A Flare of the Heart
A Hearts of Owyhee Single-Read
by Jacquie Rogers
What would you do if you had a dozen weaner pigs and a woman to rescue from a wrecked stagecoach on a mountain road?
Miss Celia Yancey is on her way to Silver City to marry the pastor of the church. The marriage was arranged by her father, who was a lot more interested in the fact that the church was built over a silver mine than on the character of his future son-in-law.
Celia isn't too fond of the notion, far preferring to choose her own husband, but that's exactly the problem--no men from which to choose that she'd have. And she does want children. Moving 1,500 miles away from her father doesn't sound all that bad, either.
So how does that all pan out with historical facts and the real Silver City?
Other than the timing, pretty well. The church was, in fact, built over a silver mine. You can see the mine entrance even now. But it wasn't built until the 1890s, so too late for Celia and Ross Flaherty. It was built as an Episcopalian church and is now Our Lady of Tears Catholic Church. Here's a photo of the inside:
And here's an aerial video of Silver City that shows the church. Yes, the video is too wide for the page but I hope it works okay. (Thanks to Marilyn Burke, who posted it at the Pickle Barrel.) You can't really tell but the church is built on a hill, and it's a trial getting up to it. They've put in posts and strung rope so you can pull yourself up there. Can you imagine doing that in a corset and long skirts?
About A Flare of the Heart
Celia Valentine Yancey has no illusions she’ll ever enjoy wedded bliss, so chooses marriage over spinsterhood even if she has to marry a man her father picked. On the way to meet her groom, she endures armed robbery, a stagecoach wreck, a dozen hungry baby pigs—and an incorrigible farmer. Ross Flaherty retired from bounty hunting to become a farmer but now Celia has brought his worst fear to his door—in more ways than one. A ferocious wolf-dog and a dozen piglets are no match for this determined lady. Which is more dangerous—the Sully Gang or Miss Celia Yancey?
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A Flare of the Heart
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