Series: I traveled four thousand miles across the ocean and two thousand miles across the prairie to marry Liam Callahan, Kathleen said, stepping off the stagecoach in Baker City, Oregon.

The Baker County Land Council meeting was set for late afternoon, just as the shadows began to lengthen across the town square. The small town [more…]

Caleb Marsh rose from the magistrate bench. The air in the town hall thickened, every eye fixed on him. He held no dramatic papers, no [more…]

Sean and I returned to the homestead under the dim light of dusk. The land title, now fully secured and legally recognized in Sean’s name, [more…]

Word of Liam’s passing spread through Baker City like the chill wind off the mountains. The day after his death, the same townspeople who had [more…]

The next morning, the frontier wind whipped around us on the high hill overlooking the timber acreage. The sun, a cold orb, had just broken [more…]