Hannah's Hero
Hannah's Heroes
This is the second book in the Hannah Series. Pioneer parents, Hannah and Jacob, instilled Christian values in their three children by example. Their son, Samuel, and neighbor Elizabeth, both 15, discover they are in love but must wait out a three-month separation while Samuel accompanies his father on his first cattle drive. Esther gets kidnapped by Comanches. Caleb goes off hunting on his own and deals with a hunting accident. The families endure their hardships and challenges through faith and the power of prayer.
Candice and Alley are high school seniors and officers on their high school dance team. They also discover they are very good at solving mysteries after their team captain disappears. With the help of their best friends, Zeke and Ryan, who are on the football team, they win their local police chief’s support (who names them The Dance Team Detectives) while they solve the kidnapping of their team captain, threats to human life, and even murder. They even discover one of their own, who had been adopted as a baby, has a twin… followed by finding out the unusual circumstances that were involved in the adoption.
This book contains three individual stories, set between 1861 and 1867. The first story "Pony Express" is about a 14-year-old boy, Ben O'Brien, and his 17-year-old sister, Margaret, who have lost their parents and all the horses on the horse ranch due to a Paiute Warrior attack. Due to their desperate situation, Margaret pretends to be Ben's twin brother, so they can each earn $25 a week riding for the Pony Express. The rides are dangerous, with many hazardous obstacles. When Margaret faces a life-threatening situation, will her handsome wrangler, Flint, come to her rescue?
"Gone to Texas" starts four years later, when Ben is 18 and wants to make his own way in the world, so he and his old friend from the Pony Express days go to Texas. He learns some life lessons and has some dangerous situations to overcome. Ben also must choose between two very different, but equally beautiful sisters.
"Rowdy's Romance" is about Ben's brother-in-law and starts in 1867. Rowdy has lost his father and brothers in The War Between the States. He had to provide for his two sisters and try to save their home ranch. He meets an arrogant young lady, Tina Erickson, who is determined to go on the cattle drive that Rowdy is in charge of to protect her grandfather's interests. They clash and sparks fly between Rowdy and Tina, but is it all anger?
This book combines the characters from the “Gus, the Ghost-Face Dog” series with the characters from “The Dance Team Detectives.” Both sets of characters have a family connection and visit the same family ranch. The characters are older now, and their adventures are even more challenging. In the first two stories, the Mitchell siblings and cousins investigate the theft of a priceless family heirloom, and then attempt to rescue herds of wildlife from poachers. The next three stories combine the Dance Team Detectives, Candice and Alley with the Mitchell family on time travel adventures. A secret time portal to the pioneer days has been used over the years since the Mitchells were children, and they now have allowed Candice and Alley into the secret alliance of time travelers. It is exciting to travel back in time, but what if someone from the past accidentally follows you back to the future?
The Dance Team Detectives: Small Town Mysteries (2nd Edition)
The Pony Express Heroes
"Gone to Texas" starts four years later, when Ben is 18 and wants to make his own way in the world, so he and his old friend from the Pony Express days go to Texas. He learns some life lessons and has some dangerous situations to overcome. Ben also must choose between two very different, but equally beautiful sisters.
"Rowdy's Romance" is about Ben's brother-in-law and starts in 1867. Rowdy has lost his father and brothers in The War Between the States. He had to provide for his two sisters and try to save their home ranch. He meets an arrogant young lady, Tina Erickson, who is determined to go on the cattle drive that Rowdy is in charge of to protect her grandfather's interests. They clash and sparks fly between Rowdy and Tina, but is it all anger?
