Liberty & Property Legends

Adventure and romance will not be denied anyone who has the courage to be free. WYOMING, 1883… When twenty-year-old Kelley Keaton returns home after five years in New York, she discovers home is not the place it used to be. Her brother is behaving mysteriously. Her childhood nemesis, Luke Taylor, is now connected to her by a controlling organization their families created and call the Alliance. And their neighbor has turned being a nuisance and a bully into something far more sinister and menacing. When one of their own is cold-bloodedly murdered, the Alliance sets out to get justice. Who is responsible? How can they prove their suspicions? How do they cope with conflict over strategy, unexpected romance and unrequited love, the demands of loyalty, and with loss and sacrifice? With each twist and turn of this courageous and passionate adventure it becomes clear that there are no easy answers, as the Alliance families and their friends fight for the truth, for freedom and for each other. In this warm and spirited novel about discerning loyalty, love and freedom in the most trying circumstances, we are taken to a world that has long since passed into legend but at whose heart throbs a timeless pulse. These Liberty & Property Legends have a bold, adventuresome and romantic story to tell, beginning with HEARTLAND On the Side of Angels.

The Liberty & Property Legends, Volume Three. The grand adventure of The West & Gilded Age America continues… As winter maintains its grip in March of 1885, the hunt for absent millionaire Loren Bodecker is on! In the aftermath of the maverick attacks, with tensions escalating, relationships begin to deepen, complicating the path of justice and the lives of all involved. Marshal Dan Hummer deputizes Sheriff Cliff Ryan into the US Marshals. Accompanied by Ben Taylor, they set off to the Mile High City in search of Bodecker and find themselves caught up in the city's gilded elite and its notorious demimonde. Ben's passionate encounter with the beautiful and enigmatic Raina Montgomery will be a revelation. And in Cheyenne, for Luke and Emmaline, the arrival of two utterly unexpected visitors changes everything - forever. This third book in The Liberty & Property Legends saga begins where volume two EMPIRE FOR LIBERTY Dangerous Lullaby left off. In the risky business of procuring justice and searching for truth, FIRST COUNTRY becomes an unforeseen adventure in how and what it means to be - and become – family.

All eyes are on the Magic City! The shocking evidence no one saw coming… A lost family secret… Two hearts at destiny's crossroads… 'There will come a time when the truth will rise up through the mire of lies and murky wrong-doing to reach the surface and show its sad yet radiant light. And I believe that hour is coming.' - Emmaline Roberts Early in the spring of 1885, the murder trial of tycoon Loren Bodecker and the cruel maverick Donnelly commences in Cheyenne. With so much at stake, all eyes are upon this famed Magic City of the Plains, where the scales of frontier justice are poised to weigh the compelling and often bruising evidence. Drawn ever deeper into the labyrinth shaping their pursuit of justice, challenged in both heart and mind, the gallant Alliance & its friends are about to discover truth long withheld. THE HOUR OF EVIDENCE is the fourth volume in The Liberty & Property Legends saga, beginning where Volume Three FIRST COUNTRY Tinged with Rose left off. As the quest continues, as the twists keep coming both inside and outside the courtroom, the next installment in the saga begs the question: what price a well-kept secret?

A PLACE AMONG HEROES Rise of Hope is Book 1 in the fifth volume in The Liberty & Property Legends saga, beginning where Volume Four THE HOUR OF EVIDENCE left off. Spring, 1885. The conclusion of Cheyenne's famous murder trial brings with it a desperate aftermath. As justice is within reach, a suspicious fire inside the courthouse has created a dangerous set of circumstances, particularly for heart-broken sheriff Cliff Ryan. Foremost, a key decision regarding the trial's outcome will test the resilience of the Alliance to the limit. Who will rise? Who will fall? Some face their prospects with fearless resolve, others with resignation. And while Luke grapples with an increasingly uncertain faith in a future he has worked so hard for, how can Jennifer rise above her past and a promise she can't keep to find the closure she needs and deserves? Out of the remnants of the troubled past, striving to find their place in a new reality, the heroes of the Alliance must brave the journey to where their destiny is calling them. Finding the strength inside yourself to be the hero of your own life just might be the most courageous thing you've ever done.