The Wren

A 20th Anniversary Special Hardcover Edition

(Includes two bonus stories not published anywhere else - The Shiny Penny and Song of the Wren)

Captured by Comanche as a child, Molly Hart was assumed dead. Ten years later, Texas Ranger Matt Ryan finds a woman with the same blue eyes.

"A rousing, spicy story of long lost love in the gritty Old West. The Wren will make your pulse flutter and your heart sing." -Ann Charles, USA Today Bestselling Author of the Award-winning Deadwood Mystery Series

Ten years have passed since Molly Hart's ranch was attacked, her folks murdered, and she was abducted. Now, at nineteen, she's finally returning home to North Texas after spending the remainder of her childhood with a tribe of Kwahadi Comanche. What she finds is a deserted home coated with dust and the passage of time, the chilling discovery of her own gravesite, and the presence of a man she thought never to see again.

Matt Ryan is pushed by a restless wind to the broken-down remains of the Hart ranch. Recently recovered from an imprisonment that nearly ended his life, the drive for truth and fairness has all but abandoned him. For ten years he faithfully served the U.S. Army and the Texas Rangers, seeking justice for the brutal murder of a little girl, only to find closure and healing beyond his grasp. Returning to the place where it all began, he's stunned to encounter a woman with the same blue eyes as the child he can't put out of his mind.

A sensuous historical western romance set in 1877 Texas.

2003 CAPA WINNER The Romance Studio ~ Best New Author Traditional

2004 Holt Medallion FINALIST ~ Best First Book

2004 Texas Gold FINALIST ~ Historical Category

Bonus Content

THE SHINY PENNY - A Short Story

Christmas Eve 1878

Molly Hart Ryan and her sister, Emma Blackmore, return to the abandoned Hart Ranch to visit the gravesites of their folks. While confronting the past revives a deep heartache and sadness that has long been buried, it also offers an unexpected gift.

SONG OF THE WREN - A Novella

October 1879

Matt Ryan finds more than rustlers when his cattle begin disappearing. Forced to confront an enemy he thought long gone, he must ready for a fight, but he's never faced a battlefield like this before, and only his wife, Molly, can save him this time.

Reading order of the Wings of the West Series:

The Wren (Book 1)

The Dove (Book 2)

The Sparrow (Book 3)

The Blackbird (Book 4)

The Shiny Penny (Short Story 4.1)

Song of the Wren (Novella 4.2)

The Bluebird (Book 5)

The Songbird (Book 6) - Novella

Echo of the Plains (Book 7) - Short Story

The Starling (Book 8)

The Canary (Book 9)

The Nighthawk (Book 10)

The Swan (Book 11)

The Falcon (Book 12) - Coming Soon