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"End of the line!" The stagecoach driver's shout sent a chill down Holly Lambeth's spine. What an ominous sound! Was Riverbend, Oregon, to be the end of the line for her? She had come West to escape the swirling gossip about her broken engagement. She had come to escape the humiliation of being jilted. She came here to find a welcome new life, but her cousin's chilly reception tells her she has made a terrible mistake. Here in Riverbend, 2,000 miles from Kentucky, in a town barely more than show more a mining camp, Holly faces the fact that she is unwanted and unwelcome. Knowing this unhappy truth, Holly reaches another conclusion. Only she can change her situation. Both the sophisticated editor of the local newspaper, as well as the town's dedicated doctor, are attracted to the pretty newcomer. But Holly has more than romance on her mind. An unforeseen opportunity presents a challenge that brings Holly to a decision that will not only change her, but alter her own vision of her future. show lessTags
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Jane Peart went to college in New England and worked as an airline attendant before becoming a full-time writer. She is the author of over 60 books in both the secular and Christian markets. She writes several series including Brides of Montclair, Westward Dreams, American Quilts, Orphan Train West, and Edgecliffe Manor Mysteries. She is also a show more visual artist. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Runaway Heart
- Original title
- Runaway Heart
- Original publication date
- 1994-10
- People/Characters
- Holly Lambeth; Ned Thornton; Hetty Thornton; Adam Corcoran; Blain Stevens
- Important places
- Riverbend, Oregon, USA
- First words
- Part 1
To travel hopefully is better than to arrive.
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Perhaps one day this, too, will be pleasant to remember.
Virgil
Just before sundown a stagecoach, rattling and swaying precariously, lurched down the rutted road into the small Oregon town, sending up cartwheels of dust in its wake.
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- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Christian Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PS3566 .E238 .R86 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Individual authors 1961-
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