In the late 1800’s, a tired and thirsty Irishman from a mercantile family in Galveston stopped at the tiny trading post for the night. Finding nothing worth drinking, the enterprising Ronan “Booze” Kelly decided to begin importing fine whiskey. He made the town the center of his business operations, establishing a mercantile, a church, a bank and a school. The town was named “Kelly’s Crossing” in his honor, until in 1892, the bridge over the river failed, sending three wagonloads of Kelly’s best Irish into the water. The barrels wrecked on the rocks, flooding the river with a bonanza of whiskey. The incident inspired the residents to re-name the town “Whiskey River” and prompted a yearly festival commemorating the event, a tradition which, along with the dynasty “Booze” Kelly began, continues to this day. For the stories of “Booze” and other early settlers, read on…
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A Texas Christmas Past
A Whiskey River Historical
Death denied Felicity a future with the man she loved, but her spirit lingers in the Harwood House Inn hoping to heal broken hearts and help them to find love again....
Widowed World War I nurse Audra Donaldson returns from France planning to devote her life to helping those suffering the lingering effects of war—effects she knows all too well, as she suffers from them herself. When, staying at the Harwood House Inn on a Christmas visit to her brother, she hears a man in the throes of a violent nightmare, she goes to him without question—and is stunned by a physical attraction as strong as her desire to help.
About to embrace the beautiful angel come to save him from the horrors of the battlefield, former soldier Drew Harwood recoils when he realizes Audra is real—and has seen his “weakness.” Brusquely rejecting her offer of haelp, he intends to avoid her. But more than just her beauty continues to draw him back. Though this compassionate, kind, and giving soul has seen more of war than he has, somehow, talking with her brings him peace--and seems to comfort her, too. If he can just resist acting on the desire she's ignited in him since his first glimpse of her...
But someone else was watching, too. After tragedy denied Felicity a future with Drew, her dying wish was that he live his life and be happy for them both. To her sorrow, a year later, her former fiancé is still struggling. Deciding Audra is the perfect lady to heal the wounds of her beloved, this determined ghost resolves to bring Drew and Audra together. Who can resist a love that lasts beyond time?
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A Texas Christmas Past is part of the Whiskey River Christmas series!
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Scandal with the rancher
A Whiskey River Historical
After building a trading empire, establishing Whiskey River, and charming most of the females south of the Pedernales, Ronan "Booze" Kelly finds himself restless. Until his idea to start a ranch leads him to widowed rancher Marguerite McMasters. The Tejana beauty claims she’ll never sell her land—or succumb to the fiery connection between them. Marguerite will let nothing stop her from realizing her dream of running a horse-breeding ranch—not lack of money, and certainly not her strong attraction to Booze Kelly. Much as she misses a man’s embrace, a schoolmarm can’t risk everything she has for him. But there’s nothing Booze loves more than a challenge, whether it’s a new enterprise to begin—or a lady to beguile. Despite her convictions, can Marguerite continue to resist Booze—or will Booze be exactly what she never knew she was missing?
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