Authors: Ellen O'Connell
Beautiful Bad Man (34 page)
Ellen O’Connell lives in Douglas County, Colorado. She raised, trained, and showed National Champion Morgan horses for over twenty years as Serendipity Morgans. She still keeps a Morgan mare, Serendipity B Wichin, although she now concentrates on rally, carting, and drafting competition with her dogs.
Beautiful Bad Man
is her fifth novel and follows the popular Kindle western historical romances,
Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold
;
Sing My Name
; and
Dancing on Coals
. Her website is www.oconnellauthor.com.
Rottweiler Rescue: a mystery for dog lovers
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual events or persons is strictly coincidental. Some historical entities and events mentioned in this book did exist or happen, but details may have been modified to suit the story.
Copyright © 2012 by Ellen O’Connell
www.oconnellauthor.com
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations used in critical articles and reviews.
Norah helps a young thief. Cal takes control of his life.
After almost fifteen years, Cal Sutton is back in Hubbell.
Cal comes to an uncomfortable realization about Norah Hawkins.
Norah resists help.
Norah accepts her life has changed again, visits friends, and finds a job.
Cal quits his job and goes looking for Norah.
Cal takes Norah for supper in a restaurant.
Cal moves into the soddy. Norah investigates Cal.
Cal visits Norah in town again, forces her to go shopping, and gives her a Christmas gift.
Norah quits her job. Cal comes to town looking for her.
Cal finds Norah and tries to buy her land. She refuses but proposes a partnership.
Cal takes charge of rounding up everything the partnership needs.
Cal and Norah acquire a dog.
Cal and Norah consummate the marriage partnership.
Norah introduces Cal to her friends the Carburys.
Cal forces Norah to help steal a plow.
Van Cleve's men try to kill Early. Cal retaliates.
Cal finds out Van Cleve runs cattle over the crops every spring.
Norah decides to help Cal stop the cattle.
Micah Sutton brings Cal disturbing news.
Cal and Norah travel to another town to save his cousins.
Grateful neighbors visit Cal, offer to help, and bring word of Van Cleve's bounty on Cal.
Carburys bring word Van Cleve's men are coming for Cal. Cal heads them off. Norah defies the sheriff.
Norah and Cal share secrets.
Norah shares her last secret. Cal reacts very badly to her news.
Cal goes after Van Cleve and is ambushed on the way home.
The Carburys take Norah to Cal.
The sheriff and Van Cleve come for Cal. Norah and friends resist.
Cal's cousins come to visit.
Cal and Norah go home.
Cal negotiates peace. He admits the truth to Norah.