Carolina in the Morning

A clean historical western romance.Spring, 1869.Barclay Galveston, one of New York City’s most eligible young gentlemen, lives the good life, thanks to his father’s wealth. That is, until one night when Clay and his friends get carried away with their raucous entertainments and callously wreck a man’s business.As always, his father is good for the damages. But this time with a twist. Tired of Clay’s profligate ways, the senior Galveston is determined to teach his son a lesson.He banishes Clay to the wilds of Arizona Territory, where Clay must remain for one year. That alone is bad enough, but his father makes it clear he will receive no financial support from him . . . or anyone else. If he expects to survive his year of banishment, he must find a job.A job??? Clay Galveston has never worked a day in his life! Nor does he have any skills to speak of.Well, except for one.Poker. But not everyone likes a winner.Robbed of his winnings, beaten and left for dead, it looks like Clay’s luck has run out.Until Carolina Quintrell finds him and takes him home. But she has a dilemma of her own. A severe drought has ravaged the family farm. She and her grandmother have decided they must abandon it and start over in California. However, Mr. Bond will not let her join his wagon train if she doesn’t have an able-bodied man on board.The still unconscious Clay Galveston has no idea he is about to become Carolina’s very own able-bodied man . . . in more ways than one!When danger threatens from an unexpected quarter, Carolina and Clay must work together to fight their common enemy. Will Carolina and Clay be victorious? Or will they lose everything?