Another great historical western in the Whispering Mountain series. Teagan is the oldest McMurray, the responsible one who has held onto the ranch all these years. When the widow of his pen pal shows up with three daughters, Teagan takes them in. He's fascinated by Jessie and her daughters, despite Jessie not being completely honest with him.
Each of these stories is just enough different to make them all interesting though they revolve around maintaining a horse ranch in Texas in the 1850s. It's still pretty wild country, and the McMurrays have a lot of responsibility, especially Teagan. He's a kind man but stubborn, so he doesn't like Jessie's white lies but I get there needs to be some conflict in their romance. Jessie has a lot of adjustments, coming from the city of Chicago, but it was fun to see how her girls adjusted to country living. Another good book in a good series. ( )

This is about the west where children had to grow up early. Teagen's parents die and he has raise his brothers and sister and protect his land. His only friend ( Eli) is miles away at a bookstore where he writes and recieves books.
Jessie is Eli's wife who Teagen has really been writing to all this time. Eli dies and Jesse knows she has to keep her girls safe so she goes out west to be with Teagen letting him belive that Eli sent her there on his death bed. Soon the two fall in love and and have to learn to trust each other. I love this book so much I can't wait to read the next one. ( )