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The Welcome Wagon by Jaime Adams

    Blub: When a wagon train is attacked leaving women and children alone and vulnerable, churches throughout the Ozarks take them in. Maggie Lynn and her wards along with three other women end up in West Ridge, a small, out-of-the-way town in Arkansas. Maggie has seen her fair share of loss. Now responsible for raising her orphaned nieces, she must find a way to support them. A sensible small-town sheriff, Owen Sommers tries to keep the peace when a wagon full of women descends on his city of bachelors. The sheriff tries to keep the peace, but his principles are challenged when he suspects the ladies have something to hide. His suspicions are confirmed when strangers appear in town looking for what they believe is rightfully theirs.   Extract: “Hey, this is too tight.” “Stop your bellyaching.” Owen picked up the man’s gun and put it in his belt. “Just be glad I don’t shoot you and leave you for dead.” “I should have put you down when I had the chance.” “W...