Distant Heart

Distant Heart is the second book in the Westward Hearts Series, a series that tells the stories of three strong women as they struggle to survive on the rough wagon train and lose their hearts to unlikely heroes along the way. Toni Rodden has just escaped a life of prostitution and vows she'll never let a man control her again. After months on the wagon train, she's finally earned her place, albeit grudgingly from some, and has found a surrogate family in Fannie Caldwell and her two siblings. For the first time in her life she can taste freedom and the chance at a new life. But Fannie's about to marry wagon master Blake Tanner, and Toni begins to worry she'll never find acceptance, or true love. But despite Toni's conviction that no man will be able to see beyond her marred past, Sam Two-Feathers, the half-Indian wagon scout and acting preacher for the train, seems to know of a love that forgives sins and values much more than outward appearances. Will Sam have the confidence to declare his love? Will Toni be able to trust in a love that can forgive even the darkest past?Bateman, Tracey Victoria is the author of 'Distant Heart', published 2008 under ISBN 9780061246340 and ISBN 0061246344.