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.

Determined to locate her missing husband, new orleans belle julia Bonneaux and her young daughter have made a long and dangerous journey to the Wyoming territory. But at Fort laramie julia finds, instead, a piece of her past as she comes face-to-face with major Andrew Garrett; the dashing rogue she had secretly married six years before, the Union spy who had betrayed her...and the man she thought was dead all these years.

Time had eased the pain of Andrew's months in a Confederate prison-but not the memory of Julia; the temptress who had enticed him, the woman who had nearly destroyed him...and the wife who now wears another man's ring. When she walks back into his life, asking for his help, Andrew is torn between duty and desire. now, with his career-and his heart-in jeopardy, he must choose between the misunderstandings of the past and the promise of a new beginning.

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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

Determined to find her missing husband, Julia travels to Fort Laramie. She finds the dashing rogue she secretly married 6 years before. A Union spy who had betrayed her. He must choose between the misunderstandings of the past and the promise of a new beginning. Historical romance from the civil war.

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