An Uncommon Protector
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The years following the war have been hard on Laurel Tracey. Both her brother and her father died in battle, and her mother passed away shortly after receiving word of their demise. Laurel has been trying to run her two hundred acre ranch as best she can.
When she discovers that squatters have settled in her north pasture and have no intention of leaving, Laurel decides to use the last of her money to free a prisoner from the local jail. If she agrees to offer him room and board for one year, he will have to work for her to pay off his debt.
Former soldier Thomas Baker knows heβs in trouble when he finds himself jailed because he couldnβt pay a few fines. Laurelβs offer might be his only ticket out. Though sheβs everything he ever dreamed of in a womanβsweet and tender-hearted, yet strongβheβs determined to remain detached, work hard on her behalf, and count the days until heβs free again.
But when cattle start dying and Laurelβs life is threatened, Thomas realizes more than just his freedom is on the line. Laurel needs someone to believe in her and protect her property. And it isnβt long before Laurel realizes that Thomas Baker is far more than just a former soldier. Heβs a trustworthy hero, and he needs more than just his freedomβhe needs her love and care too.
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Shelley Shepard Gray is aΒ New York TimesΒ andΒ USA TodayΒ bestselling author, a finalist for the American Christian Fiction Writers prestigious Carol Award, and a two-time HOLT Medallion winner. She lives in southern Ohio, where she writes full-time, bakes too much, and can often be found walking her dachshunds on her town's bike trail.Β Β Find Shelley on her website: ShelleyShepardGray.com; on Facebook: ShelleyShepardGray; Twitter: @ShelleySGray.
