Book One of The Long Trails series is horsey historical fiction by an equine vet-author Lizzi Tremayne is my #SixSentenceSunday offering, A Long Trail Rolling. From Chapter 1.
APRIL 1860, ECHO CANYON, Utah Territory, U.S.A.
She smelled blood. Its metallic tang assailed her senses, before it was overshadowed by the stench of death.
Stepping back to scan the sheer wall of the bluff rising before her, her breath caught in her throat and a sob escaped.
Finally, she’d found him.
A scuffed black boot and fur coat showed through the snow, his body wedged into the bottom of a crevice three feet above her head.
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Book One in the series:
She didn’t expect to become a target…but she is one now.
Aleksandra is alone and running to prevent her father’s killer from discovering their family secret. Disguised as a Pony Express rider in 1860’s Utah, Aleksandra winds up in even deeper trouble when she rides full speed into the Paiute Indian War. With Xavier, her compelling Californio boss, can she escape the Indians on the warpath and evade the man who’s already killed her father—and set his sights on her?
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Lizzi Tremayne
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