Joline's Redemption
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Her heart jolted. “Baron!”
He reached up and tugged her from the last step, swinging her around in a circle. Jo laughed like a giddy schoolgirl. He must have gotten land, or he wouldn’t be so happy.
But she had to know. She smacked his shoulder, creating a shower of dust. “Put me down this instant.”
Obviously surprised, he did as told, although his smile dipped. “What’s wrong?”
“Nothing, except I have to know. Did you get a claim?”
He looked wounded for a moment, but his grin broke forth again. “You doubt me, fair wife?”
Jo stomped her foot. “Don’t tease. I’m dying to know.”
“Yes, I got a claim. On the prettiest speck of prairie you ever did see.”
Jo smiled, more than a little relieved. Now they could build a store of their own, as well as a house that she hadn’t shared with Mark. It was a fresh start in a brand-new town with the man she loved.
The road that led here had been scary and difficult, but she’d met God and He had washed her clean and given her a wonderful husband and a precious son to share her dreams.
She tugged on Baron’s shirt. “Well, what are you waiting for? Kiss me, husband.”
About the Author
Bestselling author Vickie McDonough grew up wanting to marry a rancher but instead married a computer geek who is scared of horses. She now lives out her dreams in her fictional stories about ranchers, cowboys, lawmen, and others living in the Old West. Vickie is the award-winning author of thirty-five published books and novellas. Her novels include the fun and feisty Texas Boardinghouse Brides series, as well as Gabriel’s Atonement, Book 1 in her Land Rush Dreams series.
Vickie has been married forty years to Robert. They have four grown sons, one of whom is married, and a precocious eight-year-old granddaughter. When she’s not writing, Vickie enjoys reading, antiquing, watching movies, and traveling. To learn more about Vickie’s books or to sign up for her newsletter, visit her website: www.vickiemcdonough.com.