The Beckoning Flame

Neither Cord nor Priscilla want the other, or even like them, but something lights a spark. Priscilla has all the material wealth a woman of her times could want. Yet, she is curious about the world she can't see from her station.In 1885 Tucson, she is fortunate to have a level of independence not afforded to many women of the times. A caring woman, she helps others as much as she can. Wanting a mate of her own isn't in the cards for her and the one man she's most attracted to wears a gun-a definite no-no for her life view. Cord is Deputy Federal Marshal in Tucson. The badge and gun aren't all he once wanted in life, but it's what he can do. His life is turned upside down when he receives word that his estranged nine-year-old daughter is coming on the train. How can he manage that given a life where he sleeps in the back of the jail and lives by the gun?Unfortunately, several people in the area want to remove them from their positions. In the end it's the forces of nature that shake up plans and accelerate life goals changes. This story was previously published As "Tucson Moon", and in Kindle as Marshall's Lady.