Love's Journey Beyond the Trail by Carol Colyer

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The O'Davis family journeyed out west after their efforts on the east coast didn't pan out following their immigration from Ireland. Amelia is every bit the typical redheaded Irish woman. Thomas Henry is the security detail on the wagon train, and when Amelia is kidnapped, he turns himself over to the Bush Bramble gang. The truth is Robert Henry is after Colin O'Davis' gold and uses a letter Thomas unwittingly wrote about the wagon train to kidnap a member of the O'Davis family. So, as we follow Amelia and Thomas across the West on a treasure hunt, they find that love is binding them more and more together. Even when Amelia knows she needs to abandon Thomas, she finds that she can't. Amelia is a warrior and, in the end, knows what must be done. The ending takes a surprise turn and did not end as I expected. Still, it is a really good story and an interesting turn in a wagon trail story.