A Time-Travel Historical Romance of Love, Identity, and Destiny

She was never supposed to survive the car crash that killed her parents.
She was never supposed to learn her life was a lie.
And she was never supposed to touch the ruby brooch.

When grief-stricken paramedic and equestrian Kit MacKlenna uncovers her father's final journal, she learns the impossible: she was abandoned as an infant on the Oregon Trail in 1852. The only clues to her identity are a blood-stained lace shawl, a miniature portrait of a 19th-century man, and an ancient Celtic brooch with the power to bend time.

Determined to finish her father's twenty-five-year search, Kit risks everything -- and is thrust back into a brutal world where survival depends on silence, strength, and knowing when to lie.

The Oregon Trail is unforgiving. River crossings, disease, violence, and betrayal stalk every mile. And Kit's modern knowledge makes her dangerous.

Especially to Cullen Montgomery.

A sharp-witted Scotsman bound for San Francisco, Cullen is immediately drawn to Kit -- and equally determined to expose her secrets. Her impossible foresight, her uncanny medical skills, and the way people survive when she's near convince him she is hiding something far more dangerous than a false identity.

As the trail grows deadlier, so does their attraction.
Suspicion turns to desire. Trust becomes a risk neither of them can afford.

Because solving the mystery of her birth may mean choosing where -- and when -- she belongs.

And the ruby brooch never opens a door without demanding a price.

Perfect for readers who love:

• Time-travel romance

• Historical romance set on the Oregon Trail

• Strong heroines and slow-burn passion

• Emotionally rich, character-driven epics


The Ruby Brooch is the first novel in a sweeping, multi-generational time-travel romance saga.

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• RomanceTime Travel
• RomanceWestern & Frontier

• Publication Date: December 14, 2013
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• Print Length: 394 Pages
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