?”
“Reckon you and Sophie Ann best live with
me at the Pioneer Lodging House.”
“Isn’t that Mrs. Ford’s place? Will she
let the baby and I live there, considering my-my past?”
“I’ll speak with her.”
“What if one of them says no, Mrs. Dodd?
What can I do then?”
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About
the Author:
Zina Abbott is the pen name used by Robyn
Echols for her historical novels. The first two novellas in the Eastern Sierra Brides 1884 series, Big Meadows Valentine and
A Resurrected Heart, were
published by Prairie Rose Publications. Her novelette, He Is a Good Man, was
published in the Lariats,
Letters and Lace anthology.
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visit and follow the Zina Abbott’s Amazon Author Page by clicking HERE.
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What a story you have crafted. Wishing you all the best. Angela/Doris
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Zina, on the new release!
ReplyDelete~ Kristin