BONE HORSES is the story of Charlotte. She is a teacher
who comes to
Santa Fe, New Mexico from New York for a conference for
Private School
Teachers. While she is there, she decides to take a ride
out to Agua Dolce
where her famous grandfather found dinosaur bones way back
when. It is
also the place where her mother's life ended.
Once in Agua Dolce, one man seems to think Charlotte is her
mother, Alicia
Rose. Apparently, he thinks she has come back from the
dead. Just
walked right out of the desert. She has a hard time with
Farley who keeps
calling her bad names, the same names he called her mother
all those
years ago. He wants to rid the world of the Apache Witch
and has a plan
for the next time he sees her. Does he follow through? Does
he get to her?
You will have to read BONE HORSES to find out.
Agua Dolce has a lot of legends about horses. The mustangs
that were
shot down, and then the wild horses and the war heroes;
horses seem to
be a lot more than just horses here. Charlotte is learning
so much about the
horses and what they mean to the town. Six mustangs, they
say, stood in a
line while they said last rites over six soldiers whose
bodies were sent back
to New Mexico after they were killed on Bataan is what Jed
tells her. Jed is
Barty's nephew. Barty fell in love with Alicia Rose. He was
also the last one
to see her alive. At first, he doesn't seem to trust
Charlotte, but Jed sure
does. Charlotte isn't sure he she feels about Jed. She
likes him but why
start something when she will be leaving soon?
There is just enough romance in BONE HORSES to make it a
page turner.
Lesley has a way of making you feel like you are right there
in the middle of
Agua Dolce minding everyone's business just like the locals.
The
description Lesley gives of the hills and mountains and the
rest of the
landscape, well, you can see it perfectly in your mind. All
that Charlotte
has known of her past will be changed by the time you finish
reading BONE
HORSES. I read this book in a few short sittings and I'm
sure you will do
that same! You have to know how it's going to end and what
happens to
Charlotte and the rest of the locals that you will come to
know and treasure.
New York school teacher Charlotte Lambert is practical and
predictable, and never allows life to veer off course. Until
she comes to New Mexico. During one summer in Agua Dulce, a
village haunted by a phantom herd of wild horses and where
ravens embody the spirits of ancestors, Charlotte s world is
upended as she unearths the details of her mother s
forbidden love affair, chilling murder, and courageous last
act of redemption.
Pursued by a madman hell-bent on killing her, Charlotte
finds shelter, romance, and her own misplaced soul at the
desert camp of a surprisingly sophisticated cowboy, and
learns how love in its myriad forms is the only path to
lasting salvation.
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