Love's Twisting Trail

By Betty Woods

Description:

Stampedes, wild animals, and renegade Comanches make a cattle drive dangerous for any man. The risks multiply when Charlotte Grimes goes up the trail disguised as Charlie, a fourteen-year-old boy. She promised her dying father she'd save their ranch after her brother, Tobias, mismanages their money. To keep her vow, she rides the trail with the brother she can't trust.

David Shepherd needs one more successful drive to finish buying the ranch he's prayed for. He partners with Tobias to travel safely through Indian Territory. David detests the hateful way. Tobias treats his younger brother, Charlie. But what does he do when he discovers Charlie's secret? What kind of woman would do what she's done?

The trail takes an unexpected twist when Charlotte falls in love with David. She's afraid to tell him of her deception. Such a God-fearing, honest gentleman is bound to despise the kind of woman who dares to wear a man's trousers and venture on a cattle drive. Since her father left her half the ranch, she intends to continue working the land like any other man after she returns to Texas. David would never accept her as she is.

Why the author wrote this book:

I'm an incurable Texas history buff. My grandfather met my grandmother while driving his cattle to sell in the Cherokee Nation before Oklahoma became a state. So I've always been fascinated with cattle drives and ranching. I found a true story of a woman who disguised herself as a man and went up the trail just to see what it was like. The trail boss was astounded when she chose to reveal her true identity. My writer's imagination took the story from there and turned it into an historical romance.