With Ma and Pa
in Denver, and his brother, Cole, in mortal danger, Justin Boden feels the
weight of the Cimarron Ranch (CR) on his shoulders out in New Mexico Territory
in 1880. Sadie and Heath are around, as is Rosita, who works for them. The
dangers are not behind them, as they had thought. There is a plot that goes
back decades, and if the enemy’s plot succeeds, the CR will be lost to the
Bodens, as will many of their lives. They must all put their minds together in
order to fit the pieces of the story. But there is a traitor working on the CR.
Can they root the person out before someone else is hurt? Someone innocent like
Angelique “Angie” DuPree? She finds herself at the CR to assist the doctor in
tending to Cole’s injury. It is risky for Angie to be there – to associate with
the Bodens – but Angie puts her worry over the Bodens above the threat of menace.
This clearly bothers Justin, and he doesn’t know if he should banish her to the
orphanage or keep her close. She’s as distracting to him as he is to her.
This next book in The Cimarron Legacy did not disappoint.
I’ve found that I generally like reading historical suspense fiction, and this
novel was fast-paced. We met Angie but briefly in the first book, so I was glad
to see her story fleshed out in this next installment. “Long Time Gone” is an
inspirational fiction western packed with history, suspense and at least one
honest cowboy! It is the opposite of a dry gulch; Connealy fills her tale with
a lush plot, engaging characters, faith and humor, but also self-doubt,
dangerous anger and, naturally, bad guys. A rich tale indeed!
Book One: No Way Up
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