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Sadie Wagner has always been devoted to her family. So when her stepfather is injured and can't work, she decides to leave home and accept a position as a clerk at the mercantile in Goldtree, Kansas. Goldtree also offers the opportunity to use her God-given singing talent—though the promised opera house is far different from what she imagined. With her family needing every cent she can provide, Sadie will do anything to keep her job.
Thad McKane comes to Goldtree at the request of the town council. The town has been plagued by bootlegging operations, and Thad believes he can find the culprit. After he earns enough money doing sheriff work, he wants to use it to pay for his training to become a minister.
Thad is immediately attracted to the beautiful singer who performs in Asa Baxter's unusual opera house, but when he hears her practicing bawdy tunes, he begins to wonder if she's far less innocent than she seems. And when Sadie appears to be part of the very crimes he's come to investigate, is there any hope the love blossoming between them will survive?
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- ISBN: 9781441269959
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February 1, 2012
Lured to Goldtree, Kansas, in 1895 by the promise of jobs, Sadie and Thad are both devout Christians, and they are soon stepping out together. Sadie works as a clerk in the mercantile, sending her pay home to her parents, but her dream is to sing in the town's opera house once it's built. As the son of a drunk, Thad is motivated to become the town's sheriff and stamp out the illegal manufacture and distribution of alcohol. Soon Sadie is coerced into singing bawdy songs at Asa Baxter's secret gambling nights. Her cousin Sid, initially responsible for bringing her to town, is worried that she is looking so poorly, but he is too resentful of the time she spends with the virile sheriff to enlist the lawman's aid on her behalf. Sawyer excels at setting scenes in her stand-alone Christian historical romances, and this one is no exception: her characters take on a life of their own, and their ethical quandaries engage the reader's sympathy.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2012, American Library Association.)
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