by Ellen O'Connell (Author)
Kansas 1899. Deborah Sutton barely remembers her family's feud with the Van Cleves. Her mother died that summer, and her father was killed. Nothing else mattered to seven-year-old Deborah eighteen years ago. Still, she knows the Van Cleves tried to steal her family's land, and she despises them for it. Trey Van Cleve does remember the land war. Trey saw bloody bodies hanging from the roof of his home and fled fire in the night. The monster under Trey's boyhood bed had a name, and the name was Sutton. One night when they both seek solitude in the same shadowy park, Deborah and Trey meet. Each is intrigued by a mysterious stranger who is no more than a friendly voice in the dark. Learning each other's identity is an appalling surprise. How can a Sutton befriend a Van Cleve? How can a Van Cleve love a Sutton? Deborah and Trey are going to find out.
Author Biography
Ellen O'Connell lives in Douglas County, Colorado, where she raised, trained, and showed National Champion Morgan horses for over 20 years as Serendipity Morgans. Although she now concentrates on rally, carting, and drafting competition with her dogs, Ellen still has one Morgan mare, Serendipity B Wichin. Into the Light, a sequel to Beautiful Bad Man, is Ellen's fifth western historical romance and follows the popular Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold, Sing My Name, and Dancing on Coals.