Search - The Horse Soldier (Garretts of Wyoming, No 1)

The ole west comes alive in this one.

In 1867, Major Andrew Garrett and his troops just return to their home station at Fort Laramie, Dakota Territory after a dangerous patrol. Upon his arrival, Andrew hears the ruckus going on between a wagonmaster and his wife over a single woman traveling with them, accompanied only by her five-year-old daughter. To his shock, Andrew sees his wife Julia Robichard, "the Belle of New Orleans" causing the friction.

Upon noticing Andrew, Julia faints. She thought he died when her uncle shot him for spying for the North. Andrew learns that Julia remarried and is heading to the Montana Territory to find Philip Bonneaux, her spouse and father of her child. However, Julia is stranded by the wagon train and relies on Andrew for help. In spite of his knowing she betrayed him to her uncle and he deceived her about his Northern interests, their love remains strong, but with no hopes for the future.


THE HORSE SOLDIER is a powerful western romance staring two interesting characters. The story line provides the audience a taste of Army life on the frontier from the varying perspectives of the soldiers and their wives. Merline Lovelace, known for her entertaining and insightful contemporary military romances gracefully goes historical with her expertise and flourishes by providing fans with an invigorating Americana novel.

Great story, Lovelace is a great writer.

Love these stories of days gone by..will be looking for more of her books..This was the first I read by this author..Awesome

A very enjoyable story. A wonderful love story of a woman searching for her lost husband who instead finds a different husband- one she thought was dead. Trust is an issue between them but the story is well developed. Both the female and male roles are fully developed as strong personalities who are not afraid to fight for what they desire.

Old west love story set in Wyoming