Boldly
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  • Reads 85
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  • Parts 16
  • Time 1h 9m
Ongoing, First published Jan 23, 2022
When a tragic accident leaves Lorna McAllister alone in the world, she finds she has no choice but to leave and start over again. And so, she regretfully makes the journey from her home in Scotland to faraway America in 1870, hoping to take up a teaching position in New York or the surrounding area. When she arrives, she finds that the only available position is over a thousand miles away... in the wild Dakota territories. As she begins on this journey of a lifetime, a chance meeting with an outlaw leads to a series of events that force her to cling to her last shred of strength and courage... and meet her future boldly.

Somewhat loosely follows the style of Janette Oke's prairie romance novels.
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Maggie McNeily is not the average 1860's American Frontier woman. Only at the age of 19, she lives by herself in the wide open spaces of the Dakota territories; raising chickens, horses, and Holstein cows all by herself. Her parents? Her father, the Sheriff, busies himself with his work. Her mother? Viciously murdered when Maggie was only six years old, right in front of her own innocent eyes. The secret murder is what inspires the courageous Maggie to become the infamous criminal 'The Ghost', created by injustice, and determined to be face-to-face Mexican standoff style with her mother's murderer once again. The infamous 'Ghost' is exactly what brings bounty hunter, Ethan Hill to Sheriff McNeily's town. 'The Ghost' is known for its' precise skill of escaping a scene without being seen or leaving evidence he or she was even there. Will it be just another easy pay day for Ethan Hill or will he be another victim of the wickedly smart 'Ghost'? Also known as the drop dead gorgeous Maggie McNeily.