#NewRelease - HER SANCTUARY by TRACY GARRETT - #Giveaway

Abandoned in River’s Bend, Missouri, by the members of an uncharitable wagon train headed west, Maggie Flanaghan finds herself in trouble with nowhere to turn. But in the citizens of the small town, she discovers friends and acceptance upon the death of her dear father—and catches the attention of the town’s most eligible bachelor. When her past threatens to destroy her happiness, she must choose to flee or fight for the sanctuary of a good man’s love.

Kristoph Oltmann hadn’t planned on still being alone with no wife and partner to share his life.  He thought Maggie Flanaghan was the answer to his prayers, but her secret past makes her unsuitable as a preacher’s wife. Can he believe Maggie has been heaven-sent in spite of her predicament? Can he be HER SANCTUARY, even as she is exactly what he longs for—a haven for his heart?

EXCERPT

River’s Bend, Missouri, early March, 1855

     The mob harassed Margaret Flanaghan ahead of them, their zeal washing over her in a wave of prejudice and hatred. “I was only gathering medicines for my father.” Her rising terror drained the conviction from her voice, leaving her with nothing, not even a defense. Sharp pains stabbed her bad hip, increasing her limp until she was having trouble staying ahead of them.

     “Medicine?” Mr. Jones swung his lantern at her face, forcing her back another step. “Is that what you call that potion over your fire, witch?”

     “It wasn’t a potion. It was tea. I was only steeping willow bark tea. For his pain.”

     “You were practicing the devil’s arts, witch!”

     The crowd of men and women, even a few of the precious children, people with whom she’d traveled from St. Louis, had thought were friends, took up the chant.

     “Witch! Witch! Witch!”

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