The Songbird

Book 6: Wings of the West

by Kristy McCaffrey

Genres: Historical Romance; American Romance; Western Romance; western historical romance; Old West; historical western romance

Synopsis

A fair in Denton, Texas, draws folks from far and wide, and Matt and Molly Ryan have come to close a horse deal while also enjoying a bit of rest and relaxation. It’s a family affair with Matt’s brother, Logan, and his wife, Claire, joining them, as well as Nathan and Emma Blackmore, and Cale and Tess Walker.

 

Meet the daughters of the second generation—Katie and Josie Ryan, belonging to Matt and Molly; and Anna, Sarah, and Sophie Ryan, Logan and Claire’s girls. Ranging in age from eleven to fourteen, they attempt to help a boy falsely accused of theft, but in doing so they uncover a deeper secret. And the connection may lead back to Molly’s time with the Kwahadi Comanche when she was a child.

 

Look for each of the girls to be featured in a future novel.

Release date: December 28, 2021

Publisher: K. McCaffrey LLC

Sample

Chapter One

 

Texas

October 1892

 

Molly

 

Molly awoke in the still of night, staring at the ceiling, confused. Then she remembered that she and Matt were in a hotel in Denton.

She released a breath and closed her eyes, her body still paralyzed from the dream. Not a nightmare, exactly, but it still left her feeling panicked and sad. When she was finally able to move her hand, she reached over and found Matt’s warm body beside her. She rolled toward him and shifted closer, seeking the shelter only he could offer.

He stirred and let her crawl into his embrace.

“Bad dream?” he said, his lips brushing against her hair.

“Yes.”

“Same one?”

She sighed. “Yes.” She was weary. It had been weeks and always the same dream.

“Have you talked to Emma?”

Her younger sister possessed what some called a second sight, what small-minded people might call witchcraft. “Not yet.” She buried her face against his bare skin, calmed by his scent. My husband.

“She might be able to help you,” he said. “Maybe there’s something more to it.”

Molly knew he spoke from experience. For years he’d been haunted in his sleep by an incarceration he’d endured while still a Texas Ranger, sharing the full details of that time only with her. And then the man responsible, Augusto Cerillo—who had been killed by Molly’s brother-in-law, Nathan—had returned two years after she’d married Matt. But his vengeance wasn’t of the normal variety since he was no longer living in the physical sense. Cerillo had used the spirit world to exact his revenge. Only with the help of Emma and Molly herself had they been able to stop Cerillo—who had been using the body of another man—from killing Matt. But when it had been all over, Matt’s nightmares had slowly faded away.

She needed to face her recurring dream, but trepidation filled her at the thought, and so she had dealt with it by pushing it to another day. If she went to Emma, and her sister enlightened her, then what? Molly would have to act on it, she supposed.

But she couldn’t go on like this. The nightly images weren’t stopping. They were getting only worse.

“All right,” she whispered. “I’ll talk to Emma tomorrow.”

Matt kissed her forehead and pulled the bedcovers over her shoulders. With him beside her, she managed to claim a few more hours of restless sleep.