{"id":863,"date":"2008-07-09T00:40:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-09T00:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/calico-canyon.html"},"modified":"2008-07-09T00:40:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-09T00:40:00","slug":"calico-canyon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/calico-canyon\/","title":{"rendered":"Calico Canyon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_l0Jv-SLk81k\/SHQJKfl9ZqI\/AAAAAAAABDI\/kNUROA1QSBc\/s1600-h\/calico+canyon.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_l0Jv-SLk81k\/SHQJKfl9ZqI\/AAAAAAAABDI\/kNUROA1QSBc\/s400\/calico+canyon.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220807943913301666\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Calico Canyon <br \/>by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maryconnealy.com\/\">Mary Connealy<\/a><br \/>Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Incorporated<br \/>Pub. Date: July 2008<br \/>ISBN-13: 9781597899383<br \/><strong>From Barnes And Noble.com<br \/>Synopsis<br \/>Let yourself be swept away by this fast-paced romance, featuring Grace Calhoun, an instructor of reading, writing, and arithmetic, who, in an attempt to escape the clutches of a relentless pursuer, runs smack dab into even more trouble with the 6R&#8217;s\u2014widower Daniel Reeves, along with his five rowdy sons. When a marriage is forced upon this hapless pair\u2014two people who couldn&#8217;t dislike each other more\u2014an avalanche isn&#8217;t the only potential danger lurking amid the shadows of Calico Canyon. Will they make it out alive? Or end up killing each other in the process?<\/strong><br \/>=============<br \/>Schoolmarm Grace Calhoun finds it hard to control Daniel Reeve\u2019s five rambunctious boys in her classroom. Her inability to teach the youngsters causes her to lose her job. When her stepfather threatens her life, she finds the most unlikely hiding place: Daniel Reeve\u2019s cave\/farm home. When she spends the night with Daniel and his boys, she\u2019s forced into an unwanted marriage. Grace\u2019s life spins out of control since she is now the mother of five boys. She\u2019s never taken care of a home, and finds her basic skills are lacking, and the antics of the boys, plus their brooding father, add a lot of comedy as well as emotional drama into the Reeve\u2019s household. <br \/>Daniel finds himself falling for his new wife, however, he\u2019s afraid to love her. He\u2019s already lost one wife in childbirth, and doesn\u2019t think he can bear to lose another mate due to the birth of a baby. <br \/>You\u2019ll need to read this historical novel. Mary Connealy will provide a few hours of comedy and a romance that will warm your heart. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_l0Jv-SLk81k\/SHQJUGf3ZYI\/AAAAAAAABDQ\/JRI8E4YznE0\/s1600-h\/JOHNSQUESTREVISEDCOVERsaved.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_l0Jv-SLk81k\/SHQJUGf3ZYI\/AAAAAAAABDQ\/JRI8E4YznE0\/s200\/JOHNSQUESTREVISEDCOVERsaved.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220808108975547778\" \/><\/a><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\">~Cecelia Dowdy~<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calico Canyon by Mary ConnealyPublisher: Barbour Publishing, IncorporatedPub. 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