Rainbow Man
Donovan Family Saga Book 3
by Gifford MacShane
Genre: Historical Romance, Fiction
1880s Arizona Territory
Returning from a trip to southern Arizona, Alec Twelve Trees is arrested and beaten by a rogue US Cavalry patrol.
Alec is half Navajo, and this act of blatant racism invokes the ire not only of his father, but of the entire village of White‘s Station. While the town‘s leading citizens try to convince the Army it’s not needed there, Alec is nursed back to health by Irene Donovan.
Eighteen-year-old Irene is a gifted herbalist. Overindulged by her father and seven older brothers, Irene often lets her willfulness trump her better nature. But Alec understands her: he’s been her best friend since their school days, and loved her almost as long. He’s never revealed his feelings to her, certain her family will not accept him.
Alec refuses to press charges against the soldiers who beat him, but Irene begs him to reconsider. Alec honors her wishes, and realizes he is powerless to escape her charms, even though he believes she will never give him the love he craves.
When a parade of suitors come through her father’s door, Alec’s agony is sometimes overwhelming. At the same time, Irene’s frivolous nature rears its ugly head again. She escapes one hazard with her honor just barely intact. And when danger threatens both of them, Alec must decide if he will risk his life to save hers, or spend a few last happy days in her arms.
The Woodsman's Rose
Donovan Family Saga Book 2
1880s Arizona: Daniel Donovan wants nothing more than to get married, unless it's to restore his friendship with his closest friend, Alec Twelve Trees.
Alec is raging about his mother's murderer, whose identity Daniel knows but will not reveal, as the killer is dead and the family he left behind would be compromised if the knowledge became public. But Alec cannot recognize any needs but his own, and the rift between the friends grows wider every day.
Daniel's fiancée, Annie, is a delicate girl, her health frail and her future uncertain. Prone to vicious headaches that at times rock her to her knees, she's accepted Daniel's ring but is hesitant to name their wedding date, worried that marriage and possible pregnancy will exacerbate her physical problems.
Annie inherited the gift of insight from her Welsh mother and digs into the past, searching for a way to help Alec and Daniel mend their relationship. But when she discovers the secret behind the murder, it's more horrifying than she could have imagined.
It may take more than Annie's small strength and inherited skills to bring the friends together again. And that's before a new enemy shows his face.
Whispers in the Canyon
Donovan Family Saga Book 1
When
Jesse Travers' father dies, he leaves her with a bankrupt ranch and a
deep well of distrust.
Shunned
by the village for her outlaw brother's deeds, Jesse is not sorry to
hear he's been killed while robbing a bank. Strangely enough, it's
the man who shot him who brings her the news. Even more strange is
this latecomer's willingness to help her put her ranch back on solid
footing. Lacking any other options and loving her canyon home, Jesse
overcomes her trepidation and accepts his help.
Irish
immigrant Adam Donovan inherited the gift of empathy from his Celtic
forebears, and it's not long before he ferrets out Jesse's secret:
she's been deeply traumatized by abuse.
As
they work together to improve her ranch, Jesse begins to trust Adam
and feels the first stirrings of
love―an
experience she's never known before. Then, as if to tell her she is
unworthy of happiness, her
past
rises up with a vengeance and she is left with a terrible choice:
retreat to a life of solitude and
shame,
or reveal her tragic secret in the minuscule hope of saving her
relationship with Adam Donovan.
The Winds of Morning
Donovan Family Saga Prequel
1848:
the third year the potato crop failed in Ireland. The Protestant
landlords had absconded back to Britain, leaving the Catholic
peasants to fend for themselves, while the government allowed the
export of tens of thousands of tons of Irish food daily.
With
two younger brothers to feed, Molly O'Brien took her father's place
on the road gang, building a road that ran from her tiny village to
the river and no farther. Yet sixteen hours of labor a day would not
garner enough wages to even buy bread for her family.
She
was beyond despair. Beyond prayer. And so far beyond the tenets of
her childhood that she'd decided to offer her body to the first man
with the price of a loaf of bread. At that moment, a voice behind her
spoke...
Gifford MacShane is the author of historical fiction that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit. Her novels feature a family of Irish immigrants who settle in the Arizona Territory. With an accessible literary style, MacShane draws out her characters' hidden flaws and strengths as they grapple with physical and emotional conflicts.
Singing almost before she could talk, MacShane always loved folk music, whether Irish, Appalachian, or the songs of cowboys. Her love of the Old West goes back to childhood, when her father introduced her to Zane Grey. She became interested in Irish history after realizing her ancestors had lived through the Great Potato Famine. She’s combined these three interests into a series of romances, each with traditional song lyrics and a dash of Celtic mysticism.
The DONOVAN FAMILY SAGA includes WHISPERS IN THE CANYON (Book 1), THE WOODSMAN’S ROSE (Book 2), and THE WINDS OF MORNING, a prequel novella requested by her fans. Book 4, RAINBOW MAN, was published on 10/18/21.
MacShane is a member of the Historical Novel Society and is an #OwnVoices writer. An avid gardener, Giff cultivates pollinator plants and grows tomatoes (not enough) and zucchini (too much). A self-professed grammar nerd, Giff currently lives in Pennsylvania with her husband Richard, the Pied Piper of stray cats.
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Gifford, Donovan Family Saga sounds like a great historical romance series and I am looking forward to sharing it with my mom! Thanks for brining it to my attention and have a magical holiday season!
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ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Stormy and Glenda. Your kind words mean the world to me!
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