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Monday Reads [31]

Posted April 4, 2022 by Christine in Monday Reads / 1 Comment /

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Monday Reads [31]
The Spark of Love Published by Flemming H. Revell Company Also in this series: Out of the Embers , The Spark of Love
by Amanda Cabot
Series: Mesquite Springs #3
on March 1, 2022
Genres: Christian, Mystery, Romance, Clean, Western, Historical
Pages: 352
Source: Publisher
Format: Paperback
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Also by this author: Out of the Embers , The Spark of Love
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ISBN: 0800735374

When a spurned suitor threatens her, heiress Alexandra Tarkington flees New York for Mesquite Springs in the Texas Hill Country, where her father is building a hotel. But the happy reunion she envisions is not to be as her father insists she return to New York. Instead, Alexandra carves out a niche for herself in town, teaching schoolchildren to paint and enjoying the company of Gabe Seymour, a delightful man she met on the stagecoach.
But all is not as it seems. Two men, each with his own agenda, have followed her to Mesquite Springs. And Gabe is an investigator, searching for proof that her father is a swindler. When a series of apparent accidents threaten her life, Alexandra and Gabe will have to work together to discover the truth. And perhaps along the way they will discover that the sparks of attraction they've felt from the beginning are more than sparks--they're love.
Bestselling author Amanda Cabot invites you back to 1850s Texas for this exciting and heartwarming tale of treachery, love, and learning to trust.

Welcome to Monday Reads! Where I just spend a few minutes sharing with you my current read and a snippet or two from my current chapter. Please let me know what you’re reading right now, too!

Historical fiction–it’s an addiction for me recently. I’ve been loving them! I read the first book in this series last year–I think–and I really loved it. Somehow I missed the second. However, this reads as a standalone, so I don’t feel like I’m missing anything.

I’m really enjoying Alexandra and Gabe so far… I’m excited to see what happens!

“‘I’m not a policeman Mr. Biddle. I’m an investigator.’ And this man’s accent, though he tried to disguise it, was East Coast, setting Gabe’s antennae quivering and making him wonder why he’d traveled to Columbus to hire him. Gabe was good at his job, but there were equally good investigators closer to Biddle’s home.”

p. 12

 

“The slump of Alexandra’s shoulders as she emerged from the office told Gabe the reunion hadn’t gone well.

‘What’s wrong?’ he asked as he reached her side, intending to escort her wherever she was going.

Her shrug appeared casual, but the pain in those pretty blue eyes left no doubt of her anguish. ‘Nothing.’ She shook her head. ‘Everything. Being here isn’t turning out the way I expected.'”

p. 33

 

What are you reading, today??

 

About Amanda Cabot

With both parents avid readers, it's no surprise that Amanda Cabot learned to read at an early age. From there it was only a small step to deciding to become a writer. Of course, deciding and becoming are two different things, as she soon discovered. Fortunately for the world, her first attempts at fiction were not published, but she did meet her goal of selling a novel by her thirtieth birthday. Since then she’s sold more than thirty-five novels. When she’s not writing, Amanda enjoys sewing, cooking and – of course – reading.

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