After fleeing Virginia, Temperance Tucker and her family established an inn along the Shawnee River. It’s a welcome way station for settlers and frontiersmen traveling through the wild Cumberland region of Kentucke–men like Sion Morgan, a Virginia surveyor who arrives at the inn with his crew looking for an experienced guide. When his guide appears, Sion balks. He certainly didn’t expect a woman. But it is not long before he must admit that Tempe’s skill in the wilderness rivals his own. Still, the tenuous tie they are forming is put to the test as they encounter danger after danger and must rely on each other.
With her signature sweeping style and ability to bring the distant past to vivid life, Laura Frantz beckons readers to join her in a land of Indian ambushes, conflicting loyalties, and a tentative love that meanders like a cool mountain stream.
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Book Title: A Moonbow Night
Book Author: Laura Frantz
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"Their world seemed made of little losses. She was always having to say goodbye . . . . . . A brilliant sunset. A blossom. A sweet feeling."
Temperance Tucker is living a secluded life on the Kentucky frontier, helping to maintain her family's livelihood, the Moonbow Inn; while deeply mourning the massacre of her fiance, James Boone, scarcely caring whether she lives or dies. Situated along the Shawnee River, Moonbow Inn is heralded as a welcome respite for those traveling west, even though the Cumberland Gap is filled with friends and foes, oftentimes being nearly impossible to distinguish one from the other, especially since the Tucker family maintains a highly guarded secret.
When members of the Loyal Land Company's surveying team, considered "land-stealers" by local Indian tribes, arrive at Moonbow Inn, Tempe's instincts remain on high alert. The man in charge, Sion Morgan, is impressive in every aspect of the word, but he too, seems deeply acquainted with loss, being a man of very few words. Sion, on the other hand, is shocked to learn that the beautiful young innkeeper is not only regarded as a "crack shot" but also as an expert guide. When Tempe is commandeered to lead his team towards the Ohio River, Tempe and Sion are inexplicably curious, one about the other; tentatively forming a bond that will be tested beyond mortal hopes and dreams; if only they could turn back time and share a "moonbow night".
Laura Frantz has written perhaps what might be considered her finest story to date, weaving frontier history into characters that seem to live and breathe right off the page.
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