Salem The pretty young maid looks as white as her privileged white mistress but those few drops of slave blood that run through Salem s veins have been than enough to keep her enslaved her whole life. The war has long since ended but its end has been of no practical benefit to Salem Her former owner refuses to let her go She bides her time and when the moment is right she makes her escape Traveling westward and using various disguises and aliases she successfully hides in plain sight All goes well until the stagecoach stops at an isolated Colorado way station and a gang of murdering thieves attack Salem is the sole survivor. Slade Slade Pendragon left his old life of wealth and luxury behind to become a successful Colorado rancher While out checking on his cattle he comes across the massacre and its one survivor. Despite a mutual low opinion of one another he decides to help her get to her destination When a flash flood forces them to turn back he has no choice but to let her stay at his Dragon s Lair ranch until the floodwaters subside. At Dragon s Lair Ranch Salem and Slade s initial adversarial relationship gradually evolves into something promising But no matter how promising things become Salem cannot let him in on the secrets she holds close to her heart If Slade discovers the truth about her the new life they have begun to build together will be no Little does she know that Slade harbors dark secrets of his own. But secrets seldom remain hidden forever When Salem learns a visitor from her past will soon arrive at the ranch she knows she will be exposed as a charlatan She must make a choice Stay or flee No matter what she does she will lose the man she has come to love. Will the secrets Salem and Slade keep from one another tear them apart Or will their love be strong enough to overcome those secrets Secrets of Dragon s Lair RanchThe ending made me cry so hard that I m rounding this up to 5 stars What a plot twist Ingenious story Salem named Butterfly by her mistress escapes slavery servitude and runs away trying to make a new life for herself On the way she runs into Jonathan the best friend of her mistress s husband and tries to prevent him from recognizing her When she arrives in Willow Springs Colorado she s the sole survivor of a stagecoach massacre and given protection by none other than Jonathan under a new alias JoAnna Marie writes in such an interesting way She s both whimsical and witty. What s interesting too is that Salem and Slade I think that s his original name or at least his grand last name Pendragon is don t get along at first I wouldn t call them enemies to lovers but it s definitely not love at first sight lol Secrets of Dragon s Lair Ranch Secrets of Dragon s Lair Ranch has hidden secretsI loved this book and couldn t put it down Prepare to enjoy a book that encompasses time from the civil war and after Secrets of Dragon s Lair Ranch

Secrets of Dragon's Lair Ranch By Joanna Marie

English

306

Kindle Edition

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, Salem is grateful to be rescued but she finds her rescuer to be overbearing rude and not very likable And Slade s opinion of her is not much better[1]

Two people eager to leave the past behind